What is Tasker?

Tasker Total Automation for Android News 28/03/2013: Tasker 4.0 released (Android 4.0+) with Holo UI 28/03/2013: Tasker 1.6 released (Android 1.6+) 28/03/2013: Play Store price reduced to $US 1.99 (for US customers, other countries vary) How To Get It There is a direct-download 7-day Trial and a retail Play Store version. What Is It ? 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 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. Take the tour to find out more! Questions ? Try the forum. Usage Examples Here are only some of the things you could do with Tasker, it's real power is the flexibility to combine contexts and tasks however you wish. 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