Release Notes

16/08/2011: v1.1u2

Additions

• action Variables / Variable Section (substring)
• action/state edit: minus button for slider manipulation

Bugfixes

• search key press was dismissing dialogs (Android bug) and causing various problems
• was occasionally incorrectly warning about failing to save data
• event contexts weren't having their parameters detailed in export descriptions
• UI prefs tab was starting halfway down the tab
• misc UI bugs in unusual circumstances fixes
• catch Android crash getting app widget manager
• action Get Location: task was not continuing after a fix if another task was Waiting at the same time
• Get Location, Popup, Get Voice etc.: after timeout expiry, execution was sticking if another task was Waiting at the same time

Changes

• test for 'system app status' at action selection time rather than first run
• tweaked state format in export descriptions
• tweaked event param display in profile list
• Menu / More / Run An Action: runs even if Tasker disabled

09/08/2011: v1.1u1

Bugfixes

• action Open Map: do variable replacements on label
• action Open Map: don't try zoom with label, doesn't work

Changes

• removed requirement from 1.1 that variable names not start with a number
• match localized translation of on/off as well as on/off themselves for Variable Value state, Variable Set event and action conditions
• swapped ok/cancel icons
• variable editor: capitalized text entry for variable names
• action popup: empty header and footer when no title, min height
• catch exceptions probing for wimax manager
• doc browsing, switch to icons for backward/forward
• catch exceptions around system event handling
• attempt to fix strange bug resulting from Back harware key in Task Edit in unknown circumstances

05/08/2011: v1.1

Highlights

• look-and-feel refresh
• variable editor
• Locale condition-plugin compatibility (as state, experimental)
• front-facing camera support
• shake event with variable sensitivity and direction detection

Incompatibilities

• variable names now enforce the rule 'can't start with a number', previously only documented like that
• %CELLSIG was reporting 0,2,...16 instead of 1,2,3,...8 on some devices
• action Variable Clear: now only *user* variables can be cleared
• built-in variable values on/off were being translated to different languages

Additions

• configurable duration auto backups, with restore dialog
• Menu / Prefs / Misc / Profile Activation History, writes file to SD
• store each profile's creation date, display in profile properties dialog
• Menu / Profile Data / Save Defs (Dev Only), writes (some) (incomplete) data definitions to SD
• action Phone / Bluetooth Voice
• action Display / Car Mode
• action Display / Night Mode
• variable UI Mode, %UIMODE (desk,car or normal) (dynamic, monitored)
• variable Night Mode, %NIGHT (on,off,auto)
• code modification for new wimax API
• custom notification pulldown colours, Black Title Grey Text
• Open Map: parameter Label, shows point if specified
• action: Photo / Camera parameter (front/rear) (Android 2.3+)
• action: Tasker / Disable Tasker
• action: Input / Voice Command
• Prefs / UI / Always View Help Online
• action Variables / Variable Convert
• action Media / Play Ringtone
• action Input / Get Voice
• variable Voice Results (%VOICE)
• action File / Test File
• action File / Delete File: added Shred Level parameter
• variables %FNAME, %FDIR, %FTYPE, %FSIZE, %FMODS
• event Sensor / Shake
• action: Audio / BT Voice Volume
• action Encrypt File/Dir: parameter Shred Original (Direct-Purchase version only)
• link to overview document from Info menu
• variable value issue popup on first run of 1.1 for non-english
• action Clear Variable: parameter Pattern Matching
• xlargeScreens attribute in Manifest
• few extra built-in icons (from Tasker UI)
• state categories
• action Encryption / Set Key (direct-purchase version only)
• Prefs / Monitor / Orientation State Accuracy
• action Alert / Set Light (LED, backlight, keyboard, buttons etc) (root only,selected devices)
• event edit: file selector for file events

Bugfixes

• multiple-context-profiles: when one context went active, sometimes profile also went briefly active due to having been active previously then masked by one less power-hungry
• app contexts: app monitor wasn't being reset after stopping (due to not being needed temporarily)
• on/off builtin variable values were being translated to different languages
• event Gesture: was possible to paste in an invalid value which later caused crash
• action HTTP Get/Post: username/password with an @ was causing failure
• don't show variable inserter button for Gesture event
• execution wakelock was not being released for first minute (approximately) of a Wait action
• after profile import, user tab sort in flat mode was failing for some positions
• user vars like %LIGHTXXX were causing monitoring of builtin vars like %LIGHT
• menu tasks / Load App: variable in labels were not being replaced
• resetting prefs to default would result in the wrong monitor notification icon
• slider parameters were not checked for variables
• monitor permanent notification custom pulldown: respect system time format specification
• some events taking a phone/sms param were not matching C:FAV etc
• action CPU: frequencies were not being correctly validated
• enter passphrase / query var: backgrounds were stretching
• action Phone(xxx): handle camera orientation better (and dynamically) in Android 2.3+ (devices that support camera rotation)
• don't show 'download more icons' entry for Notify actions invoked via Run One Action
• was allowing selection of user icons for notifications (doesn't work)
• action CPU: if new min freq > cur max, do new max first
• don't allow enter state plugin category when no plugins available
• state Orientation with Display Unlocked event wasn't functioning correctly
• profile cooldown: if all profile contexts went active again during the cooldown period, profile was not reactivating at end of cooldown period
• state Cell Near: inserting cell ID from recent list was losing recent changes
• Enter Key: wasn't accepting new entry if cipher already existed (potentially with different passphrase)
• calibrate button in prefs was always focused
• plus buttons for sliders weren't updating number display
• Delete Directory: was flashing spurious 'not empty' messages errors
• state Cell Near: selecting a cell from the recent list, was replacing all other cells
• another UI lock security hole
• don't allow Lock UI pref checked without a passcode being entered
• action/state edit: seekbar initialization was crashing on some Android versions
• Mobile Network state: wimax/lte were not being detected as 4G (or at all...)
• bad links in overview and support docs
• action edit, called from Menu / More / Run An Action or action Query Action: was exiting after calling some subactivities
• Download More Icons link was not showing in icon select dialog for notification actions
• action Action/Component Intent: data field wasn't doing variable replacement
• system time being set backwards was messing up time context activation in some cases
• accept variable for action Vibrate Pattern
• recheck 3rd Party action and event availability after first SD card mount
• Proximity: buffer readings to cope with bouncing at display turn-on
• Proximity: was omitting events in some circumstances
• Zoom Element Size was not quite working properly and producing an error message
• Gesture event: Preferences button was going to wrong prefs tab
• security hole to avoid lock code
• Kill App, Use Root: was giving error and stopping task if the app wasn't running
• event edit: variable inserter was showing for parameters with pull-down selectors
• event File Deleted wasn't working... strange... sure it was before...
• state Cell Near: CDMA cells were mistakenly getting a space in the specification (CDMA: 1234.5678) which was having side-effects

Changes

• detect pro package for K9
• profile list/export: show arguments for states
• SD log: split into two files, first rotates to second at 1.5MB (so total maximum unchanged)
• action edit, require minimally 1 second for Wait/Wait Until
• monitor notification icon: took out support for old transparent icon code, may need reselection
• mention which variable name is bad when complaining about one
• using variable instead of slider value for integer action parameters: check variable name is valid
• Menu / Profile Data / Backup also writes a human-readable data version to SD (userbackup.xml.txt)
• match date formatting better to system setting
• new colour picker
• if running as system app, allow selection of Take Call, Radio and Silence Ringer with Gingerbread (experimental detection, need feedback)
• action Vibrate Pattern: allow spaces in specification
• warn about disabled plugin activity,receiver or application
• don't show plugins whose edit activities are not exported
• don't use (and warn about) plugins whose receivers are not exported
• fr/es/zh translation refresh
• plugins with no or empty label are not shown (previously shown as ??????)
• log warning for plugins set debuggable (for developer)
• store Tasker's last-seen location fixes in permanent storage to survive reboot
• after entering UI unlock code, automatically repeat the previously locked action (not at startup)
• Open Map: restrict shown paremeters dependent on type
• removed data sanity check
• UI variable select list: include all user-variables found in data, even those with no value assigned
• action Play Ringtone: improved parameter validation
• delete icon in task edit screen
• Call Divert: will accept variables for To field
• Gingerbread+: tweaked hiding of permanent notification, let me know if it ditches the gap
• Torch/Photo action availability: test with new Camera API if it's available
• improved variable lookup efficiency
• detect plugin receivers (action/state) that require a permission we don't have
• detect duplicate plugin receivers
• check plugin data size < 100k
• event cat Misc -> Sensor
• Calendar Entry: some versions of Andriod weren't starting their events at the start of the minute, adjust to compensate
• event Alarm Done: if Stop Event set, broadcast fake ALARM_DONE intent to try and kick alarm manager to set next alarm
• changes in system date/time to prior to a profile's last activation reset cooldown counter
• allow %TRUN with event Variable Set, if a Value is specified
• Move/Copy File: handle destination being a directory as usually expected
• action Ringtone -> Default Ringtone
• action cat Dialog -> Settings Dialog
• event edit: Gesture: prefs button goes straight to relevant prefs section
• deleting context from profile: make sure profile still visible (switch tabs and/or scroll list)
• action Variable Set: don't trim whitespace from To field
• execute service: catch exception getting thread state (only some devices/OS versions apparently), try again before failing
• 2G/3G: detect phone type, set CMDA-no-evdo for 2G on CDMA phones (instead of GSM-only)
• action Goto: max increased to 60 and if value is specified as variable, it can be exceeded
• allow numeric specifier for Read Line / Read Paragraph
• cancelling a context editor goes back to context selector (where appropriate)
• action/state/event edit, help button moved to footer, so header can get standard height
• log warning for plugins whose Manifest install location isn't internal memory or runtime check shows external (for developer)
• log warning about plugins that don't have an edit activity icon set (for developer)