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[Samsung Galaxy Gear] lazer9:
I'll keep this short because understandably I'm starting to annoy people and I have gone off-topic.

Everything that I have setup is imported from this post --> http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52164533&postcount=319

And thanks for the offer to help Brendo, I'll consider the PM but if you can follow everything I've posted thus far, I don't really know what else there is to try. Tasker must not be compatible with my former ROM on 4.3 Hyperdrive with my S4 nor the leaked pre-rooted KitKat 4.4 which I'm running now. There is no other explanation left. Everyone has been helpful and tried to resolve my issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] lazer9:
No idea but it's working!

Lol! There is no reason this is working but as you can see in the bottom left most widget, It is.

No active profiles exist per Tasker screen or Notifications on phone or gear. :eek:

:highfive::laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] mnstrLabs:
If I sideload Tasker on to my Stock Gear, will this work? I'm only using Tasgear, Phone to Watch so far
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] kashortiexda:
[MENTION=650592]lazer9[/MENTION] the reason you won't SEE the profile as 'active' is because the trigger for the profile is an 'event' ..being 'screen on'...It's instantaneous, like a once-off trigger event ie it 'happens' (as opposed to exists)...screen on, event triggered , profile event complete !

Screen On (event) is not an ongoing 'state' profile (like "wifi connected" for example )

But I can see how you would think that the screen being on should have kept the profile active !!!

Glad you finally got it working, read up lots on the tasker tutorials, it's well worth it and you will amaze yourself with what you will be able to do
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] sny11:
I'm all new to TasGear

Bear with me I am new to TasGear.

I'm interested in trying TasGear so I downloaded the .apk, installed it to my S4 phone which in turn automatically installed on my gear watch.

During the install on my S4 phone I was not presented with option to complete setup "External Access" to enabled.

My S4 shows in the notification panel TasGear connected.

On my Gear Watch when I run TasGear is says "I cannot find TasGear on your phone". "Complete the initial setup on your phone."

There is no shortcut icon in my apps drawer to access TasGear.

How do I access TasGear option on my S4 phone?

Any help would be appreciated:confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] freddy0872:
To enable external access open Tasker. Hit your menu button and select preferences. Then tab over to MISC and enable external access there! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] sny11:
My question is, how do I open Tasker? I found no options during install and no option to open it on my phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] freddy0872:
Did you install Tasker from the play store? If so it will just be in your app drawer. Simply installing tasgear won't install the base Tasker app.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] sny11:
No I download the .apk from page 1 of this thread. I'll go to the play store and try it.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] freddy0872:
Right. You need both. You need the apk from the OP. Plus the Tasker app from the play store!

:)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] sny11:
Tasker App Factory at play store?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] freddy0872:
No its just Tasker.

Here is the play store link

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] sny11:
OK I installed both .apk files. TasGear shows running on phone. I open Tasker then what next?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] freddy0872:
You have to enable external access.

Then read thru the last few pages. We've gone into pretty great detail on what exactly this can do for you! There is also a link to a thread showing some samples such as battery widget on the phone for your GG.

Enjoy!
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] sny11:
Yup I see my gear watch is doing the same spinning circle one other poster I read had trouble with.

OK thanks for your time.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] freddy0872:
Did you setup profiles on the phone and the gear? If not u will see that.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] sny11:
Not yet, I will try to figure this out later.

Again thanks

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Is there a page in this thread that explains setting up the profiles on phone and gear? When I try entering Tasker on my phone and hit + to add profile I am confused, my options are Applications, Day, Event, Location, State, Time.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] chuman72486:
Thank you for the new version. I like the choice to use icon and text views. There may be a bug, however. When using any icon besides the default TasGear icon in Text format, the icon doesn't appear on the Gear, although the title is offset as if the icon should have been there but didn't load. In Icon format, it seems to work as expected and I'm perfectly content with it. Aside from the ability to use icons from external apps or images from the Gallery to make notification icons, which I can understand would be difficult to do, it's great.

My eventual goal is to make a replacement for Gear Manager's notifications, but also allow Tasker to display the results of some Phone-side tasks on the watch, so being able to use the icons from apps or even my own PNG images as icons for the notifications would make it complete.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
I'll look into the icon issue for you. Unfortunately you won't be able to use other app icons as the app doesn't have the necessary permissions to copy the icons to external sources (ie. The Gear). Due to the limited nature of data transfer to the Gear there is also pretty strict image requirements, so using images from the gallery isn't really viable either. If this changes I'll let you know.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
Hey, the problem you are having isn't with TasGear, it is with Tasker. Please take a look for some simple Tasked tutorials so you can get set up with a few basic tasks. Once you have some working tasks on you phone you should be able to see them on the TasGear app on your phone. Until you have got Tasker working, we can't help you with TasGear. Let us know if it still doesn't show your tasks on your Gear after you have it working phone-side :)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] chuman72486:
Is there any chance of TasGear having its own selection of embedded icons aside from the ones offered by Tasker? I'd even be willing to draw up some icons for common apps to substitute for the inability to link to the icons of other apps.

Also, maybe I'm missing something, but it seems like once I select a custom icon from the built in list, there doesn't seem to be a way to revert to the default TasGear icon without deleting and remaking the notification action in Tasker.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
You may be right on that last point. I hadn't even thought about it haha. I'll sort something out.

Concerning the additional icons, I will send you over a specification for images, but it might not be until tomorrow.

I will look into a way adding your own images via the app, but there are other complications to consider.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
I've added it into the OP, but I'll leave it here as well:

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/wearables-walkthrough-tasker-on-the-samsung-galaxy-gear-xda-developer-tv/

A nice tutorial video for setting up TasGear :)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] sny11:
After reading the entire 36 pages so far of this thread the issues I keep running into seem to reflect the problems lazer9 experienced, feeling like he wasted $2.99 on the Tasker app and giving up on the TasGear project. I also am running rooted kitkat 4.4.2 on my phone and can't find in Tasker on my phone the option where to "Allow External Access" on phone,

It's like the Tasker app and kitkat don't gel well
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
I'm running KitKat and it doesn't effect Tasker at all that I can see.

Open Tasker

Press Menu

Preferences

Misc Tab

Check "Allow External Access"
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] lazer9:
It's frustrating but it's now working for me (I guess). See my example a page or so back. I have Zooper widget on the phone side reporting the gear's battery level. I would also like to do this in reverse but I'm not even going to ask here how to accomplish that as I've wasted too much of this thread with my questions and problems. I hope you can figure it out as I did, maybe re-follow my quest and see how I got it to work with all the help from everyone.

Funny thing is Tasgear still won't open on the gear, just sits and spins. But things are somehow working and Tasgear is connected on the phone's notification.

Do what Orbonis just commented to access the settings.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] sny11:
Thank you,

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Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Brendo:
Put simply; if tasker isn't working for you, you're doing it wrong.

It's a very advanced and indepth program that once you have the hang of can be very powerful

You should really play around with simple profiles/tasks before moving onto things others have done

There are plenty of tutorials out there. Check my sample thread for links. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2729344
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] David_cole:
Tasgear just stays at the spinning circle screen when I open it using null v23 and yes I have tasked on my s4 :(
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
Do you have at least one task?

Have you enabled External Access in Tasker?

Does the TasGear notification say "Connected"?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] David_cole:
Yes to all
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] tkjeeper:
Loving the potential here Orbonis. And the fact that Fomey is here, amazing. I've been using tasker for a while. Not at all to it's full potential tho, it is an acquired skill. But I'm keeping an eye on this thread, lots of promise. Thanks to the OP, and all testers. I'm on Null 23 and it's perfect. I read all 37 pages and subscribed. Thanks again.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
There will be a new version out within an hour. It won't fix anything, but it should give you a better idea on what it needs.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
If you could grab the the version it may give you a better idea of what has gone wrong.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] tkjeeper:
So when updating the version is it ok to install normally or do we have to uninstall then reinstall?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
Just install it as normal :) There is no need to uninstall the previous version.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] David_cole:
Now I've got it all working (set up a task to see my watch battery in my phone, from another thread) I'm presented with this error. No permission, try restarting your phone and watch, but please let me know if this persists.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
This is a common problem when Tasker doesn't allow access to the Tasks.

Have you enabled "External Access" in Tasker as mentioned in the OP?

If you have, restarting both devices will fix the problem (Make sure the check box is still checked after restarting).
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] tkjeeper:
Hey Kash, think I got everything right, not working tho, only thing I'm iffy about is the line about the oddity in UCCW. I'm not sure where you're referring to in order to input the battery %. You're example was 9. Where do I input that number to kick things off? Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
Check here for more information and to ask further questions :)

This particular example was rewritten with images.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] David_cole:
I have and it didn't. I give up.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
Did you install TasGear before Tasker? If you did then permissions won't be set correctly. This is an android bug unfortunately. Reinstalling TasGear should resolve that :)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] David_cole:
That's correct mate I'll try installing first and report back thanks for help
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] doubleohzero:
In the latest version how do you choose to have a text notification and not a symbol?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
On the screen where you set the notification information there is a drop-down box at the bottom. Just select either "Large Image" or "Text Based".
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] gingerdude:
This looks interesting. .. can you guys give me some real world uses for this app? Cheers
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
You can use it find your phone remotely (controlling volume, camera light, etc).

Silencing you phone without having to admit you have it with you in a meeting ;)

Toggling the wifi hotspot is certainly more convenient, as is connecting to my cars bluetooth and starting drive mode.

I'm sure there are countless things an individual can use it for. It's all a matter on convenience :)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Brendo:
Very nice work! :D
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Samuel Sung:
I can confirm the known issue. But it works i wrote my first tasker profile to just change the wifi status. So then i thougt too about widgets. It would be so awesome to make widgets from those tasker profiles on gear. Will you implement'em?

And does anybody can tell me how i get tasker to tell me that wifi is now on or now successfully turned off? I want to see it on my watch if wifi is turned on or off on the phone...sorry if that is too off topic. Just ignore if you think that. ;)

And thank you so much i silently waited my ass off for this!

cheers
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
Haha I was waiting for it myself, then I remembered I'm a developer and I don't have to wait haha.

The widgets is proving to be a problem, I'm not sure if I can even do it, but I'll keep looking for a solution.

As for the Wifi, the variable you are looking for is %WIFI that should return "on" or "off". That's an interesting thought about task feedback. I'll have a think and see if I can get it to return some info back to the watch.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Samuel Sung:
Hehe i am not. So thx for existing haha :highfive:

Im asking myself what could be the problem with those widgets? I have no idea from developing but i am badly interested in this. Need treats in form of inside news. So excuse me or just ignore :cyclops:

BTW a widget greyed out when off and coloured when on would be the perfect thing to see if for example wifi is turned on or off...if you can accomplish those widgets there is no need of on off feedback cause that is the on off feedback..But i guess you have to develop the feedback first...see i have no clue xD

cheers

sorry i only can thank 8 times a day...
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
Well the problem with widgets is that on the Gear they aren't really widgets, but full apps. There is also the problem that all the widgets are assigned through the Gear Manager and as of yet I haven't worked out if it's even possible to interact with on that level. I'm sure there are various work arounds, but I like to keep things neat and don't really want some hacking "hit and miss" code lying around.

It's all a learning experience for me, especially as I'm very new to android development. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Samuel Sung:
Thank you for your patience. :)

So i guess i see where the problem is. You are using the GearSDK (does this even exist?) you developed this especially for the gear. I am using Null_ Rom and my launcher is Nova. So maybe converting this App in a normal android app fitted for gear screen could make things a lot easier for you i guess. Am i right? And if you think "yeah but i wanna learn gear development" Don't forget tizen is coming to gear. Maybe it's not worth cause you have to relearn with Tizen in a short period of time.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
I'm using the Samsung Accessory SDK :), which is no walk in the park >.< Their sample project didn't even work!

It's not so much about learning Gear dev as it is about customising my own Gear :) The Tizen SDK does look interesting, but I'm afraid I won't be updating to that unless I decide to get a Gear 2 myself haha.

I had no idea this would even run on Null, that's good to know! Widgets on that would be a lot easier than the stock firmware... If I have time I'll look into it, but I don't want to put Null on my watch for now.

There is absolutely no reason (as far as I can see) I can't add in additional features for the Null firmware, but unless I decide to update myself or I acquire another Gear for testing that isn't an option at the moment.

To clarify the Gear app consists of a provider app (That's the one you install) and a consumer app. The consumer app is packed into the provider app and installed on the Gear after you install the provider app.

Those apps them talk to each other to pass information across the bluetooth connection (using the Samsung SDK). Each app is a normal android app in it's own right. You can install the consumer app directly onto the watch, but without the provider it will have nothing to talk to :)

So the fact it runs on Null isn't really a surprise if I'm honest, but as I haven't tested it I didn't know for sure.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Samuel Sung:
Oh dude look what i've found. :good:

M2D My Second Device - Gear Test

Using Tasker App with M2D Manager

Now i guess we see something from me on here. I will try to make zooper widgets...but i don't know how to...I will read tutorials, try and telly you if you interested.

reasons for Null_ for me are GPS on my wrist with the App Turnbyturn (didn't tried yet). BLuetooth tehtering wifi. Custom Watchfaces and a playlist from my note3 music player. It's most about custom look for me...And i don't know what to expect from Tizen. But i hope the best...
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] NikolaiVolkov:
Very Nice, Havent run into any problems yet
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] doubleohzero:
I have a gear running null 22 and a stock note 2. App installs fine and I can even see my tasks but the task does not run when clicked on gear.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
Thanks! Let me know if there any any issues.

Looks interesting. I'll have to take a look later :)

Also I just updated the app! Take a look at the original post. You can now send a message back to the watch and it will display a Toaster popup with the response. It currently uses the "Send Intent" action, but I may make a full plugin in the future if I can find enough reason to.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
Hey doubleohzero,

I'm afraid I can't test with the Null rom myself, but I have had a report of it working fine. Though it's possible that certain configurations will cause a conflict.

Can you try making a basic task that just displays a notification or something easily recognisable? The latest version (1.0.2, just uploaded it) also allows you to send a response back to the watch, that might also help to see if the watch is communicating correctly.

Also make sure you are using the latest version of Tasker. I'm not sure if this will have any effect, but it's always good to check (just make sure you back up your data first ;) ).
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] doubleohzero:
Thanks for the tips! I'll let you know. Except I can't download your latest apk. It gives me an error.

Edit: nevermind. I got it to download.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
Hmm... downloads fine for me :\

Here's a temp link for ya:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28303461/TasGear.apk
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] doubleohzero:
I really appreciate your help. I updated your app and tasker. I restarted my gear. I tried your message task but it still didn't work. :(
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
I may have found the problem, but I'm not sure. Gimme a few minutes and I have a version for you to test if you don't mind :)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] doubleohzero:
You bet! Thanks so much
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
Here you go!

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28303461/TasGear-Test.apk

If I'm right it should give you an error this time :) Could you tell me what it says?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] David_cole:
I see there is a option to share widgets in UCCW would u be so kind to share that gear widget? :)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] pcpimpin:
+1 That is dope! Please share :)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] kashortiexda:
Please move discussion to the other thread in General , TasGear/Tasker [MENTION=5625568]David_cole[/MENTION] I've answered you in that thread

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[MENTION=2887335]pcpimpin[/MENTION] [MENTION=5625568]David_cole[/MENTION] UCCW widget for phone (uzip)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pyv28yo25k37akr/Gear Battery.uzip

Please also check this forum and use for general questions etc to keep this thread clean (respect dev's wishes)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2729344
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] juiceppc:
I just want to say thank you to the developer of this app! You have made the Gear/Tasker integration much simpler to use. I am looking for a donate button that's how much I appreciate it!

THANK YOU!

Now, in my humble opinion, this app has made the original Galaxy Gear THE best smartwatch available. Until Android gets on the Gear 2 that is ;).

Wait, does this work on the Gear 2?...
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
Haha thanks. No it won't work on the Gear 2 I'm afraid. Samsung have switched over to Tizen for the newer watches. However if someone gets a version of android running on it, then it may work. I'm not sure haha.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] chuman72486:
There seems to be a significant bug in TasGear. If, while editing the plugin settings from Tasker, you attempt to rotate the screen, the app seems to hang and display only black and eventually Android says TasGear is not responding. The notification icon also says disconnected when this happens.

Also, on a lesser note, since the icon/title section is anchored to the top of the frame and the save/cancel section is anchored to the bottom, when I open the keyboard to write in text for the notification, the main text box disappears because the other elements cover it. There seems to be no way to actually see what I'm typing.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Brendo:
Yep, same problems here
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
Sorry about that. The UI is thrown together for now. Just bear with it and I'll sort it out soon.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] David_cole:
Delete
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
Don't have time to do a proper UI yet, so I've stopped the crash for now. Thanks for the report! :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Brendo:
Rotate bug is fixed. Thanks

Are we able to have the notifications appear in the notification history list?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
No, sorry. Don't have access to that section of the api without the Gear SDK. The other way is null_ specific and I won't be able to test.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] djwyldeone:
Thanks so much for this app! This makes me like my Gear again!
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] juiceppc:
I have a question. For some reason my TasGear notification tray icon disappeared from my Note 3. My connection from my Gear to the Note 3 was disconnected as well. I don't see a TasGear icon in the app drawer so I had to reinstall the apk... Is there another way to restart TasGear other than a apk reinstall?

Also are you any close to added a "feature" to be able to place Tasker shortcuts directly on the Gear homescreen? Or without needing to open TasGear?

Thanks. Again, great application. Have you considered putting this in the Play Store?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Orbonis:
Not currently. Theoretically it shouldn't need to be restarted, but clearly that didn't work out as planned, haha. Thanks for the heads up, I'll add something in :)

I'm afraid I'm no closer to that feature. The Gear's homescreen is the same as the app drawer in Androids launcher. I can't find a way to display them in that view without it being a completely separate app I'm afraid. As far as null is concerned I have thought about widgets, but it's not possible for me to test so I won't be adding that in any time soon. I believe it is possible to create your own widgets if you are on null that will be able to launch tasks using TasGears messaging system (ask here for more info).

I did consider submitting it to the Play Store, but I don't current have an Android license. If I was to get one just for TasGear then I'd have to put it up as paid to justify the cost. I'd rather just leave it here for free. I've received some donations, so I'm happy :)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Brendo:
[MENTION=266251]juiceppc[/MENTION]

Oh, I should be able to do some shortcut examples within the next couple of days
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] juiceppc:
Thanks.