yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Apps and Games] test123456789012:
ripper2860,

refer a couple of pages back. This is due to Google changing APIs in ICS. Some ROMs support that, like cyanogenmod. Maybe flashing this on your (supported) device would be a great idea anyway. Be that as it may, being on Slim ICS myself, a ROM that doesn't support this either, I've discovered that it actually doesn't make a difference battery wise, because gps is only powered up when an app uses it. So, this is primarily a privacy issue which, of course, can be circumvented by configuring the apps in question properly.

If I were you, I'd leave gps on at all times. As I said, the battery life won't be affected.

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[Android Apps and Games] tonyrobbo:
Cannot kill Sipgate app, is there a workaround?

Hi, love the app, but one thing I also wanted it to do was start and stop an app at certain times, the app is Sipgate and is similar to skype, I have the phone rooted and the task is triggered, but the app is not killed, it does work on Skype so I know I have done everything correctly. Is there a workaround for killing apps like this?

Tony
[Android Apps and Games] mkhopper:
Enhancement request:

Just downloaded this app and love it. Been setting up quite a few different rules and I have two enhancement ideas.

I'm sure others have mentioned it, but a reboot action. There is an action to shutdown, but not reboot.

Failing that, an action to launch a shortcut and/or bookmark rather than just an app. GScript allows for creating shortcuts to various scripts created with it and if AutomateIt could launch the GScript reboot shortcut, that would be perfect.
[Android Apps and Games] Sian:
Hi

Is it possible to include a trigger which read the entry on your calendar, e.g. presence of keywords such as 'meeting', 'holiday', 'flight', etc.?

I'd like to be able for it to detect a meeting and activate the silent/vibration mode of the phone, so that I don't have to mute my phone every time I go for a meeting. Or to activate the flight mode when I board a plane.
[Android Apps and Games] TobiasV:
Looked in market yesterday and nothing!

Hi,

I have been looking for an App like yours for a long time now, however I don't seem to be able to download it from market, not the free version nor the paid one. It just doesn't show up when I search the market.

Any help?

Is there an APK available for download of the free version?

Much appreciated!
[Android Apps and Games] Muzikant:
@TobiasV, are you running Android 2.2 or later ?

What message do you get on the Android Market website when following this link:

https://market.android.com/details?id=AutomateIt.mainPackage
[Android Apps and Games] TobiasV:
Oh sorry, is it a 2.2+ app? Didn't notice that.

Then I have to wait 'till August.

I have an Xperia X10 2.1.

Thanks for your quick reply!
[Android Apps and Games] tony28:
I have discovered something. I was on a custom rom with CM7 and it was impossible for me to get automate it on the market.

Now, i just installed a rom with modaco and i have access to automate it, on the market.

Tony
[Android Apps and Games] Muzikant:
That's very strange since I do most of my development on a CM7-based device and obviously I have no issues with it :)

Is it the only change you made ?
[Android Apps and Games] tony28:
mmmmmm no, not the only, now i m thinking about. I also change the baseband.
[Android Apps and Games] Muzikant:
This is one of the features that you can vote for on my blog:

http://muzikant-android.blogspot.com/2011/05/automateit-vote-for-feature_6550.html
[Android Apps and Games] limpwaster:
Hi, great app!

Just a quick question / request. Is it possible to switch which network operator you connect to based on location? I am with T-mobile UK, who share network access with orange. T-Mobile works fine most of the time, but I have rubbish signal in my house :(

My android doesn't automatically switch to orange though, as T-mobile is still the preferred network, so when I get home I have to manually go to network options and select orange as my network.

Could something like this be automated?

Thanks,

Tom
[Android Apps and Games] c00ller:
I have a suggestion. When an action is delayed, the delay "progress" is shown in the notification bar. As you know, right now it shows the start and end time of the delay, with a moving progress bar. I think it would be much more useful if instead of the ending time or starting time, it just showed the time left in hh:mm:ss. I hope the Android notification system allows for dynamically changing text like this!
[Android Apps and Games] Muzikant:
I actually thought about it and even implemented it that way first but I found out that the current implementation provides more information since you have the progress bar to show you how much time you have left and the rate its progressing, and an absolute time that shows you when it is going to be executed.

About the level of customization that Android has - I can tell you that this entire notification is custom-made. Android has a few limitations on those custom notifications (for instance, it has to fit inside a "regular" notification size) but other than that, you can customize just about anything
[Android Apps and Games] Mark X:
Pro now supports Streak, thanks.

A feature request: Ability to monitor notifications for a specific word(s) as a trigger.
[Android Apps and Games] famewolf:
Just a followup...I did retry AutomateIT and it did correctly handle the bluetooth on/off when power on/off......it however failed on the rules of When entering location X turn wifi on...when leaving location X turn wifi off.....it turned wifi off while I was still in the same room of relatives house I had assigned the rule....I turned wifi on back manually....when I got home noticed wifi was still on.
[Android Apps and Games] Muzikant:
@famewolf, Next update is going to include some serious work on the location trigger. I suggest trying it again in a few days :)

In the meantime, make sure you follow the guidelines for using the location trigger as defined on the following post:

http://muzikant-android.blogspot.com/2011/03/automateit-location-trigger-tips-and.html

Another thing, Please check the "Wake device for location update" on the settings screen. this might be causing the device not to receive location updates when it is asleep, hence, does not trigger.
[Android Apps and Games] c00ller:
Is it possible to show the time left inside the progress bar? And I don't know if you're from the US but seeing the start and end time in 24h clock format is a little distracting
[Android Apps and Games] nitens:
Not sure if I missed something... 2G/3G switch action

Muzikant

Nice work mate... Has prevented me from having to delve into tasker and shelling out the cash.

Just had a query about actioning 2G/3G switching. I can't seem to find this option in the free version. Looks like there has been a few requests, but can't seem to see any responses. Is it in the paid version? Happy to pay if it's there, if not +1 to the other requests for this action.

Otherwise I'll just make do with the mobile data switching on/off.

Cheers,

nitens
[Android Apps and Games] Muzikant:
Hi,

Currently there is no action for switching 2G/3G. I did get a lot of requests for it so will be considered for next updates.
[Android Apps and Games] Muzikant:
Killing apps in AutomateIt is done by actually killing the desired app process.

the "problem" is that some apps are built in a way that they will simply recycle and start over so they can't really be killed. I imagine sipgate is one of those apps.
[Android Apps and Games] tonyrobbo:
I thought that might be the case, but was hoping there maybe a way to trigger a script or something that could end the app like you would manually do it?
[Android Apps and Games] ripper2860:
Thank you for the reply. I was not aware that GPS was off until an app required it. Will certainly give that a shot. Motorola SmartActions does allow for toggling GPS, but AutomoateIT Pro is SOOOO much better!!
[Android Apps and Games] leezhang:
See how it goes~

Downloading and wil try it out~~
[Android Apps and Games] TheScarecrow:
Text To Speech (TTS)

Hi Muzikant

I've used TTS quite a lot in my rules without a problem but today I noticed something I can't explain. Using the Pro version, I created a simple rule with a manual trigger that uses the TTS action to say a few words. Then I put a widget on my home screen to run the rule but it doesn't work. I made it into a composite action with two actions, first TTS, followed by a vibrate action but neither actions worked. So I reversed the two actions to vibrate first then do the TTS action. Like this, the vibrate action works but still no TTS.

Any ideas as to what's wrong?

HTC Desire S
[Android Apps and Games] Muzikant:
It might sound obvious but I've seen several cases it appears that the TTS action does not work, but when looking at the Settings->Sound->Volumes it shows that the "Media" stream was set to a very low volume or silent.

If that's not the case, please send me an email using the "Help !" button on the About screen.
[Android Apps and Games] Muzikant:
New version ? Already ?

Hi all, AutomateIt is getting ready to its next release !

This is not the promised "Next Generation" version yet but it has some cool stuff and several UI changes as requested here on this thread.

I'm glad to say that the translation to Romanian and Chinese was completed and will be added to this next version !

And speaking of translation - there are some new strings just waiting for you to be translated before the next version is released. Just visit AutomateIt translation page at the following link:

http://muzikant-android.blogspot.com/2011/07/translateit-automateit-with-your.html
[Android Apps and Games] Muzikant:
Almost out...

The next update will be released in one-two days.

Currently, the translation status is as follows:

German	100%

Spanish	97.83%

French	90.74%

Hebrew	100%

Italian	97.83%

Dutch	81.14%

Polish	97.83%

Russian	97.83%

Japanese	21.60%

Danish	96.80%

Portuguese	36%

Hungarian	57.71%

Turkish	6.63%

Greek	0.11%

Romanian	100%

Swedish	52.23%

Finnish	6.29%

Chinese	95.89%

Czech	97.83%

Slovak	96.80%

Languages marked in Green will be with full translation, while languages marked in Orange will have partial translation.

You can still contribute to the translation of your language and have it included in the next update. Detailed instructions are available

here

.
[Android Apps and Games] ph3nom:
will the next release has triggered for network traffic?
[Android Apps and Games] Muzikant:
New version is out - v1.22.0 (Free) and v2.22.0 (Pro)

Download links:

Free - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=AutomateIt.mainPackage

Pro - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=AutomateItPro.mainPackage

The new version includes the following changes:

[Add Trigger] NFC Trigger (more details at http://goo.gl/ChYXe)

[Add Feature] Copy Rule (Pro Only)

[Language update] Added support for Romanian and Chinese. All other languages are updated. To contribute to AutomateIt translation go to http://goo.gl/o38up

[UI Changes] Minor UI issues - Mainly as requested on this thread (no more "Delete all rules" button, removed the "Edit Rule" button from the rules list and reorganized the main screen menu).

[Add Feature] App Analytics - Helps us better understand how AutomateIt is used and keep improving it. privacy policy at http://www.muzikant.co/privacy.html

Don't forget to signup for AutomateIt - The Next Generation at http://signup.muzikant.co

I'd love to hear your feedback :)
[Android Apps and Games] bland.life:
Can the new App Analytics feature be turn off?
[Android Apps and Games] Muzikant:
Yes it can.

Go to the settings screen and uncheck the "App Analytics" feature in the "Debug and Help Settings" section.
[Android Apps and Games] Muzikant:
I'd love some feedback on this new trigger. What kind of tags have you used ?
[Android Apps and Games] hoghead1987:
Wifi and disable lock screen

I am trying to set up a rule with wifi network connection state trigger/ connected to any network with the action of disable lockscreen. I cant for the life of me get it to work. I still always have the lock screen. If I set up the same rule with a manual trigger it works fine. I want the lockscreen to be disabled when I get home from work when I am connected to my network. I have a rooted Evo 4g lte. I tried to search but xda search is not working.

Thanks in advance.
[Android Apps and Games] Bamse70:
Problem with latest update

Something is wrong after latest update.

I cant save any trigger. My existing rules work fine.

Using a samsung nexus S with android ICS.

As said before it´s a great program

Mats
[Android Apps and Games] mamouton:
When running the cm9 and AOKP roms the motion feature that allows you to turn your phone over to mute the ringing is not available. Will this app give me that function?
[Android Apps and Games] Muzikant:
I'm just guessing here, but have you tried looking at my FAQ post on my blog ? could it be that you are using the "Don't keep activities" feature of ICS ?

This is a quote from my FAQ post:

If this is not the case, please email me using the "Help !" button on the About screen.
[Android Apps and Games] movrshakr:
You may want to post in this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28718470&postcount=2017

if automateit will solve the problem--volume wrong [LOUD] on ring that comes in while listening on headphones.
[Android Apps and Games] slonn:
Any way that it can be possible to have a trigger to hide status bar when certain apps are launched?
[Android Apps and Games] wiseowl:
Hi, cheers for the app, it has boundless applications.

I am though, having trouble with the magnetic field sensor trigger.

regardless of what i set it to, it will trigger as soon as the rule is saved ( or as soon as the other trigger occurs if in a multiple trigger).

I have tried putting the phone near a magnet, recording the values and then removing the magnet before saving, yet it still triggers, and visa versa.

i have tried the same but by manually entering the values gained from another app ( which are pretty much the same, BTW) yet once the rule is saved it still triggers.

Once it has triggered, by putting a magnet near by, or removing it, i will not get a trigger.

any help wouild be appreciated.

cheers
[Android Apps and Games] Mr. Ruz:
This app looks really cool! Downloading!
[Android Apps and Games] thesaint11111:
Call while texting someone

I need rule like SGS3 - when i text to someone and decide to call him just to put my SGS2 near to my ear. Can you give me any suggestion? Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] vitoski:
Guys need help.

I would like to make the following rule:

When turn on Chrome, the Wifi should be turned on. If the network is not available, the data (H or 3G) should be turned on. If the wifi network is available the data should not turn on.

Don't have a clue how to accomplish that...

Any help would be appreciated. I dunno if there are conditional actions (if something then action A, if not then action B)

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[Android Apps and Games] travisn000:
.not sure if this can be done with this app, but I did see a post on how it could be done with taskr..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1715549

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1715549&page=2

If any one knows of a more direct method, i would like to know!
[Android Apps and Games] ehajgbo:
Hi,

I assume "the Wifi" means your wifi at home.

In this case you can use these 3 rules:

Rule1 - "Starting Chrome - At home"

Triggers: Composit AND

1.) Application trigger - Starting Chrome

2.) Cell ID trigger - Cells that can be found at home

Actions:

1.) turn on Wifi

2.) play a sound

Rule2 - "Starting Chrome - Not at home"

Triggers: Composit AND

1.) Application trigger - Starting Chrome

2.) Cell ID trigger - Cells that can NOT be found at home (inverse)

Actions:

1.) turn on Data

2.) play a sound

Rule3 - "Stopping Chrome" (optional)

Trigger: Application trigger

1.) Application trigger - Stopping Chrome

Actions:

1.) Stop Wifi

2.) Stop Data

3.) play a sound

Regarding the Cell ID trigger read the description at Android muzikant's page.
[Android Apps and Games] vitoski:
Hey.

Thank you very much for ideas. The only tricky thing here is that the Wifi should be turned on no matter if Iam at home or somewhere. In case of the home it will connect to my network and data would not be necessary. The same if I'am not in the house but phone recognize other Wifi that could connect to, data should not be used.

The data should be used only when Wifi cannot connect to any network.

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EDIT:

ok, more or less I have managed to accomplish what I want. I had to use 4 rules to gain the results but it works so far.

The main concept of rules I needed to have was to use the following set:

If condition: (Chrome or any other app is launched)

then: Action 1st (start Wifi)

if: condition (wifi not connected)

then: Action 2nd (start data transfer)

Action 3rd (switch off wifi)

That's more or less I wanted to have. Of course there should be another rule to turn off both wifi and data transfer if chrome is closed.
[Android Apps and Games] slonn:
I've set up a profile that silences all texts and calls from 22:00 to 08:00, but I also have set up a profile where certain contacts can call me between 22:00 to 8:00.

Question is, will this work as intended or will the contacts not be able to call me during those hours because of the first profile?
[Android Apps and Games] igoivo:
license and SD card change

I lost the license after SD card change. What shall I do to restore the license?
[Android Apps and Games] vitoski:
I suggest you to PM Muzikant about the problem with license.

I would like make a suggestion. It would be really nice to have another trigger for SMS, this time for 'SMS was sent' or whatever you call it. Right now we have a various triggers for receiving txt messages.

Everytime I send a sms, I need to double tap my back button to close the SMS application. It would be great to have a rule:

If SMS was sent, close SMS application.
[Android Apps and Games] ehajgbo:
Hi,

Recently I set up a rule which turns on "data traffic" (which is constantly off by default) for only 1 minute in every 60 mins in order to let my weather widget update itself. (action is recurring activity, 1 rule for turning data ON, 1 other rule with 1min delay to turn data OFF)

For the ultimate battery saving I have also defined the rule active period for 5AM to 11PM as there is no need for weather update while Im sleeping.

This is a very simple rule duo, but unfortunately I have a problem. I would expect:

05:00 - turning data ON

05:01 - turning data OFF

06:00 - turning data ON

06:01 - turning data OFF

.......

22:00 - turning data ON

22:01 - turning data OFF

The problem is that randomly the rules dont trigger :(

It happened, that it forgot to start to trigger at 5AM, at 6AM still nothing happened, so I manually edit-save the rule so it started to work after that. Or it happened that it worked, but stopped at the middle of the day and automatically started again later on.

When these problems happened, nothing was done on the phone, neither other rules nor manual actions were interfering with my "weather updating" rule duo.

Any idea what the problem could be?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] vitoski:
OK, I've found a bug and I belive it's pretty serious cause it triggers some actions even if the conditions are not met.

So here we go:

I have set up a rule based on 3 triggers. The rule looks like this:

If 'Wifi is enabled' AND 'If Mobile Data is enabled' AND if 'Wifi is disconnected'

then

'DIsable Wifi'.

So the problem is that action is triggered even if 'Mobile Data' is not enabled. It looks like the program only checks whether Wifi is turned on and disconnected. It does not matter if I have mobile data enabled or disabled.
[Android Apps and Games] Muzikant:
Can you specify the exact trigger names that you used ?

There is no "Mobile Data Enabled" trigger...
[Android Apps and Games] Muzikant:
Please send me an email using the "help" button on the About screen so I can further investigate it.
[Android Apps and Games] vitoski:
Hello Muzikant.

Sure I will try to give exact names of rules. I said 'Mobile Data' since I use Polish language in your amazing app... so I can say it was lost in translation:)

OK so here is the exact definition:

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Composite AND Trigger:

[Wifi adapter status set to Wi-Fi Enabled AND Background data enabled AND Network [<Any Network>] is Disconnected]

Action:

Set Wi-Fi adapter status to Wi-Fi Disabled

I have set up also 'Delayed Execution' to 5 seconds.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________

When I turn on the WiFi and my 'Background Data' is disabled, the action is still being executed.

And one more thing - I know it should be an enhancement request but just want to let you know what I really miss in your great app!

Right now I do not see the option to disable or stop executing an action if the conditions are no valid any more. Here is the explanation.

I have set up a rule to enable my WiFi and Background Data when either 'Tapatalk' or 'Google Play' is launched. I named it 'Media On'. As a second rule I set up 'Media Off' which turns off both 'Wifi' and 'Background Data' (Mobile Data for me:)) when both 'Tapatalk' and 'Google Play' are not started.

So far it works great. I event set up delay execution for 'Media off' rule to 5 seconds.

Now when I start 'Tapatalk' 'Media ON' rule is triggered and I have both Wifi and Background Data enabled. Once I close Tapatalk the 'Media OFF' rule is triggered and countdown starts (5 seconds). If I start 'Google Play' within 2 or 3 seconds after I closed 'Tapatalk' the 'Media OFF' rule is not interrupted, which means my 'Wifi' and 'Background Data' will be turned off even though one of the apps that trigger 'Media On' is started.

So what I imagine is that there should be another option available, not only for cancel delayed execution by trigger but also an option to cancel execution by trigger. In other words I would be able to set up a rule:

Media Off:

Condition:

If 'Tapatalk' AND 'Google Play' are not enabled

then

Action:

'Turn off WiFi' AND 'Background Data'

Delay:

Delay execution for i.e. 5 seconds.

Cancel Action IF:

'Tapatalk' OR 'Google Play' is enabled.

I think this option 'Cancel Action' should be available only if 'Delay execution is enabled'. It will help in cases where one or two factors may change in time - like with this short break between launching apps that use Wifi or Background Data. Simply I wish 'Wifi' AND/OR 'Background Data' to be turned on while I am switching between apps 'Tapatalk', 'Google Play', 'Chrome'. If I stop using apps, like there will not be any app started within 5 or 10 seconds (depending on set up dealy) both WiFi and Background Data should be off.

I hope you understand what I pointed above. If you need any further explanation, please let me know.
[Android Apps and Games] ehajgbo:
I think that "Background Data" seems to be something different than you would like to use it for. Maybe Im wrong but it is the "mobile data traffic" what you need while "Background Data" is the data traffic that is happening in the background (Settings, accounts and sync). It seems that in your rule -described before- this "background data" is constantly ON so that is why it doesnt have any effect, as 'anything' AND 'true' is always 'anything'.

"mobile data traffic" doesnt exist as a trigger, you can only define it as an action.

Please correct me if Im wrong.
[Android Apps and Games] vitoski:
Thx for the reply.

I would assume the same as you did, which means 'Background Data' is not exactly what I call 'Mobile Data'. Following your tip I just checked both names and indded they are different. It's pretty easy since they both have the same icon but are used for different things.

SO Muzikant if I can make a feature request, please add 'Mobile Data Traffic' as trigger as well.