Fixed checking if variable is set when checking structured variables with uppercase structure keys
Fixed using structured variable arrays with uppercase structure keys being very slow in some situations
Fixed using the %array($?~Rregex) syntax in some situations
Tried fixing Clipboard change detection on some Xiaomi devices
Made Tasker dialogs behave consistently when the user switches to a different window while they are showing
Made Output fields in "Parse/Format DateTime" action not behave strangely in some situations
Fixed some crashes
v5.12.21 - 2021/05/14
Additions
Added Wifi ADB action to interact with Quick Tiles in helperDemo
Made ADB Wifi action auto-select appropriate function if searched for
Added week of month variable to Parse/Format DateTime action
Added Structured Output option to For action
Changes
Made description field In Share To Link screen bigger
Don't ask for background location permission in kid apps
In kid apps don't show the number of active profiles
Bugfixes
Don't create global variables when reading structured values if key contains uppercase letters
Fixed Javascript actions that returned too much data to the main task crashing Tasker
Fixed writing/copying files on SD Cards or USB Storage where sometimes the files wouldn't be correctly written
Fixed exporting profiles in some situations
Fixed accessing JSON arrays with deep keys in some situations
Fixed crash when checking device info in some situations
Fixed reading JSON arrays in some situations
Fixed reading non structured variables if you used something like %variable.mp4 and %variable was just some normal non-structured text
Fixed building apps with App Factory in some situations
Fixed Variable Search Replace when the result was a global variable being unset
Fixed bug when using physical keyboard in some situations
Fixed not showing Input Separator in "Parse/Format DateTime" action in some situations
Fix for wrongly triggering Intent Events with the action "android.net.conn.CONNECTIVITY_CHANGE" every time the "Profile Status" action was used
Fixed using custom fonts in scenes for kid apps
Fixed adding new actions in the correct position in tasks with collapsed If/For actions
Fixed showing relevant scene variables in tasks that react to scene events
Fixed the setting to not show the Tasker notification when there are no active profiles in some situations.
Fixed "Parse/Format DateTime" action not setting project/profile/task variables
Fixed getting the correct variable value when long pressing a project/profile/task variable if there were multiple of these variables with the same name
Fixed "Had to purge" warning that could sometimes appear
v5.12.18 - 2021/05/03
Main Additions
Added Sleeping state: track your sleep with Tasker. Demo
Added "Sleeping" event so that you can use all sleep events sent by Google Play Services so you can log them somehow if you want, or for other uses where you might need all updates
Added native JSON (Demo) HTML/XML (Demo) and CSV (Demo) reading with the dot or square brackets notation
When setting a global variable that's compatible with a structured type Tasker will ask you if you want to enable easy structure reading for that variable
Added Simple Matching/Regex action allowing you to easily match and extract data from any piece of text. Demo
Added "Arrays Merge" action: merge 2 or more arrays together into 1. Demo
Added new "Tick" event which will automatically trigger a profile in a set interval. Intervals can be between 100 milliseconds and 2 minutes. Demo
When adding an action, if you search for a task name and select the "Perform Task" action, the task name will be automatically filled in. Demo
When adding an action, if you search for a Input Dialog type and select the "Pick Input Dialog" action, the dialog type will be automatically filled in
When adding an action, if you search for a specific Tasker Function name the "Tasker Function" action, the function will be automatically selected and setup
New setting in Project/Profile/Task variables that allows you to customize what value gets exported independently from the value the variable is set
Added "Favorite Actions" option when long-clicking the "Add" button when editing a Task
You can also set favorite actions to show on short click if you want and the regular dialog to show long click if you want
If you add a favorite action resulting from a search for the "Perform Task" action directly with a pre-filled in Task name or a "Pick Input Dialog" action with a certain dialog type or a "Tasker Function" action with a certain function, the favorite action will also directly prefill the same options
Main Additions: Array Functions
Changed long-click variable in variable list behaviour: now a helper menu will show up with common ways you can access variables so you don't have to remember them. Demo
Allow joining arrays directly by writing %array(+JOINER) where JOINER are any characters you like. Demo
Allow specifying a joiner in all array functions that return multiple values by writing something like %array(+SEPARATOR+1,3,4) for example. Demo
Allow getting all array items that match an expression by using %array($?expression)
Added ability to query a Tasker array for multiple locations in one go. For example %array(1,3,5) will get the array's first, third and fifth items.
Fixed querying arrays for items in several formats where a variable wwas used instead of the formats directly, eg: %query = 1:2 ; %array(%query) wouldn't work but now it does
Main Additions: External Storage (SD cards, USB storage devices) Demo
Added Support for external USB and SD cards on Android 11+
Added function to list all storage volumes in "Tasker Function" action
Added ability to select from multiple external storage options if multiple are available in the File Select window (for example SD Card and USB)
Fixed copying files to SD Card in some situations
Fixed a lot of other external storage related issues
Other Additions
Added "Calendar" and "Calendar Entry" options in the "Pick Input Dialog" action
Added "Is Locked" and "Is Securely Locked" to "Test Display" action
Added "Music Active" action to "Tasker Function" action
Added "Rewind" and "Fast Forward" functions to the "Media Control" action
Added "Structure Output" option in relevant states/events/actions
Added "Structured Variable" option to Project/Profile/Task variables
Added "Variable Set Structure Type" action to explicitely set the type of a variable's structure
Added option to "Get Location v2" to force high accuracy, meaning it'll ONLY use GPS satellites to get your location and nothing else
Added %gl_satellites variable to "Get Location v2" which will have the number of satellites that were used to get your high accuracy location
Added ability for plugins to open a URI when their plugin action is done running so that they can launch activities without the permission to draw over other apps
Added ADB Wifi helper for easy setup of permission granting/revoking commands
Added helper in HTTP Request action's Headers field to easily set commonly used headers
Added option to "Variable Split" to use the splitter as a regex
Added option to configure the Tasker notification when there are no active profiles separately
Added option to make project/profile/task variables immutable. These variables can't be changed from tasks
Added support for structured Global Variables. You can now read JSON from %Json.info for example
Added support for the parseFormatDateTime() variable function in JavaScript
Added Ukranian translation
Allow "Input Dialog" to have a default text of "%"
Allow multi-line input in the "Array Push" action in the "Value" field
Allow space characters in "Array Set" > "Values" input
Allow using new lines and spaces as the splitter in the "Variable Split" Action
Allow using spaces and new lines as the splitter in the "Array Set" action
Made the text in various action fields (like Run Shell, ADB Wifi, Variable Set, etc) not wrap and have configurable text size (new "Command Text Size" option)
Made the Monospace-not-wrapped text in certain input fields optional (Preferences > UI)
Changes
Made the sound quality of recordings done with the "Record Audio" action much better when the MP4 format is selected
Removed the "Codec" option from the "Record Audio" action. It is now automatically selected based on the "Format"
Automatically trim input variable names in "Multiple Variables Set" action
Changed: If multiple project/profile/task variables with the same name exist in scope simultaneously, only the most "inner" scope available will be affected
Don't alert user of missing Tasker Settings in the "Vibrate On Ringer" action in some situations
Made "Ping" action always time out after 10 seconds if no response is gotten
Made "Turn Off" action with the "Lock" option enabled lock the screen even if the screen is off
Made "Variable Join"'s "Joiner" and "Write To File"'s "Text" field able to receive new lines and other blank characters
Made Tasker monitor notification for when there are no active profiles use a different notification category from when there are active profiles so that users can disable one and not the other
Made the "Off" text that appears when Tasker is disabled more evident
Removed the "Enabled" option from the "Device Idle" state since it wasn't doing anything
Request for path access directly in the Tasker file picker when needed
Updated conditions to use 6 decimals when comparing numbers instead of 3
Made app factory not use legacy file access and use the new required SAF file system
Bugfixes
Fixed editing actions beeing very slow if your Tasker setup is big, specially if you use a lot of Java functions in your setup
Fix long-standing bug of not being able to unzip files on external storage
Fixed using Tasker with the "Don't keep Activities" developer option enabled and other situations where activities could restart like switching between light/dark theme while using Tasker
Fixed long-standing bug where disabled "For" action would run forever
Fixed Tasker not toggling Wifi the first time it's used after boot if Tasker Settings is needed to toggle it
Fixed a bug that sometimes some Xiaomi devices have that crash Tasker when a certain kind of notification is created
Don't clear condition local variables when applying the current Tasker setup
Don't mistakenly warn about missing plugin if timeout for plugin action is too high
Don't show alerts for errors in the "Record Audio" action if "Continue Task After Error" is selected
Fix actions inside disabled For loops not running when the actions themselves are enabled
Fix local media icons when importing old projects/tasks and icons still exist on same path
Fixed "Received Text" event when the SIM is selected and both the SIMs on the phone have the same name
Fixed "Test Scene" not affecting project/profile/task variables
Fixed "Multiple Variable Set" action in some situations
Fixed "Vibrate On Ring" action in some situations
Fixed some root related actions running in some situations
Fixed 3rd party apps setting variables externally
Fixed backup dialog not pre-filling in the folder and file name of the backup in some situations
Fixed BeyondPod actions on newer Android versions
Fixed bug that global variables couldn't be cleared via javascript's "setGlobal()"
Fixed bug where sometimes Multiple Variables Set would fail
Fixed crash in some scenes where a Video element is used
Fixed crash when selecting an image from the Downloads folder in some situations
Fixed easy service commands for the "Shell Command" action
Fixed empty icon for Tasker notification not being applied in some situations
Fixed issue when using array inputs in some actions in some situations when Turkish was the selected language
Fixed issue in some cases when exporting something to Taskernet where Tasker would restart
Fixed issue where Tasker would complain that density was not initialized in some situations
Fixed issue with setting multiple variables with Do Maths enabled but some of them didn't have maths expressions
Fixed Project/Profile/Task variables in some cases when using Scene Web Elements
Fixed not being able to check if %var is not set by checking %var ~ \%var
Fixed referencing apps by name in some situations in actions where apps can be selected ("Launch App", "Media Control", etc)
Fixed setting project/profile/task variables from the "Java Function" action
Fixed using Profile/Project variables in some situations
Fixed some situations where editing an action and then restarting the activity would result in the inputs for the action resetting
Fixed issue when downloading Google Drive files to external storage in some situations
Fixed using setLocal() function in Scene WebView for project/profile/task variables
Fixed variable name hints for certain Project/Profile/Task variables
Try to fix clipboard change sensing on Android 11 on some specific devices
