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The original was posted on /r/tasker by /u/joaomgcd on 2024-01-17 19:50:36.

I’ve given the public version of Tasker about a week and it seems pretty stable, so I’ll go back to releasing betas now! 😁

Sign up for the beta here.

If you don’t want to wait for the Google Play update, get it right away here.

You can also get the updated app factory here.

If you want you can also check any previous releases here.

Device Admin (and Owner) Actions

Demo:

Tasker can now do some pretty powerful actions with the ability to be a Device Owner app!

Check out how to make Tasker a Device Owner app here.

With this permission, Tasker can now do stuff without a rooted device like:

  • Kill apps
  • Freeze apps
  • Clear App data
  • Reboot device

It can also do most of the actions you see here: (provided your device supports it).

If you use the Custom Mode in this new action, the helper in the action will automatically scan your device for supported Admin actions and allow you to call any of them!

You can even get values back from the system with these custom actions, if the action supports it, so you can query the system for a lot of important values!

Full Changelog

  • Added Device Administrator Actions action
  • Added option to automatically start Tasker monitor on app open, which helps on some systems that don’t start Tasker in the background
  • Made Timeout work for all types in Pick Input Dialog action
  • Don’t show “Schedule Exact Alarm” as a permission when importing stuff
  • Don’t show unnecessary warning when using file image in Notify icon
  • Fixed issue when enabling the “Reset Return Value” option in the “Perform Task” action with a Global variable
  • Fixed issue that asked for Tasker Settings to be installed (if not already) when disabling Tasker
  • Fixed issue where sometimes Project/Profile/Task variables would revert after saving the current Tasker setup
  • Fixed icon to select color in the in Image Select Dialog
  • Fixed only setting a default content type in the HTTP Request action when the user didn’t already specify a content-type themselves
  • Fixed showing too many unneeded task references when deleting a project
  • Fixed using the Search feature in the Task Edit screen
  • Fixed some crashes when running certain Javascript scripts
  • Fixed issue with automatically calling some phone numbers with # or * in them
  • Fixed issue where using Read File to a project/profile/task variable wasn’t working
  • Fixed crash when using very large images in Text/Image Dialog
  • Fixed bug related to using Query Next Alarm action