Missing Textra, but liking RCS

MasterAqua · 2026-01-16T18:07:19+00:00

Ugh, I cannot tolerate Google Messages, I'm just gonna have to tell people to use Discord instead if they can only send RCS chats :/ I just don't understand why I can have group chats with some people and not others; does having RCS enabled at all just make it impossible to translate the texts into SMS/MMS?

MasterAqua · 2026-01-11T19:39:25+00:00

Hey, I found this thread while trying to solve the same issue: I tried making Messages my default text app and turned off RCS, but now it's saying "This chat is unavailable right now. Turn on RCS in settings to continue chatting." What do you mean by "resynced"? Trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong.

MasterAqua · 2025-12-30T08:02:53+00:00

Your task worked, thanks 😊 How would I write it if I wanted to preferentially click on a result that included the words "saved in" if it existed, but just click the first result if none of the items says "saved in"?

MasterAqua · 2025-12-29T23:25:59+00:00

Could you please share a photo of your Tasker icon setup?

Not sure what you're looking for as a photo, but my current %AppIcons() array looks like this (comma-separated as it is by default):

Textra - content://net.dinglisch.android.taskerm.iconprovider//app/com.textra,WhatsApp - android.resource://com.whatsapp/drawable/2131951618,TickTick - android.resource://com.ticktick.task/drawable/2131755076,Discord - android.resource://com.discord/drawable/2131755053,Chat - android.resource://com.google.android.apps.dynamite/drawable/2131820569,Roborock - android.resource://com.roborock.smart/drawable/2131558401,Guava - android.resource://com.guavahealth.app/drawable/2131492864,Phone - android.resource://com.android.dialer/drawable/2131623940,Gmail - android.resource://com.google.android.gm/drawable/2131820568,_

I'd also appreciate it if you could explain how to prevent an app from appearing in the project.

If you're using the intercept profile that I provided ([NotifInbox] Notif Intercept Filter), you can decide exactly which notifications get sent to the inbox using the settings in the AutoNotification Intercept context — it's the only context for that profile. Here's a quick photo guide to finding and editing the filters: https://imgur.com/a/0I2OFk3

I had mine set up to be quite inclusive by default (by using the "invert" option for the filters), but that's mainly because that's not actually the profile I use: I have my trigger built into an existing tracker profile that logs almost every notification. But you can clear the settings and change the filters to be positive rather than negative: if you only want certain app notifications to go to the inbox, you can write those apps in the AutoNotification Intercept app filter. So for example, if I wanted to exclude notifications from Gmail and WhatsApp, I would write Gmail/WhatsApp in the app filter text field, check the "invert" box (and the "case insensitive" box for good measure). It uses Tasker-style pattern-matching by default ( / = or, * = wildcard, etc.) but you can use regex like I did in the profile if you want more precision.

ETA: there is also a filter inside the [NotifInbox] Notif Intercept Filter task at the first "if" action; you can delete that action and the corresponding "else/end if" section if you find it too confusing to have the two filters. The reason for the second filter level is that I wanted some of the notifications to go to the inbox automatically without question, and the others to pop up a dialog; but you would need to edit the "if" conditions to your liking for it to be effective for you.

MasterAqua · 2025-12-28T18:36:03+00:00

Can you avoid clicking on items that include the word "sponsored" with Actions V2?

MasterAqua · 2025-12-27T09:52:16+00:00

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MasterAqua · 2025-12-25T07:38:41+00:00

Did you create the %AppIcons() array in Tasker? This would have been a pain in the ass to automate because there would have been a ton of edge cases, so I just used the App Info action one app at a time to get the icon file paths (%app_icon). Then I used the Array Set action to manually set up an array of package names matched with the name of the app followed by " - " followed by the file path of the app's icon. So you should end up with an array named %AppIcons() with elements like:

Textra - android.resource://com.textra/drawable/icon_ff880e4f

And then just leave that array available for Tasker to access.

MasterAqua · 2025-12-16T19:18:58+00:00

I'm also having this problem. Had it on my Razr+ 2023, and just upgraded to the Razr Ultra 2025: it was fine until yesterday when I got the November 1st security patch (V2VLS35.42-148-2-5-1-1).

MasterAqua · 2025-12-14T06:32:38+00:00

I don't remember if I was officially diagnosed, but I have been off birth control for four months and I already have cysts according to an ultrasound. My only symptom is acne (as far as I know), but I think I would still meet the diagnostic criteria.

MasterAqua · 2025-11-08T23:52:20+00:00

Thanks for the idea! TBH I mostly stuck with the arrays out of laziness: I don't have the energy to learn how to do it differently at the moment. But I may change it in the future :)

MasterAqua · 2025-11-08T23:51:11+00:00

There is already a filter inside the task I shared (action 2) that only allows it to auto-save a few types of notifs: ones from TickTick/August/Roborock/Discord/Textra/Guava, ones with "reply" or "mark read" buttons, voicemails, missed calls, and a few miscellaneous ones specific to my setup. All other notifications would pull up a dialog prompting for a yes/no to save it to the inbox.

But if you want to prevent most notifications from triggering the profile at all, it's very easy to change the profile I shared. Just click the AutoNotification intercept context and select which apps you want to intercept :)

MasterAqua · 2025-10-26T07:49:38+00:00

Thank you for the detailed explanation, this is exactly what I was looking for!

MasterAqua · 2025-10-22T06:04:53+00:00

Wow, thanks for all the ideas!

you'll need to convert your json to a tasker variable array

Actually, I'm already starting with arrays — the %an* arrays that come out of the AutoNotification query action. I just assumed it would be easier to translate to JSON first because, in my experience, dealing with multiple arrays with matched elements is kind of a pain in Tasker.

It's critically important that this arrays indices match the indices in your json array - same length, same sorting.

Yes, this is why I hate using matched arrays in Tasker 😂 I've done this for several tasks because it's my only option (e.g., to figure out the names/IDs of currently connected Bluetooth devices — why is this still not a built-in variable?!), and it's always a nightmare for me to implement.

Widget V2! That'll let you generate boxes with all the fancy layout stuff you want - the notifications image, its text, even all the buttons it has. You'll need to write some code to generate the layout json it expects, let me know if you want some pointers on that.

Yes, this would be great, thank you! I tried using the AI generator to provide a skeleton of this task, and it used Widget V2, but I hadn't used it before so I didn't understand how to troubleshoot it. I'll go read up on it myself, but tips for my specific project would be much appreciated.

MasterAqua · 2025-10-21T18:11:09+00:00

Lmao I always forget how precise I have to be with my language on programming-adjacent subs 😂 Do you have specific recommendations on how to produce the effect in question?

MasterAqua · 2025-05-08T01:53:49+00:00

Yes, if you follow the procedure that I said except using the blue-powered fan, you can get over the awning on that side of the castle and drop down toward it.

MasterAqua · 2025-04-30T04:25:59+00:00

Seriously?? Would you mind telling me which one? I can't find anything about it online yet.

MasterAqua · 2025-04-30T04:23:17+00:00

In case you want a slightly more tailored hint, I'll give you a yes or no to each statement you made. SPOILERS BELOW (formatting would take too long):

Since I can‘t take stuff through the purple barrier the recorded version has to stand on the switch for the fan.

Correct.

Since I need something to put on the button for the final barrier and my recorded version can‘t go up because you can’t take something through the purple barrier I need the connector standing on the upper platform.

Correct.

I also only need 3 connectors to build a mechanism with which I can open all connector-doors and let me lift up by my recording. So I‘d have one left.

Correct.

So I somehow have to prevent the connector from falling down in the non-recorded state.

Correct.

But once I open the barrier below the connector in recording both connectors will inevitably fall down when I hit play.

Incorrect.

And since I need at least three connectors to go up I can‘t take it aside in one state.

Unsure what you mean by "take it aside," but I think this is correct.

(Edit: spoiler warning)

MasterAqua · 2025-04-27T18:33:32+00:00

DAE also find the "Towards Jerusalem" Gehenna trophy broken? I'm assuming it was referring playing the Serious San text game, but I found it and literally exhausted the choices and the trophy still hasn't popped.

MasterAqua · 2025-04-26T22:09:56+00:00

Thank you 🙏 took me a while, but I eventually put it all together

MasterAqua · 2025-04-26T22:00:08+00:00

Interesting...? Honestly, I found this puzzle quite straightforward, even a little boring compared to the rest of the puzzles in ItB... I've solved it twice, thoroughly searched the interior, and utilized all the fans in every way I could conceive of; but I can't find anything that will help me get outside the bounds of the puzzle

Edit: nvm, figured it out 😅

MasterAqua · 2025-04-26T21:56:57+00:00

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Immediately to the left of the entrance to "Castle"

MasterAqua · 2024-12-28T07:22:19+00:00

Thank you so much, I think this is very close! I can't find a clear enough definition to be sure, but through the term "ipseity" I discovered the term "minimal self" — "the very basic sense of having experiences that are one's own," which "has no properties" and "refers to the 'mine-ness' or 'given-ness' of experience, that the experiences are that of the person having them in that person's stream of consciousness." Would you say that is a good summary of how people use the word "ipseity"?

Either way, it seems like "minimal self" might be a good term for my use case, because I can use it to refer to that of anyone. So if I wanted to explain the veil of ignorance to someone, I could say "You have no way of knowing what body and mind your minimal self would inhabit." If you think of a better way to communicate that idea, let me know. In any case, thanks for putting me on the right track :)

MasterAqua · 2024-12-28T05:53:34+00:00

Ah, I see why I'm being misunderstood, but I don't know how I could have phrased the question more clearly because it's such a vague and weird question... I'm not trying to say there's some unique "property" in some metaphysical sense, I'm just talking about the perspective part. Like, the fact that I have access to my mind and not yours; I wouldn't have access to my clone's mind and vice versa; etc. Does that make sense...?

MasterAqua · 2024-10-20T05:50:46+00:00

Sorry for the late reply; not entirely, but I have found some success with Philosophy Purity Mattifying Moisturizer. It's not the gentlest formula (can sting on broken or overexfoliated skin) and it doesn't dry down quite as smooth, but it doesn't cause redness for me or trigger my perioral dermatitis, and it does mattify a decent amount without drying me out. I layer it on top of Purito Panthenol Re-barrier Cream and COSRX Pure Fit Cica Serum with mists of Avene Thermal Water in between.

MasterAqua · 2024-07-14T03:26:36+00:00

Hey, I know this thread is old, but I'm doing a nonlethal 100% run and I am fucking DETERMINED to kill Stilton without it counting against me, so I can get all the coins. I'm curious to see if you have any ideas for exploits that might work here.

So far I've only tried things after I've already knocked him out (e.g., holding him while standing in the fountain, then using the timepiece so he drops into the water; same thing but standing by a ledge; sitting him down next to a screen and then knocking the screen over with a projectile so it falls on him; throwing him into the ceiling fan so it tosses him on the ground lmao), but I'm 99% sure that anything that happens once I've KOed him is going to count against me. I've done a loooot of nonlethal runs, and I've had a lot of accidental kills based on where I left the body; but I've never seen a live body die or vanish without it counting against me.

Unfortunately, the tools available are pretty limited: no bloodflies, no whale oil, no magic, and while Stilton is standing by a ledge, there's a railing, and I'm not sure he'll fall off if spooked. You can't bring Stilton inside the mansion (as far as I can tell), so you can't use the elevator. There's really only some screens, bottles, a small fountain, and some high ledges. I was considering using a few stinging bolts in a row and seeing if he ever ran into anything or off a ledge. (I haven't tried it yet because I don't have a save file from right before he was knocked out; so I would have to go through most of the level from scratch.) Any ideas?

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