Tasker – Artificial Intelligence for your Android device

This has to be one of the best apps for android. I strongly recommend this application for all android devices. What does it do? It is an application that performs tasks/actions based on contexts (time, date, event, location, application).

For example: automatically turn GPS on, data traffic on, and max brightness when you launch Google Maps or any navigation app. Once you exit that prticular app, it turns the GPS and other things you set to turn on, off. And the best thing is, it doesn’t drain the battery.

 

Very handy little app. So far I only use 3 tasks: the first one is the Google Maps setup (GPS and all the things I need for navigation turned ON), the second one is for brightness level when phone is running low on battery (It turns the brightness to 25% when battery drops below 10%), and the third one is for night mode (flight mode from 01:00 untill 08:00, and brightness down to 10% so it won't burn my eyes if I wake up at night and look at the time).

Here is a list with SOME of the things you can do with this app:

- passcode-lock sensitive applications (e.g. for child safety)

- change phone settings by

* application: long screen timeout in a book reader

* time: screen brightness lower in the evening

* location: ringer volume high at the office, turn off ke yguard at home

- wake up with a random song from your music collection

- Text-to-speech; read out loud: incoming SMS/ phone number, WiFi/Bluetooth status, when it's time for an appointment, when the battery is low etc etc (Android OS 1.6+ only)

- launch a music application when your music SD card is inserted, otherwise a file browser

- start the day with a particular application showing

- change all your home icons and wallpaper every day, or in particular locations

- turn the phone upside down to return to the home screen, tilt 90 degrees to the left and back to toggle speakerphone during a call

- remap camera etc buttons to other applications, or show a menu of applications and/or actions

- make a regular backup of a file on the SD card

- extend the use of the media button on your headset: take a picture from a distance or go to the previous media track with a long press

- record call times and destinations to the SD card

- show a popup when an SMS arrives from a particular phone number

- setup a birthday SMS to be sent months before it happens so you don't forget

- during the night, turn on airplane mode to conserve battery/reduce radiation, but turn it off every 15 minutes to check for SMS/voicemail.

- setup a vacation SMS message, with different messages for different callers

- launch a music application when headphones are connected

And many many more. You just have to mess around a bit with this app to get the hang of it. Also if you have any questions you can post on the developer’s site (http://tasker.dinglisch.net/index.html -> go to forum) and they will reply shortly (tested and confirmed).

There are virtually endless possibilities of things you can do with Tasker. The only limitation is your imagination. Tasker can do to your device what minecraft does to gaming. It seems a bit complicated at first, but once you master it, it will change the way you use your smartphone.

The price is 6.50$, but trust me, it is worth every single penny. Instead of using sms schedulers, location and time based profile switchers, call and SMS reminders, etc. just get this app. 

This is one app to rule them all. :)