#warning #TaskerDev
[DEV] Simple and basic Android 11 power menu plugin
I'm going away for about 1 month starting next week and since I'm not going to be releasing any updates this close to leaving I started experimenting with some stuff, so I created this simple plugin: https://youtu.be/VCGh1K_buJ4

Basically it adds an entry to the power menu items on Android 11 which will trigger an event in Tasker.

Download the plugin here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yj7xI5_QAQZvW0FuBzhMa8HYMl-FkHO3/view?usp=sharing

In the future I'm planning on making all Tasks available through that screen.

Enjoy! 😀

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#project #Energy3DOverlay
DESCRIPTION
This project was based on the Battery Meter Overlay app. So, it will act the same way, showing the current battery status at the top of the statusbar.

This project includes an Initial Setup task that needs to be executed when it is imported from TaskerNet, or when the dev considers it is needed even not imported from TaskerNet.

Notes:
- An extra profile (Apps) is included, but disabled by default. It will allow the scene to be hidden/shown based on specific apps when they are opened/closed. Configure and toggle it manually according to your needs.
- There's another project for the same purpose, but displaying the battery level as a horizontal line across the statusbar. (Energy Bar)
- If you want different colors than the ones included by default, contact me through this post or by Telegram, WhatsApp or Discord (also Reddit thread or AutoApps forum) to request it.

CREDITS
@SmartPhoneLover

CHANGELOG
- New: Added new 'Rainbow' multicolor resources.
- New: Chooser dialog for 'Initial Setup' task to select the decided theme to apply on first setup.
- Fix: Wrong scale for battery indicator.
- Other: Added 'Initial Setup' task.
- Other: Make the overlay to be shown on first project import, without the need of restarting. (Make sure to run Initial Setup task after importing)
- Other: Deleted PSD resources. (Contact me by PM if you want custom colors)
- Other: Small changes (also to resources).

VERSION
1.4

#warning #TaskerDev
[DEV] AutoVoice Removed From Google Assistant
So, right on the day I was planning to go away for 1 month this happens... Just my luck. 😣

Got this email from Google:

    autovoicejoaomgcd has been taken down

    This is a notice that autovoicejoaomgcd has been taken down due to the following violations:

    Your Action facilitates or promotes content that advocates hate or violence or promotes discrimination.

    Here is some additional guidance from the reviewers:

    Thank you for submitting your Assistant action for review. Unfortunately, your action has been rejected for the following:

        Your Action violates our Hate Speech policy. Specifically, your Action contains content that advocates hate or violence, or promotes discrimination against groups of people based on their race or ethnic origin, religion, disability, gender, age, nationality, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic that is associated with systemic discrimination or marginalization.

    In your case this is what we found as part of the conversation:

    User: "sag autovoice schließen"

    Action: "hör mal zu du dummer mongo"

    and

    User: "sag autovoice schließen"

    Action: "hör mal zu du dummer mongo wenn du keine kohle hast um dir scheisse einzubauen die den kofferraum auch wieder zu macht solltest du die fresse halten. jetzt geh runter und mach den kofferraum wieder zu."

    Please remove derogatory, profane, insulting and other demeaning content before you resubmit your action.

    Please see 

https://developers.google.com/actions/policies/general-policies#hate_speech

 for more information.

    Want more clarification or think we made a mistake? 

Contact us

. Otherwise, please submit a new version of your app once the above violations have been fixed.

    Thanks,

The Actions on Google Team

So apparently a German user decided to have some fun with the service to cuss at himself and Google says AutoVoice promotes hate speech 👍

I have appealed to Google to clear this mess up and have also resubmitted the action to see if they simply accept it again cause in their tests they won't get the hate speech. 😛

Hopefully this will resolve itself soon, but until then unfortunately AutoVoice is not available on the Google Assistant.

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#warning #TaskerDev
[DEV] Going away for a month but before I do, here's a gift! :)
I will be unavailable for commenting, bug fixing, development or anything else related to my apps during the next month.

However, since people seemed to like that simple Power Menu plugin that I released the other day so much I decided to crank out a full fledged feature for this in Tasker!

Check out the demo: https://youtu.be/hCplbDJ_NyI

And here's an example of how it looks: https://i.imgur.com/lEF7caP.png

If you like Tasker and would like it to continue existing in the far feature I would encourage you to support its development over on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/joaoapps.
Patreon allows me to stay independent which could be very helpful in case some shenanigans are afoot.

On to the new features! :)

Direct Task Buttons (Android 11+ only)
You can simply add any of your tasks as buttons directly with no extra work. This is the easiest way of getting into this new feature.

Even with this simple "mode" of setting it up, it has a few tricks up its sleeve:
- On a normal task the button simply acts like a button and calls the task when clicked
- On a task that uses the %par1 variable anywhere inside it, it'll become a toggle instead of a button. %par1 will contain true or false depending on the state of the button
- On a task that uses both %par1 and %par2 variables, it'll become a toggle with progress! %par1 will contain true or false and %par2 will contain the current progress!

This should allow you to very easily setup a lot of cool scenarios with just simple tasks.

Unleash power and flexibility with The Power Menu Action action in Tasker (Android 11+ only)
If you want total flexibility and make the buttons act exactly like you need them to you should use the Power Menu Action action in Tasker!

This allows you to create a button with a given id, type (button, toggle, range, etc), title, subtitle, icon and command!

This means that you can setup a button with the ID Smart App for example that changes throughout the day depending on the app you most need at the time, place or any situation you setup in Tasker!

For example:
- Have it open Reddit in the morning or when at home
- Make it open Chrome when you're not home
- Make it open your favorite game at night

These use the AutoApps Command System to make the commands totally flexible and customizable! Which brings me to...

New Tasker Command Event and Action!
Tasker has a new Command Event that is basically the same thing as the AutoApps Command plugin event, but it's now native!

The new Power Menu Action action allows you to send these commands but you can send them for anywhere in your setup with the Command Action!

This will maximize re-usability and avoid having to create multiple similar tasks.

I plan on making more stuff able to send out commands in Tasker (like quick setting tiles for example).

I've also added a special permission in Tasker that allows third party apps to send commands like these to Tasker! The user has to explicitly allow the permission via the third-party app's UI so no concerns there.

In the near future for example AutoApps will send all of its commands to Tasker, so any command can be handled directly in Tasker with no plugin conditions which should make it work faster and more reliably!

Not On Google Play
Since I won't be here to provide support I've not uploaded this version of Tasker to Google Play. It's exclusively available at the following link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1glJOjisKrBi6CMqNV-EHXqBc8e-3v-WZ/view?usp=sharing

If you install it please know that I won't be able to fix anything that's not working. That'll have to wait until I get back. :)

Enjoy! 😁

Source: Go!

#project #TaskerClockScreensaver
DESCRIPTION
Now you can have your own screensaver, the original Android style (clock app). But without having to depend on that app.

Notes:
- As the project calculates the position of the clock randomly on each pass taking into account the size of the main scene (Clock), you must resize it (including the 'Top Layer' element), according to the available dimensions on your device.
- If you prefer to continue using the original Android screensaver, you can use this task. (requires root)
- If you don't have virtual buttons (navbar) on screen, you can disable all optional actions from the 'Toggle Status' task.
- Single tap on the screen to close it.
- The project doesn't keep the screen on for a given time, it just shows the clock on the screen. The user will have to add the corresponding actions/task to keep it on the decided time.
- As an exmaple of a possible trigger, go here.

CREDITS
@SmartPhoneLover

CHANGELOG
- New: Battery level.
- New: Next alarm (if set).
- Fix: Position of elements not readjusted when the device was rotated. (Position fix only happened at time change)
- Other: Increased animation delay (+1500ms) for a smoother experience.
- Other: Moved some settings to 'Setup' task.
- Other: Changed the way how elements are positioned, based on fixed offsets now. (*)
- Other: Added some labels.
- Other: Minor changes.

* Not really the best solution, but will make things easier for maintaining. It doesn't affect dynamic elements positioning, but manual offsets will have to be configured in 'Update Time' task manually, based on the position of each element (except for 'Text (clock)') from the scene.

VERSION
v1.2