Tasker si aggiorna alla versione 5.5 - Rollout in corso

Come noto alla maggior parte dei lettori di questo Blog, Tasker è stata la mia prima passione ed è probabilmente la motivazione stessa dell'esistenza di questo Blog. Qualche anno fa infatti mi sono appassionato a quella che ritengo una delle migliori app in assoluto per il mondo Android e questo ha dato il via alla creazione del mio canale YouTube e successivamente a questo Blog. Naturalmente oggi trattiamo tantissimi argomenti legati al mondo della Domotica e della tecnologia più in generale, ma come si dice "il primo amore non si scorda mai". Ed allora eccomi qui alla prima occasione a parlare di Tasker che proprio in queste ore si sta aggiornando alla versione 5.5. Il noto sviluppatore João Dias che ha preso in carico appunto lo sviluppo dell'applicazione ormai da quasi un anno, ha messo a punto diverse novità.

Riassumo qui di seguito le principali novità e in ogni caso vi lascio il changelog completo a fine articolo:

• aggiunta la funzionalità di condivisione dei progetti con l'importazione facilitata tramite servizio TaskerNet
• Aggiunto supporto a Google Drive per backup dei dati e relativa condivisione 
• Possibiltà di cambiare le dimensioni dello schermo in modo dinamico
• Possibilità di nascondere la icone sulla barra di stato
• Interessantissima la possibilità di effettuare un Ping per controllare la connettività e la latenza su un host di rete remoto. Molti di voi si ricorderanno che avevo usato questa funzione (all'epoca non nativa) per individuare gli smartphone (e i relativi propietari) nella mia rete domestica
• Force Rotation: Forza la rotazione del Display

CHANGELOG COMPLETO

Taker v5.5 – 2018/10/03

Added

• Export as Link: revolutionizing the way Tasker data is shared. Tasker/Profiles/Projects can be exported as Links and to import them, user simply needs to click on the Link with Tasker installed.
• Access https://taskernet.com/shares/ to manage your shared links.
• Automatic Google Drive backup: will upload every time there are changes and keep 1 daily backup.
• Google Drive Restore: Restore data from any of your previous Google Drive backups.
• Ability to directly import from XML files for projects/profiles/tasks
• Custom Setting State/Event: monitor Android’s settings so you can react to their changes. For example, turn the volume down when night light is enabled
• Google Drive Upload action: upload a file to a folder on your Google Drive and optionally share it.
• Display Size action: change the size of your display dinamically.
• NFC Action: Toggle NFC on or off
• Status Bar Icons: Hide icons on your status bar.
• Force Rotation: Force the rotation of your display.
• Data Backup: Backup Tasker data with optional Google Drive backup.
• Ping: Check the connectivity and latency to a remote network host
• Multi-SIM support for Send SMS action
• Ask Permissions: Mainly for users that share tasker data with others or Exported Apps
• Tasker can now output multiple local variables from an action like plugins (GDrive Upload action does it)
• Badges for new States and Events
• Option to keep wifi on with Wifi Tether
• More Custom Settings that will be automatically found
• When importing data from a URL, added option to show description of what you’re importing, before importing it.
• Added android.permission.DUMP permission to manifest
• Tasker notifications will now show the time they were created

Changes

• When Tasker crashes, a notification will be generated so user can directly report the crash to the developer
• When Tasker exits, it’ll always check if battery optimizations are off: too many people were having issues with it
• When you export data to storage, it’ll share the file so you can easily open it somewhere else. You can turn this off in Preferences.
• SMS App action will now set it with no prompt if Tasker has the Write Secure Settings permission
• Updated support email address
• If device is rooted End Call will be performed with root so it always works
• Upgraded to Google Play Services 12
• Take Call works with root if available
• When moving file and using HTTP GET with file create destination directory first if it doesn’t exist.
• Allow for user https certificates for HTTP actions
• When license is not valid, stop Tasker monitor
• Changed default App usage method to App Usage Stats
• Will now create a notification if an action with a missing plugin is ran

Bugfixes

• Fixed Array Set not clearing previously existing array with the same name
• Fixed some dialogs accepting the positive action when the Android back button was pressed
• Ask for location permission in Wifi Connected and Wifi Near states
• Fixed opening file from a folder whose name started with “Tasker”
• Fixed Biometric Dialog not showing up when running from outside Tasker
• Fixed error message when running Create Directory action
• Fixed not being able to delete multiple profiles at once
• Fixed Wifi Tethering for Android P
• Don’t exit Tasker if some other app opens while Tasker is in its main screen
• Write file action creates missing directories if needed
• Fixed crash when wifi tether action fails because of Carrier blocks
• Made files with root directories sharable with other apps
• Fixed missing permission for SMS action: READ_PHONE_STATE
• Fixed time not showing in notifications
• Fixed Menu -> Data -> Share
• Fixed crash when exporting project with missing icon
• Fixed crash showing overlay scene with no permission
• Request Read Call Logs permission on phone ringing event to be able to get the phone number
• Fixed Airplane Radios action
• Fixed toast background color on devices where toast isn’t white by default
• Fixed testing for file size with root
• Fixed Phone Ringing event for Android Pie (it was not detecting phone numbers correctly)
• Ask for storage permissions when enabling run log
• Make text boxes not important for autofill