Add Tasker integration

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Add Tasker integration

[abaker]

I'm not familiar with Astrid's Tasker integration. I read that this required the Astrid Locale plugin which was not open source. Was Tasker integration only for location based reminders or were there other features?

[StingerAJ]

It should be easy to do even without the Locale plugin due to Astrids
interoperability with other apps.

E.g. in the location-based app I am using, Llama, you can define areas (by
cell id by default, but there are other options), and then based on an
area-related condition (like "when I am near my favorite grocery store"),
open a specific app-shortcut (Astrid has the shortcut "Astrid list or
filter", where you can e.g. open your grocery list).

Tasker should provide a similar option to open a specific Astrid-list or
filter based on a specific condition.

[StingerAJ]

BTW, the Astrid Locale plugin only provided the option to open a specific
list from Locale (it seems Locale wasn't able to open a specific
Astrid-list otherwise).

The conditions to trigger Astrid are completely flexible, though and could
be time-related or have any other condition supported by the
context-awareness app.

[abaker]

I guess what I was wondering is if I implemented geofence reminders would it take care of this?

[eater]

Geofencing would be better than nothing, but not as good as Tasker integration, which provides a lot more.

[StingerAJ]

As I said Tasks/Astrid should be usable from Tasker already, give it a
try.

[eater]

I'm not seeing a way to do this -- I can open the Tasks app from Tasker, but I can't trigger a reminder.

[StingerAJ]

Yeah it seems Tasker doesn't provide that action without the locale plugin.
I know that Llama does however, it is surprising as Tasker used to be the
best one around.

[abaker]

So you want a shortcut that will trigger a reminder for a specific task?

[eater]

A reminder for a particular list.

[vbjay]

👍 I would use this feature to show a notification for a work list when I arrived at work.

[StingerAJ]

Install this plugin for tasker, it should enable to use an Astrid list
shortcut:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autoshortcut

2013/10/9 Jay Asbury [email protected]

[image: 👍] I would use this feature to show a notification for a work
list when I arrived at work.

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[vbjay]

Astrid showed a notification that would take you to that list. I think along with that idea, the notification should only show if there are incomplete items in the list.

[vbjay]

Tasker and Local already allow you to choose a shortcut to run. AutoShortcut is not needed.

[abaker]

I will look in to adding the ability to trigger list and task notifications from a shortcut in the future

[StingerAJ]

Jay, where does Tasker provide a task to open a shortcut from another app?
A short pointer to this would be helpful. Thanks!

2013/10/9 Alex Baker [email protected]

I will look in to adding the ability to trigger list and task
notifications from a shortcut in the future

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[vbjay]

Well you can launch any intent. Locale has a shortcut option. I thought I
saw something in Tasker too but I was wrong.
On Oct 10, 2013 3:48 AM, "StingerAJ" [email protected] wrote:

Jay, where does Tasker provide a task to open a shortcut from another app?
A short pointer to this would be helpful. Thanks!

2013/10/9 Alex Baker [email protected]

I will look in to adding the ability to trigger list and task
notifications from a shortcut in the future

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[ehausen]

I think it would be most useful if you could have smart location reminder options like

• (Optionally) The reminder should only trigger at the location when it's due or overdue
• A reminder marked for certain location should hold/snooze the notification until at the location
  --for example: do not remind me about laundry before I get home, even I already scheduled it

(Can this already be accomplished with some llama/tasker trick? Maybe by using "android intent"?
I can launch a list/filter with llama, but the list might be empty and then it's unnecessary)

[abaker]

I created locale-plugin yesterday and a beta release will be available soon. Locale and tasker feature requests/issues can go here.