Content portal for Pocketables Tasker articles
http://www.pocketables.com/2013/03/overview-of-pocketables-tasker-articles.html
I write a lot about Tasker, and the problem is that the more articles there are, the harder it is to find everything. This post will serve as a launch platform for Tasker content on the site, which will hopefully make it easier to find everything. It contains most Tasker posts from the site, although some have been omitted due to them either being unimportant, or known to be outdated.
Make sure to check out the section on the bottom of the page with some practical information regarding these links!
Beginner’s Guide
- Beginner’s guide to Tasker, part 0: How to go about learning Tasker
- Beginner’s guide to Tasker, part 1: Tasker basics (Old UI)
- Beginner’s guide to Tasker, part 1.5: Tasker basics (New UI)
- Beginner’s guide to Tasker, part 2: Variables
- Beginner’s guide to Tasker, part 3: Scenes
- Beginner’s guide to Tasker, part 4: Variable data processing
- Beginner’s guide to Tasker, part 5: Tips & tricks
- Beginner’s guide to Tasker, part 6: AutoRemote
- Beginner’s guide to Tasker, part 7: Variable arrays
- Beginner’s guide to Tasker, part 8: AutoVoice
How-To articles
- How to get the Galaxy S III’s Smart Alerts on other devices
- How to use Tasker to create sleep timers
- How to sync Audible for Android between devices
- How to use Tasker to create a smart dialer that knows what the recipient is doing
- How to create a pop-up settings box using Tasker
- How to use Tasker to get LED notifications
- How to create a file browser in Tasker [Video]
- How to control Tasker on Android from homescreen shortcuts on iOS
- How to send push notifications from Tasker on Android to iOS devices
- How to use AutoNotification and AutoRemote Notification for Android/Tasker
- How to use the Sony Ericsson LiveView with OpenLiveView and Tasker
- How to use the Sony Smartwatch with Tasker
- How to use special shortcuts in apps that only support app shortcuts, using Tasker [Video]
- Create intelligent tasks with Tasker and Astrid
- Create a remotely activated panic mode using Tasker (Android)
- Use Tasker to add some comic relief to your device
- Pass practically any data to a widget using Tasker
- Weather-based wallpaper part 2: Making my own wallpaper changer
- Task for Tasker that speaks the weather forecast [Download]
- Tasker Google Calendar event announcer task (download)
- Adding a random dinner suggestion to my Tasker morning message
- Controlling profiles from other profiles in Tasker
- A trick to add notification bar shortcuts using Tasker
- Creating a nap mode with Tasker
- Create a time of day-dependent outdoor auto-brightness profile in Tasker
- RemoteStick update adds sensor information as variables in Tasker, here’s how it works [Video]
- Create a webcomic fetcher in Tasker
- How to create a toggleable task in Tasker
- How to add Posten Norge tracking numbers to the tracking app using AutoRemote and Tasker
- How to download YouTube videos on Android from Chrome on your PC
- How to create an anywhere-access sidebar menu of Tasker tasks
- How to integrate Overlays for Android with Tasker
- How to create dynamic Sony Smartwatch widgets using Zoom and AppWidgetDisplay
- How to auto-sync an MP3 player from an Android device using Tasker
- How to create multi-mode homescreen shortcuts with Tasker
- How to replicate the Galaxy S4′s Air Gesture call answer feature with Tasker
- How to one-up the S4 with a voice controlled call answer feature in Tasker
- How to create an SMS triggered wake up alarm in Tasker
- How to use the AutoVoice Tasker plug-in
- How to use Google Now from AutoVoice using AutoShare and Tasker
- How to use Portal sound effects in Tasker
- How to import tasks/profiles/scenes/projects into Tasker
- How to create a DIY Sidebar/Swapps replacement using LMT Launcher and Tasker
- How to tweet using Tasker
- Adding a recipe book option to my Tasker-based todo list
- Tips and tricks for debugging your Tasker creations
Quick tips
- Quick Tasker tip: Stop profiles from showing as active in notification pulldown
- Quick Tasker tip: Use additional scenes to group scene elements
- Quick Tasker tip: Detecting when a variable based on a text file is empty
- Quick Tasker tip: Comma separated values and arrays are good friends
- Quick Tasker tip: Use variables in AutoShortcut by editing the XML
- Quick Tasker tip: How to use multiple command filters in AutoVoice contexts
- Quick Tasker tip: Pull your account balance into Tasker using SMS
- Quick Tasker tip: The Say action can use inactive TTS engines
- Quick Tasker tip: Use K-9 Mail to get email info into Tasker
- Quick Tasker tip: Trigger a profile with any of several contexts
- Quick Tasker tip: Set your alarm with Tasker to avoid unnecessary button pressing
- Quick Tasker tip: Control which app is the default for an action (root only)
- Quick Tasker tip: Don’t think of complexity in human terms when creating Tasker creations
- Quick Tasker tip: Use %tap_label to create Menu actions more quickly
- Quick Tasker tip: Watch out for auto correction when using Tasker
- Quick Tasker tip: Create a dynamic profile for canceling persistent AutoNotifications
Advanced Tasker series
- Advanced Tasker: User creates automatic voice based cookbook in Tasker
- Advanced Tasker: Circumventing speed issues with global arrays in menu scene elements
- Advanced Tasker: Dealing with empty variables in scene menus
Provided As Is series (read disclaimer in the articles)
- Tasker PAI series: Google Calendar multi-event fetcher
- Tasker PAI series: Rudimentary AutoVoice music search feature
Other Tasker articles
- Make Your Clock lets you create your own clock/weather widget
- Building Nelly, my DIY voice assistant for Android
- Siri meets Nelly
- Your Android phone doesn’t have to sound like a robot
- Guy mods scooter to start on phone shake using Tasker
- Hands on the the Tasker App Factory beta
- Tasker updated to 1.3, app creation for everyone
- Root and non-root ways of disabling a stock voice assistant
- Adding a SWTOR server status checker to Nelly
- I gave up on Astrid and made my own todo list system
- Creating a virtual window using Tasker and local web cams
- Calendar-based Tasker profiles are unconventionally simple to set up
- Tasker scenes can be displayed on top of lock screens
- Nelly the DIY voice assistant comments on the iPhone 5
- Using overlay scenes in Tasker to augment the UI of an app
- Complete list of my currently in-use Tasker creations (outdated)
- Creating a multi-device sequential alarm in Tasker
- Replace Tasker’s default scene templates with your own
- Holo-fying Tasker
- Adding voice and photo input to my Tasker-based todo list [Video]
- Using Android to sleep better
- User creates great state switching system in Tasker
- Siri is Siriously stupid [Video]
- Living with the Tellstick Net, three months in
- Create Tasker-like custom menus on iOS using the jailbreak tweak Activator
- Upgrading a highly customized phone to ICS+, part 1: S II, meet S II
- Upgrading a highly customized phone to ICS+, part 2: Things are looking up
- Upgrading a highly customized phone to ICS+, part 3: Flipping the switch
- Living with a (Tasker) smartwatch, one week in
- My top three Tasker creations
- Use Tasker’s Magnetic Field context as a makeshift NFC replacement
- A tour around my DIY Tasker sidebar UI
- Use Tasker to create reminders that can only be dismissed by physical objects
- A list of all the Tasker plug-ins I use
- Astrid todo is shutting down, but I left the service a year ago
- How I created a notification add-on for a postal tracking app using Tasker
- My Tasker+sqlite adventures continue with a Tv Show Favs add-on
- Making a picture note system in Tasker
Using Tasker with accessories
- Messing around with the Sony Ericsson LiveView
- From the DIY drawer: Tasker remote voice control wristband
- Using Tasker and External Keyboard Helper to better the Bluetooth keyboard experience
- Fun with Tasker, Tellstick Net, and dimmable lamps [Video]
- Accessory review: TellStick Net home automation bridge
- How to use the Sony Smartwatch with Tasker
- How to create dynamic Sony Smartwatch widgets using Zoom and AppWidgetDisplay
- Creating an audio player dead man’s switch using a BT headset, Tasker, and AutoVoice
- GEAK Ring is a great idea for a Tasker creation for NFC users
Reader requests
- Reader request: Repeating notifications in Tasker [Video]
- Reader request: Code-based app launcher in Tasker [Video]
- Reader request: Icon based unlock system in Tasker
- User request: Automatic 3G on/off system in Tasker
- Reader request: A smarter flip-to-mute feature in Tasker
joaomgcd’s Tasker plug-ins (AutoRemote, AutoShortcut, etc)
AutoRemote
- Beginner’s guide to Tasker, part 6: AutoRemote (refers to something from this article)
- How to use AutoNotification and AutoRemote Notification for Android/Tasker
- How and why I just created my first iPad web app [Video]
- AutoRemote now allows you to create bookmarklets with variable input boxes
- Control your phone from Google Talk with Tasker, AutoRemote, and Zapier
- How to send push notifications from Tasker on Android to iOS devices
- How to control Tasker on Android from homescreen shortcuts on iOS
- Creating a multi-device sequential alarm in Tasker
- Adding items to my custom todo list system from anywhere with AutoRemote
- Quick app review: AutoRemote Beta for Android
- AutoRemote now extends Android’s Share feature to remote devices
- AutoRemote updated with device-device communication
- AutoRemote allows you to remote control Tasker from any browser
- How to add Posten Norge tracking numbers to the tracking app using AutoRemote and Tasker
- How to get started with EventGhost, AutoRemote, and Tasker [Video]
- Use AutoRemote and Tasker to copy text to your device from other devices
- Creating a virtual post-it note using Tasker, AutoRemote, and AutoNotification
AutoVoice
- Beginner’s guide to Tasker, part 8: AutoVoice
- Check out this awesome Tasker/AutoVoice home automation setup
- Creating an audio player dead man’s switch using a BT headset, Tasker, and AutoVoice
- How to use Google Now from AutoVoice using AutoShare and Tasker
- Quick Tasker tip: How to use multiple command filters in AutoVoice contexts
- An important note about chaining together commands in AutoVoice
- How to voice dial with AutoVoice
- Here’s a simple way to use Google Now dynamically with AutoVoice and Tasker
- How to get the variable for words in a dynamic AutoVoice command
- The current state of Nelly, my Tasker voice assistant
- How to use Google Navigation from AutoVoice
- The Kingpad KP100 is great as a portable speaker, not so much as an AutoVoice accessory
Others
- AutoAlarm Tasker plugin gives you a straight forward way to find the next alarm in Tasker
- QuickShortCutmaker lets you create shortcuts to things you didn’t know existed
- Tips for using lists with the AutoNotification Tasker plugin
- Quick Tasker tip: Use variables in AutoShortcut by editing the XML
- Quick app review: AutoShare for Android
- AutoLocation Tasker plug-in brings new Google location features to Tasker
- Use Tasker to create reminders that can only be dismissed by physical objects
- Quick Tasker tip: Create a dynamic profile for canceling persistent AutoNotifications
Links to apps
Practical information about this page
Do note that articles generally aren’t updated over time, so make sure to check the time stamp of articles. Both Tasker and other important aspects of a creation might have changed since an article was published. Furthermore, Tasker creations I talk about in one article might no longer be in use by me, or have been heavily modified, changed or rewritten by the time another article was written.
Since device, OS version, ROM, installed apps, and Tasker version all have the potential to make a Tasker creation work for one person, but not another, there’s rarely much I can do if you come across something in an article that doesn’t work for you personally. You can always leave a comment and ask for help, but in a lot of cases, there’s nothing I can do without having the device in my hands.
August ’13 update: Starting this month I will have a lot less time on my hands. That means I will at best post less, likely not at all. I will also stop responding to most comments and questions, both here and elsewhere. A lot of the posts here will still be relevant for a long time to come, but as far as my involvement in the Tasker community goes, it’s pretty much over.
