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eviljimmy
Nov 16, 2006

It's time for people to stop thinking they are entitled to everything and work for it
(Disclaimer: Most of this post is taken from the Tasker Website because I don't think I can intro it much better than they do)

Tasker is an application for Android which performs Tasks (sets of Actions) based on Contexts (application, time, date, location, event, gesture) in user-defined Profiles, or in clickable or timer home screen widgets.



This basically means that you can do simple nifty things like:

Send a Birthday sms automatically
Change your wallpaper every few minutes
Recover a stolen phone

Or more complex stuff like:

Setup a widget to take a photo and email it to a specific address

Overall the application is capable of some truly remarkable stuff and has 180 built in actions:

Alert: Flash, Notify LED/Sound/Vibrate, Cancel Notification, Popup Timed/WithTaskIcons/WithTaskNames, Torch, Vibrate, Vibrate Pattern
App: Calendar Insert, Go Home, Kill App, Load App, Open Map (/StreetView/Navigate)
Audio: Alarm/Call/DTMF/Media/Notification/Ringer/System Volume, Haptic Feedback Toggle, Microphone Mute, Notification Pulse, Notification/Ringer Vibrate, Silent Mode, Speakerphone, Sound Effects toggle
Dialog: 28 System Settings dialogs
Display: Auto-Brightness, Close System Dialogs, Keyguard, Keyguard Pattern, Display Brightness, Display Off Timeout, Display Rotation, Input Method Select, Set Wallpaper, Stay On, Soft Keyboard (show), Status Bar (expand/collapse)
Encrypt (not in market version): File/Directory Encrypt/Decrypt,Enter/Clear Passphrase
File: Browse Files, Directory Create/Delete/Move, File Copy/Delete/Move/Open, Write To File, Read Line, Read Paragraph, Zip/Unzip File
Media: Android Media Player Control, Music File/Dir, Play/Forward/Back/Stop, Photo/Series/TimeSeries, Record Audio, Record Audio Stop, Ringtone, Scan Card
Misc: (Broadcast) Action Intent, Component Intent, Get Location, GPS Set, Run (ASE) Script, Say, Say To File, Shut Up, Search For, Set Clipboard, Set Timezone
Network: Airplane Mode, Autosync, Bluetooth, Bluetooth ID, Compose Email, Browse URL, HTTP GET, HTTP POST, Mobile Data (on/off), USB Tether, WiFi (set/toggle), Wifi Disconnect/Reassociate/Reconnect, Wifi Sleep, Wifi Tether, Wimax (set/toggle)
Phone: Call, Call Log, Call Block/Divert/Revert, Compose MMS/SMS (Templated), Contacts, End Call, Radio, Send SMS, Send Data SMS, Silence Ringer, Take Call
Tasker: Change Icon Set, If, End If, Goto Action, Perform Task, Profile Toggle, Query Action, Set Widget Icon, Set Widget Label, Stop, Wait, Wait Until
Variables: Set/Clear/Inc/Dec/Query/Randomize/Split/Join/List
3rd Party: Android Notifier, Astrid, BeyondPod, JuiceDefender, NewsRob, SleepBot, SMS Backup+, TeslaLED, WidgetLocker

Pretty impressive and I thought it should have its own thread so everyone can share suggestions and info on this very useful app.

If I have missed anything please tell me and I can add it

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