João Dias

Live Creations #13 - Google Play Music Playlist on Amazon Echo

Since this was inspired by this Paul Hibbert Video (so it's not exactly my doing) I've decided to make this one p...

Send a message to Google Home even in the background and with the screen off

There were previously other ways of sending messages to your Google Home, but these required your phone's screen to be on and unlocked. 

Check out an example of that 2018-12-20 16:41:13 +0000 UTC View Post

Sneak Peek - New Navigation Bar Feature!

As you can see from this short video, you'll soon be able to handle multi-clicks on navigation bar icons to launch different tasks! :)

So, for example, you can launch a task when you click the icon ...

Sneak Peek - New Web Screen For the Holidays

Thought it would be fun to share this web screen with you early :)

It's just a small screensaver like screen that you might enjoy. No functionality at all, just looks pretty.

Use this as a sou...

Navigation Bar - New Addition!!

Check it out! :) In the next beta you'll be able to add tasks to your navigation bar!

Sneak Peak - AutoNotification Easy Replies

Here's another step in making AutoNotification easier to use. Available in a beta soon :)

Sneak Peak: Next new major Tasker feature...

Tasker is getting native NFC support! :D

Check out the demo where I save a message on to a tag on one device and then read the message out loud on another!

The possibilities will be endless :)...

Tasker - New Action Preview

And here's another exclusive for you kind folks! :) The new Navigation Bar action!

Let me know what you think!

New AutoNotification Feature Preview - Easy Actions

Just wanted to give everyone here a chance to see this new feature before everyone else!

You can try it out with this version: 2018-12-06 18:07:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Tasker is magical

So, apparently Tasker can do stuff on phones, even if it's not installed!!

Check out one of the latest reviews I got for Tasker on Google Play!

I installed and setup 3 profile...

Sticky Note - New AutoTools Web Screen

There is a new Web Screen available for AutoTools. Sticky Notes!

Allows you to create random notes that you...

Sending SMS with a link on a web page

Thought this was an interesting use case that a customer asked about, so I created a tutorial for it. 

Check it out 2018-11-29 15:33:59 +0000 UTC View Post

Sneak Peak of a new Tasker Action!

This is a preview available in the new Tasker 5.6.2b Beta :)

The new Ta...

Web Screen Previews - Barcode Generator

I came across this simple javascript library to generate barcodes so obviously I had to try it out with AutoTools...

The challenges of targeting Oreo in Tasker

Read about it in the post above.

Also, please check out the new feature that makes it easier to report issues to the developer: https...

Quick Tip - Tasker Switch To Last App

Someone asked me if Tasker was able to do something like Alt+TAB in Windows. I didn't know, so I tried this out and, low and behold, it worked! :D

Updating Tasker target to Android Oreo

 Tasker and App Factory now 2018-11-22 13:19:37 +0000 UTC View Post

Exclusive AutoTools Web Screen Previews - Multiple Inputs and PostIt Notes!

These are both still unfinished but I thought I'd give you the chance to have an exclusive preview!

Please expect the screens to change before the final release, but you can play around with them no...

Did you know? AutoWear can call URLs directly!

Did you know that if you set any of AutoWear's element commands to an URL, that URL will be called directly from the watch! Tasker or the phone will not be used at all!

For example, that means that ...

There's hope!

Seems like Tasker might be able to keep its SMS and Call permissions after all! Check out all the details at the link!

Doing stuff in JavaScript in Tasker is fun!!

Yesterday I posted a task that could get the full collection of Xbox Game Pass games and show it in a dialog 2018-11-14 14:53:41 +0000 UTC View Post

Xbox Game Pass Listing

This is a fun task I created today. Import it 2018-11-13 19:48:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Live Creations #7 - Opening Android Wear Apps From Anywhere

Find out how to easily open an Android Wear app on your watch from anywhere!

Really sorry about the PC microphone sound. Hopefully you can still figure out everything I said there.

Let me know...

Tasker losing SMS and Call functionality

As explained at the link,  Google is taking away SMS and Call functionalities from Tasker unfortunately. 

SMS is one of the most used features in Tasker!

People are justifiably unhap...

Creating an AutoTools Web Screen. Example: Colors

This is how I always create web screens myself. May not be the best way, but it's the way it works for me :)

For reference, 2018-11-08 14:49:41 +0000 UTC View Post

Interest in How To Create an AutoTools Web Screen

Would you be interested in a post that describes the details of creating an 2018-11-07 18:45:54 +0000 UTC View Post

Live Creations #6 - Use Variables for States

In this new episode of Live Creations I'm hoping to convince you to use variables for states instead of using normal profile conditions directly :)

What I mean is, normally you have profiles that ar...

Getting Media Info With AutoNotification

Check out the update I'm working on!

With a future version of AutoNotification you'll be able to get details about currently playing media!

In the video you can see how I can get a lot of info...

Live Creations #5 - Link Device<->Screen Rotation In Any App

Some apps simply can't be rotated, like most launchers. That is, until you bring Tasker in the mix! :)

With the project, all apps will be rotated with your device's rotation, even apps that don't no...

Getting Song Lyrics with Tasker

Here's a preview of a small project I'm working on. Uses AutoNotification, AutoWeb and AutoTools!

I'm thinking of adding audio song recognition from Google now, if all other methods fail too :)...