Release Notes

04/11/2012: v1.3.2u1

• bugfix: event: File Modified: directory wasn't working, now triggers on file create/delete/movein/movout of dir
• bugfix: timer task: wasn't triggering when display off
• bugfix: scene element backgrounds: weren't dynamically updating if a colour was a variable
• bugfix: scene element params with array index spec %Col1 weren't updating when %Col was changed via Variable Split
• bugfix: variable references like %Col(1) weren't functioning for scene element colour params

02/11/2012: v1.3.2

Additions

• Menu / Prefs / Monitor / Cell Workaround, defaults to false
• %CALS: newline-separated list of available calendars
• action Set Tasker Pref: added some boolean preferences
• profile properties: Enforce Task Order option
• action Media Control: Play, Honeycomb+, defaults to Toggle Pause on earlier devices
• variable Time MilliSeconds (%TIMEMS)
• Menu / Info / Online Guides
• action Say/SayToFile: support for locale 'default' which chooses the language for
• action Say/SayToFile: fill in default values for Engine:Voice parameter: default:default
• action Send SMS: support for long (multi-part) SMS
• action Variable Convert: To Lower Case, To Upper Case, To Upper Case First
• enabling/disabling of individual actions in a task
• action Astrid: Act.fm sync
• handle (global) variables in scene element parameters referring to colours (Text,TextEdit,Button,Oval,Rectangle)
• variable Device Telephony ID (%DEVTID)
• scene element TextEdit / action Variable Query: extra Input Type: Pass Code
• action Open File: optional Mime Type parameter
• action Anchor, does nothing
• state: BT Status (on/off)

Removals

• removed: %LAPP and action Load Last App (broken) marked as unavailable

Bugfixes

• Play Store version, preferences changes would stop sticking after a while
• action Take Photo: catch errors from camera
• app creation: show scene with non-overlay type was crashing when displayed when keyguard showing
• menu elements: was not executing default item action after timeout if certain (real or virtual) keys were pressed
• HTTP Post: posting a file wasn't working
• HTTP Post: don't remove SD prefix from Data / File parameter
• JavaScript: set base URL of file:// to enable cross-site requests
• app creation: adding custom manifest permissions was causing crash on accept
• action Set Tasker Pref: was always returning with error and stopping task even on success
• scene edit: returning from first element edit of new scene crashing on some devices on some occasions
• bitmap memory leak in scene-edit pre-ICS some devices on some occasions
• scene element names with : were causing problems
• sometimes clicking a link in a WebView scene element could crash
• Is Set, Isn't Set conditions: handle single-slice array references e.g. %arr(%index)
• JS: function Say: default to system language before Tasker UI language
• app creation: SL4A script extraction from kid was failing on some devices / some file extensions
• scene element position: wasn't immediately updating visually if animation time was 0
• scene element size: wasn't respecting animation time
• scene element position/size: blip at end of animation hopefully removed, though could be SDK-version sensitive
• shifting project tabs with animation pref disabled was bugged
• JavaScript: var declarations without a value were being missed (var xxx;)
• action Record Audio: don't limit direct-entry max value
• JS: functions returning success/failure were always returning false
• Take Photo wasn't replacing local vars for file path and pic size args
• JS: locally defined arrays were causing post-script crash
• Timer Task: update when display comes on
• action Media Control on Honeycomb+ with simulated button: use dedicated Pause keycode
• Create Scene then Set Element Position/Size was crashing
• Run Log: don't complain when storage not mounted
• Set Tasker Pref: was not allowing boolean settings
• deleting scenes referring to other scenes with anonymous tasks could cause unwanted loss of those tasks
• action Load Image, was not handling URI specification correctly
• condition variables from plugins, bundle was being cached and reused if no values were given next time
• state Orientation: turning display off and moving to in-between orientation was keeping context active
• action End Call was not working in kid apps (missing permission)
• action Delete File: don't warn if file not there and Continue On Error checked
• external storage path being replaced in middle of file parameters, not just at start
• action edit screen: external storage path replace only if has trailing slash (i.e. in /mnt/sdcard/... but not /mnt/sdcard-ext/...
• action Disable: if Tasker UI main screen showing, uncheck enabled button
• action Variable Search Replace: wasn't handling single array references in Variable parameter
• action Display Timeout: wasn't working in kid app (permission problem)
• action Run Shell: wasn't reading command output correctly (mangling non-ASCII chars)
• action Open File: upper case file extensions weren't being handled well in some cases
• calculated builtin variables (e.g. %TIME) now count as always 'set'
• app creation: wasn't analysing actions in menus for necessary permissions
• don't show var selector for file events (not handled)
• prevent toasts triggering Notification event in later Android versions
• don't complain about missing max freq file during CPU probing
• app creation: spurious error about missing storage related to SL4A scripts
• %select_indices was returning indices starting at 0 instead of 1
• empty scene task parameters (%select_indices etc) was leaving the old value in the scene variables
• menu scene element: Single selection mode wasn't changing selection status

Changes

• Array Pop and Array Push send variable change broadcasts, but only for the specified array position
• plugin actions/state show their icon in the Plugin category, task edit screen, context list
• check and fix bad task references after data loads
• Timer Task: use red to signify paused
• Timer Task: update more frequently when display is on, only at end when off
• Scene Element actions: allow Scene and Element names specified with variables in any position
• tasks from the same profile (and their kids) always execute in time order (for handling rapid profile state changes, note instant profiles task specification order is now relevant)
• Array Clear sends clear broadcast for the array name (e.g. to trigger update of Menu elements)
• Take Photo: only acquire partial wakelock (no display) when Discrete checked, excepting eclair devices (device specific problem ?)
• Run Log: don't show multi-sequential Wait/WaitUntil entries caused by temporary interruption of the Wait by an event
• HTTP Get/Post: timeout parameter now also applied as connection timeout (not just data-read)
• more exception catching around CPU probing
• when a task dies, any children it spawned are inherited by it's parent, if it has one
• GPS: Get Location and Location context: accuracy has to be the same or worse twice in a row before fixing is terminated (instead of once)
• Variable Search Replace: don't trim Search and Replace params, whitespace may be part of expr.
• Variable Search Replace: Search and Replace With parameters, variables are replaced
• \%var is replaced with %var whenever variables are being replaced in a string
• \\%var is replaced with \ then the contents of %var whenever variables are being replaced in a string
• action Scene Element Text: don't trim whitespace from Text argument
• text related scene elements and actions, Zoom Element Text Size, decreased min text size to 8
• Vibrate On Ringer: available again in JB thanks to workaround
• state Profile Active / Task Running: each new selection appended with / (in UI)
• image action args: when switching to text box specification, fill in uri of previously selected image