Tasker

[Guest gilmorenator]

Ooh, that's a very cool idea... could you elaborate on how you accomplish this? An 'auto check in when home' would be handy.

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Paul,

I wanted to do this myself also...

Here is a tutorial which I just knocked together,

http://blog.davegilmore.info/?p=7

Thanks,

Dave.

[Guest gilrad]

Mine:

-Media volume set to a reasonable level when headphones plugged in (I use canal-buds so ambient noise is not much of a factor here)

-Variation of "ultimate alarm clock" ('Good morning Brian, it's going to be a wonderful day', followed by one of nine random wake-up songs)

-Airplane mode whenever certain battery-intensive apps that don't require 3g are launched (games, Rock Player)

-Automatic vibrate mode when in my work hours

[Guest mhewitson]

I use Tasker's HTTP Post ability for a variety of tasks.

Most recently, to automatically check-in to foursquare.

Can you share how you managed this?

[Guest gilmorenator]

Can you share how you managed this?

I already did...up there^^^

Here is the link again.... http://bit.ly/h4tur7

[Guest mhewitson]

I already did...up there^^^

Here is the link again.... http://bit.ly/h4tur7

Sorry, Missed that before I posted.

Awesome - its really usefull! Now if only I can get auto tweets working....

[Guest Paul]

Install this Locale plugin - http://www.appbrain.com/app/locale-tweet-p...ng.twitter_free - and you can use it from Tasker to Tweet.

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[Guest ozochain]

Ooh, that's a very cool idea... could you elaborate on how you accomplish this? An 'auto check in when home' would be handy.

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Edit - I'm revising my check-in method to a slightly more elegant solution.

I've created a task named "Check In" with the following instructions:

HTTP Get

   Server:Port "api.foursquare.com"

   Path		"/v1/venue"

   Attributes  "vid=%VID"


Variable Split

   Name		"%HTTPD"

   Splitter	"<name>"


Variable Split

   Name		"%HTTPD2"

   Splitter	"</name>"


Variable Set

   Name		"%VENUE"

   To		  "$HTTPD21"


Variable Split

   Name		"%LOC"

   Splitter	","


Notify

   Title	   "Check In"

   Text		"Just checked in at %VENUE"


HTTP Post

   Server:Port "mdn:[email protected]"

   Path		"/v1/checkin"

   Data		"vid=%VID

				private=0

				facebook=0

				twitter=0

				geolat=%LOC1

				geolong=%LOC2"


Variable Set

   Name		"%CHECKIN"

   To		  "0"

Then, for different locations I have an event triggered based on wireless hotspots that I connect to:

Variable Set

   Name		"%CHECKIN"

   To		  "1"

   If		  "%VID !~ 1234"


Variable Set

   Name		"%VID"

   To		  "1234"


Perform Task

   Name		"Check In"

   If		  "%CHECKIN ~ 1"

Replace 1234 with the venue's VID.

This will make sure that I only check into locations one at a time. I also get a notification as I get checked into venues to make sure that it works alright.

I have it so that when I dock my phone, it sets %VID to 0. You can also make a task shortcut which triggers a check-in as well.

Edited November 28, 2010 by ozochain

[Guest the_didge]

Ive just made a tasker widget that goes and checks how much there is in my lloyds tsb account, displays it on screen, then saves it to the label of the widget. Handy for when im out and considering buying that new gadget or toy...

Just one of about 30 tasks ive got.

Working on the same thing for my HSBC and NATWEST Accounts.

Edited December 5, 2010 by the_didge

[Guest womble_sanfran]

Ive just made a tasker widget that goes and checks how much there is in my lloyds tsb account, displays it on screen, then saves it to the label of the widget. Handy for when im out and considering buying that new gadget or toy...

Just one of about 30 tasks ive got.

Working on the same thing for my HSBC and NATWEST Accounts.

How do you do that?You need to open a webpage, login and retrieve a number from somewhere on the screen, I have never seen that in the Tasker options.

[Guest the_didge]

How do you do that?You need to open a webpage, login and retrieve a number from somewhere on the screen, I have never seen that in the Tasker options.

Lloyd have a very nice text alert service. You send a text to a certain number and it will reply with your balance and last few transactions. When you click the widget it will send the text and a separate profile waits for the reply, then splits the text into many pieces and uses the bit I want for everything else.

natwest and hsbc systems are a lot more complicated and I'm not even sure if they'll work yet.

[Guest 3shirts]

Does anyone know if it's possible to check-in to Facebook places in a similar way to foursquare? If so, what is the command to http post?

[Guest robtharle]

Lloyd have a very nice text alert service. You send a text to a certain number and it will reply with your balance and last few transactions. When you click the widget it will send the text and a separate profile waits for the reply, then splits the text into many pieces and uses the bit I want for everything else.

natwest and hsbc systems are a lot more complicated and I'm not even sure if they'll work yet.

I think I have it working for Natwest.

Task called 'Bank'

Action

Send SMS (to the relevant Number)

Message 'BAL'

Profile 'BANK SMS'

Context

Event Received Text Sender (relevant Number)

Task 'Bank SMS'

Action

variable split

Name 'SMSRB'

Splitter ' '

Set widget Label

Name 'Bank'

Label 'SMSRB10' (there are 9 spaces in the SMS I receive back so creates 10 variables. The 10th is the balance.)

Create the widget

1. Select the home option to go back to the android home screen.

2. Long press on the desktop and select add widget.

3. Select Task (with the Tasker icon).

4. On the tasker screen, select the batter task from the drop down list.

5. Find the question mark icon, click on it, and select an icon for the widget.

6. Now Select the Make Widget button.