Tasker

Total Automation for Android

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How To Get It

There is a direct-download 7-day Trial and a retail Play Store version.

What Is It ?

This simple concept profoundly extends your control of your Android device and it's capabilities, without the need for 'root' or a special home screen.

Tasker came 3rd in the Productivity category in the Android Developer Challenge 2.

Questions ? Try the forum.

• passcode-lock sensitive applications (e.g. for child safety)
• change phone settings by
  • application: long screen timeout in a book reader
  • time: screen brightness lower in the evening
  • location: ringer volume high at the office, turn off ke yguard at home
• wake up with a random song from your music collection
• Text-to-speech; read out loud: incoming SMS/ phone number, WiFi/Bluetooth status, when it's time for an appointment, when the battery is low etc etc (Android OS 1.6+ only)
• launch a music application when your music SD card is inserted, otherwise a file browser
• start the day with a particular application showing
• change all your home icons and wallpaper every day, or in particular locations
• turn the phone upside down to return to the home screen, tilt 90 degrees to the left and back to toggle speakerphone during a call
• create a Home widget to
  • toggle bluetooth/wifi on/off
  • launch wireless settings dialog
  • show a menu of tasks to choose
  • send an emergency SMS with your GPS location
• remap camera etc buttons to other applications, or show a menu of applications and/or actions
• zip/unzip application data on the fly when an application is launched/exits
• pause music playback while in a particular application, restart on exit
• change the Home icon for any application
• take a time-lapse photo series (possibly 'secretly')
• make a regular backup of a file on the SD card
• track your phone location via SMS in case of theft
• extend the use of the media button on your headset: take a picture from a distance or go to the previous media track with a long press
• record call times and destinations to the SD card
• show a popup when an SMS arrives from a particular phone number
• setup a birthday SMS to be sent months before it happens so you don't forget
• record battery levels over time to a file on SD card
• make automatic recordings of what you say during phone calls to SD card
• during the night, turn on airplane mode to conserve battery/reduce radiation, but turn it off every 15 minutes to check for SMS/voicemail.
• setup a vacation SMS message, with different messages for different callers
• launch a music application when headphones are connected