Release Notes

13/10/2010: v1.0.10

Highlights

• task shortcuts
• light/proximity sensor states
• detect button clicks in any app
• detect notifications and notification clicks for any app
• wifi/usb tether toggle
• improved GPS/wifi near battery life
• action Run Script: will no longer work until ASE is upgraded to minimally SL4A RC3.

Incompatibilities

• Time Contexts: if From = To, or there's a Repeat, they act like events (instant, no settings restoration, no exit task)
• %CELLSIG: range is now 0-4 inclusive (CDMA) or 0-10 inclusive (GSM), approximately linearly
• HTTP Get/Post: username:password for basic authorization are now specified in the Server field
• %LOCPRV has been deprecated (is always 'gps' now)
• %LOC variables are now only updated for GPS coordinates
• variable names are no longer allowed to start with 0-9
• deprecated action Torch, use 3rd Party/TeslaLED instead

Additions

• added variable %LIGHT
• declaration of proximity/light features in manifest
• event 3rd Party / OpenWatch
• event 3rd Party / Kaloer Clock
• event category UI
• action Get Location
• variable %LOCN (net location) (dynamic)
• variable %LOCNTMS (net location fix time) (dynamic)
• variable %LOCNACC (net location accuracy) (dynamic)
• allow selection of launcher(s) in app context
• event Hardware / Button: Search Long
• event Misc / Notification (not Cupcake, requires Tasker accessibility service)
• event Notification Clicked supports non-Tasker notifications (not Cupcake,requires Tasker accessibility service)
• event Misc / Button Widget Click (not Cupcake, requires Tasker accessibility service)
• event Misc / New Window (not Cupcake, requires Tasker accessibility service)
• variable Window Label (%WIN) (monitored) (not Cupcake, requires Tasker accessibility service)
• action 3rd Party / Android Notifier
• action Display / Status Bar
• action Display / Close System Dialogs
• action Net / Wifi Tether and associated permission CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE
• action Net / USB Tether
• reinstated event Missed Call (it fires every time there's a new one)
• event edit: added built-in variable selector as for state/action edit
• look for samsung alarm package (events Alarm Clock, Alarm Done)
• built-in icon for unlock
• Wait/Wait Until actions will wake up device when they expire, so no need to keep device awake while they tick
• plugin devs can specify strings to be scanned for variables before firing
• action Display Brightness: added Ignore Current Level parameter (sometimes Android needs an extra kick)
• Menu / Prefs / UI / Lock On Startup option, also applied to Widget/Shortcut configure
• support for TeslaLED and SleepBot in 3rd Part category
• if there are any named tasks referred to by locked profiles, ask for the lock code upon trying to create a widget or shortcut
• 3rd Party event: WidgetLocker (Locked, Unlocked, Hidden)

Bugfixes

• Photo actions: variables in filename weren't being replaced
• Run Script: variable passing should have been optional
• sanity check sensor event structure before retrieving values
• catch exceptions processing sensor values
• profile list, tabbed view, profile with 2 state contexts: was disappearing after deleting first state
• clicking on the name of a deprecated action was causing crash
• getting cell ID was causing a crash occasionally (e.g. maybe switching airplane mode)
• app detection: was too loose due to bug
• exported task descriptions: action indices now start at 1
• monitor vars were being missed in named widgets referencing another named task via Perform Task
• catch exceptions reading data from SD
• action Lock: passcode was getting encrypted when it shouldn't after some exceptions
• orientation sensor values were being checked much more frequently than necessary
• allow deletion of apps-no-longer-on-system from app context (and show ? icon)
• accelerometer monitoring was producing (harmless) warning after screen timed out and was turned on quickly
• check action conditions for variables that should be monitored
• instant profiles: when 1st task deleted, move 2nd into it's position
• Display Rotation, Sound Effects, Haptic Feedback weren't working at all (for several versions!)
• don't enable wifi for Wifi Near state/Wifi action if tether active
• null values back from plugin were causing exception (again, sorry)
• include action conditions and all parameters when exporting profile to clipboard
• Location Edit: circle shown on map (and context radius!?) didn't always match specified radius size
• action Go Home: wasn't passing Launcher Pro's home screen number correctly
• app detection: timeout after a while if app not there (2.2+, was already 2.1+)
• variable %LOCTMS: workaround fixed GPS / system time difference
• changes in %CELLSRV were not dynamically updating state Variable Value/ event Variable Set
• catch timer widget having been deleted at update time (e.g. due to there having been no space on screen)
• state Media Button and another state in same profile would usually cause an error message
• some bugs with profile import (catching error conditions)
• handle proxy start failure better
• stop leaking media scanner service when inserting picture in gallery after a Photo action
• Photo actions: reimplemented Prefs / Action / Camera Delay so doesn't freeze up with longer delays
• catch, warn and truncate SMS > 160 characters
• TTS could be left unreleased if service killed
• GPS timing: GPS likely using much more power than necessary
• another plugin bugin
• variables in event context strings were not being replaced before the match
• variable prefixes were replacing unset longer variables names in the same match
• catch crash leaving camera preview when just about to take picture
• check we're still running before showing dialogs, subactivities
• catch empty or non-positive numeric fields in prefs
• missing icon for date/time event category
• removed (harmless) error message upon rotating built-in icon select screen
• ignore cell id GSM:65535, reported as coming when switching 2G->3G sometimes
• time edit/timer config: numbers set purely via keyboard are now picked up when clicking Done (actually: workaround for Android bug)

Changes

• changed to ASE to SL4A (min version r3)
• profile list: name-related dialogs now have word-capped input format
• exclude Tasker dock activities from app selection
• exporting task header description: only show non-default values
• JuiceDefender: don't include version code in tag extra
• action conditions LHS can contain an expression, not necessarily just a variable name
• record Tasker-discovered location data in case user disables provider before asking for variables
• profile list, task options help, 2nd enter task of instant profile now has it's own help text
• changed many event text input formats to mixed case (so matching is caseless)
• adjust wifi near timeout dynamically based on difference between last result time and timeout time
• Wifi Near: Menu / Prefs / Monitor / Wifi Timeout -> Wifi Minmum Timeout
• removed event category Network, added 3rd Party
• Phone Call, Call Divert/Block/Revert: change input formatting so variable can be accepted
• Back hardware button acts more uniformly accross all screens
• dialog actions(popups, passphrase, lock etc) do not block non-dialog actions of equal or higher priority
• Say/Say After do not block other non-say actions of equal or higher priority
• simultaneous wait/wait untils handled much better
• fiddled with auto-brightness
• use new PhoneStateListener API for signal strength for API >= 7
• widgets are scanned for monitor variables as soon as they are created
• variables Caller Name and SMS From Name default to sender number if contact lookup fails
• init logging for Alex's laggy startup
• factorized state, event, action edit screens
• prefs: confirm dialog pops up when exiting settings if a lock code has been set
• don't allow creation of a widget without an icon selected
• importing one profile: if a referenced task name exists, point at the existing task instead of refusing to import
• profiles always imported collapsed
• try and set wifi state even when wifi manager reports current state unknown
• time edit: added labels to clarify range when from/to not selected
• action Say: default to Media stream, warn on other streams (beep during phone call problem)
• the status of locked profiles cannot be manually changed via Profile Status
• mark 3rd party actions as unavailable when package not on device