Another beta is now out! A new Device Effects API was added in Android 15 so I added it to Tasker :) Sign up for the beta...
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Another beta is now out! A new Device Effects API was added in Android 15 so I added it to Tasker :)

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.

Set Device Effects

Demo:

Android 15 specific version of Tasker to use it: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/b6xpw3y7zt1q5wl714zbz/Tasker.Android.15.apk?rlkey=xhq8v20wq9kcwru7pz91et7uo&dl=1

You can now use the new Android 15 Device Effects API with Tasker!

For now, it allows you to set

  • Screen To Grayscale
  • Dim Wallpaper
  • Toggle AOD on and off

In the future it’s probable that Google will add more stuff to the API like:

  • Toggle Auto-Brightness
  • Toggle Tap To Wake
  • Toggle Tilt To Wake
  • Disable Touch (probably for Watches?)
  • Maximize Doze
  • Minimize Radio Usage
  • Toggle Dark Mode (when this is available, I’ll use it in the dedicated Dark Mode action in Tasker so you can continue using that)

You need the special Android 15 version of Tasker above since building apps for Android 15 is still in beta, so I can’t do regular Google Play builds with it.

New Condition Editor

Demo:

You can now edit your action’s conditions in the new Tasker UI!

With this comes the new (very requested) feature of allowing you to move conditions around inside the “total” condition!

Also, it’s now a bit easier to visualize how conditions will be evaluated with visible groups, when you use the + variants of the operators (And+, Or+, Xor+).

Multiple Editors Horizontal And Vertical Arrangement

Demo:

When you add multiple editors via the UI Tuner, depending on how wide your screen is, Tasker can now position these editors vertically, instead of always horizontally.

If you have a large tablet screen, you’re probably still going to get editors side-by-side, even if you enable 4 of them, but on phones with smaller screens you’ll see them vertically arranged!

Another cool one is adding 3 editors, and having 2 of them on top of each other, and another longer one on the right. This allows you multi-editor task editing with the 2 vertical ones and then a birds-eye-view of the task in the longer one for example.

Multi-Select Actions, Border Radius, Specific Parameter Type Editors

Demo:

You now have the functionality of selecting multiple actions and then doing something with all of the selected actions, like deleting them, cloning them or toggling their enabled status for example.

You can even do multi-select in different editors simultaneously and the multi-select option will be applied in actions in all editors!

You can also change the border radius of on-screen elements, so if you don’t like your UI to have curves, you’re good to go! :)

Also, in the future, each different type of parameter in Tasker can have its own editor when you’re editing an action. For example, you’ll have a different editor for:

  • Images
  • Location
  • Wifi Networks
  • Bluetooth Devices

Each of these types of parameters will have its own type of UI which is specific to it.

For now you can see this in action for

  • Images (very early still)
  • Tasks
  • Widgets

so if you edit any action where you can select one of these, it’ll show you a specific editor that is appropriate for selecting that type of thing you’re selecting.

My goal is to make it super easy to select any type of input!

Full Changelog

  • Added new Set Device Effects action (not working for now; will only work when building Android 15 apps for the general public is possible)
  • In new Tasker UI, allow to long-select option and delete/clone/toggle multiple actions at the same time. You can even long-select actions on different editors and the long-select option will be applied to all
  • In new Tasker UI, added ability to edit conditions
  • In new Tasker UI, added ability to easily select tasks and Tasker widgets in their respective actions
  • In new Tasker UI, allow UI Tuner to set the border radius of on-screen elements
  • In new Tasker UI, on narrow devices when using multiple editors, show them on top of each other instead of side by side
  • When setting an immutable Task/Profile/Project variable, show an error instead of the action silently finishing in success
  • Allow to continue after error in Arrays Merge action

Enjoy! 😎