How to use Tasker | Part III [Shortcuts & Widgets]

Tasker is one of the most powerful which is used for task control and task automation app. In the previous post we learned about what is Actions and Tasks, Importing/Exporting Tasks, Delete a task or action, Rearranging actions in a task & Running a task manually. In this post we will learn about:

• Shortcuts and Widgets
• Associating tasks with context

What about Shortcuts and Widgets?

Tasks can also be manually run through shortcuts or widgets. Simply put a Tasker Task widget, or Tasker Task shortcut, or even a Task Timer widget (which has a countdown timer) on your homescreen. At that point, select the task to associate with it.

Once the widget or shortcut is set up, you can run its related task by tapping on the icon simply like you'd regularly do with any application. Since you know how to set up tasks, you can create them execute automatically by associating them with triggers (referred to in Tasker as "contexts").

Associating tasks with context

Activities that are assembled in tasks won't do much unless they are actually run - either automatically or manually. As I've specified in the previous segment, you can run Tasks manually. Despite the fact that it's as of now helpful to manually execute a few activities at the same time, it's more advantageous to run them in some sort of programmed way. Here's the place Tasker really shines - it can automate task execution as indicated by rules, conditions, or triggers (otherwise called "contexts" in Tasker). You can consider Tasker contexts as conditions or circumstances, which, when genuine, will teach the application to run the related task(s). You can likewise consider contexts the "if" part of a conditional statement, while the tasks are the "then" part.

Tasker provides numerous contexts, grouped into 6 categories:

1. Application - Triggers task execution when an application is launched or run.
2. Day - Runs tasks relying upon day(s) that you determine.
3. Event - Tasks run when certain "events" happen on your device. This classification has the following subcategories: Date/Time, Display, File, Hardware, Phone, Power, Sensor, System, Tasker, UI, Variables, 3rd Party.
4. Location - Runs tasks when the device enters a user-defined geological location.
5. State - Runs tasks when the device enters a specific state or condition (e.g., Bluetooth status is off, Wi-Fi is connected, and so on.). This classification has the following subcategories: App, Display, Hardware, Net, Phone, Plugin, Power, Sensor, Tasker, Variables.
6. Time - Runs tasks according to the time of day that you specify. A beginning and ending time an be specified. Task execution can also be repeated every n minutes or hours after first execution.

Let's go back to our "Battery Save" task. You can set this task to keep running, for case, each time your Battery level goes beneath half. Here's the way you may set all that up:Open the Profiles tab in Tasker.

1. Open the Profiles tab in Tasker.
2. Tap the Add New Profile button (plus icon) at the bottom right of the screen.
3. Select State > Power > Battery Level. This will be the connection or trigger under this profile.
4. On the edit page, drag the To slider to "50". Keep the From slider at "0". This setting signifies "When the Battery level is somewhere around 0 and 50."
5. Tap the Back button to return to the previous screen. From the popup list that shows up, tap on "Battery Save" to choose it and associate it with the context.
6. You'll now see the new profile on the Profiles tab. To its right is an On/Off switch. If the switch is on, Tasker will perform the associated tasks when the trigger is activated or when the context or conditions are met.
7. To change the default profile name, long-tap on the profile name and tap the Name button (represented by the uppercase letter A) at the top of the screen. Type the name of the content field, and tap the checkmark button to save it.
8. Beneath the new profile's name, you'll see the context name and a green arrow pointing towards the task connected with it. You can likewise rename the setting name, if you want. Simply log-tap on the setting name, select Name, type the name on the content field, and save it by tapping the checkmark button.

Now, every time your device reaches 50 percent of its Battery power or lower, Tasker will execute the activities listed in the Battery Save task that you defined. In the next section, I'll speak a bit about creating scenes in Tasker. These are custom UIs that can help you plan your own mini apps using Tasker. I'll also discuss variables very briefly.

In the next post, we will learn about:

• Scenes
• Displaying a scene
• Using variables