What a lot of rubbish this application is, watched You Tube on how to use it and really no further on, quickly refunded my purchase and installation of Juice Defender Ultimate done, BooYah, simples and works beautifully
Tasker
- #1 Reason Android is on top
- A must-have for every power user
- Must-have if you like to mod your Android
- Very difficult to use
- It works but it cost WAY TOO much!
- LOAD OF RUBBISH
- The new beta looks much more appealing.. It fits the holo styling that android has been moving towards. Glad to see it in beta form, and hoping to see it hit the market soon.
- Tasker revenue from this app 1298000 $
UPDATED:November 22, 2012
CURRENT VERSION:
1.3.3u2
REQUIRES ANDROID:1.6 and up
ITEM ID:net.dinglisch.android.taskerm
5 comments
This app requires some logic skills. "Steep Learning curve" isn't quite the right way to describe it, as many others have. I have a coding background, so this app's functionality came naturally to me, but even if you're a dummy with while loops and if statements, there are plenty of great, downloadable tasks on the web to choose from. No other mobile OS can touch Android as long as this app stays exclusive. This dev is amazingly vocal on his forums, too. Absolutely zero complaints. THE BEST app out there.
I can't imagine myself using phone without Tasker. It lets you automatize pretty much anything you want, for example notification on location, start/stop music and navigation when using car dock, change widget icon based on weather, reply to SMS with a link to Google Maps showing your phone location and WiFi's nearby, auto-mute sound during important meetings or at night, specific vibration rhythm when your friend calls. Also, it lets you create widgets for any action list you define. You name it, it can do it (well, almost, but it's not an easy to find limitations). The only drawback is a steep learning curve – you have to spend like a day learning its basics and it feels overwhelming at start, but then you're set and you can do and remember less when your phone does more.
it seems adding more ui elements for scene and also Magic File integration & built in media functions could change tasker to complete Rad ide.
A must for every andriod device out there. With it you can truly master your device. Great for simple things like turning the media volume up automaticly when you open a video, or if you so desire much more complex tasks. It is simple to use at a basic level, but the learning curve is quite steep if you want to do complex tasks (although there is alot of help on the internet for those that want to know more than the basics)
I automate everything with tasker. I use it a lot. And while I couldn't live without it, it has many faults. The UI is terrible, but then, using a phone to build scripts is always a bad experience. There needs to be a way to make these scripts on the computer and then sync them to the device. Debugging is painful. Anytime you make something remotely complicated, it becomes flaky. If you use 3rd party plugins, it becomes even worst. Finding why your script does not always work is tedious at best. That being said, automation features like these are essentials for a power user. They are extremely satisfying when they work. But creating the scripts is a tedious process.