One Commentto Tasker Functions

1. Jorge Hernandez Garcia says:

   January 7, 2018 at 6:35 pm

   bindClass(“android.widget.Toast”);

   var context = getActiveScreen().getContext();

   //typeoff return: ‘Array, Object, String, Date, RegExp, Function, Boolean, Number, Null, Undefined’

   function typeoff(elem) {return Object.prototype.toString.call(elem).split(/\W/)[2].toLowerCase()};

   function emptyVariable(myVar) {return myVar == null || myVar == undefined || myVar == “”;}

   function showToast(myMsg, longDuration) {if (!emptyVariable(myMsg)) {var mDuration = Toast.LENGTH_SHORT; if (emptyVariable(longDuration) || typeoff(longDuration) != “boolean”) {longDuration = false;} if (longDuration) {mDuration = Toast.LENGTH_LONG;} Toast.makeText(context, myMsg, mDuration).show();}}

   var taskerStatus = TaskerIntent.testStatus(context);

   function runTaskerTask(name, wait) {

   if (taskerStatus != “OK”) {

   showToast(“Tasker status: ” + taskerStatus); return null;

   } else {

   if (emptyVariable(name)) {return null;}

   if (emptyVariable(wait)) {wait = true;}

   if (typeoff(wait) != “boolean”) {wait = true;}

   sendTaskerIntent(new TaskerIntent(name), wait);

   }

   }

   //setTaskerVariable(“%SCREEN_FILTER”, 1);

   function setTaskerVariable(name, value){

   if (taskerStatus != “OK”) {

   showToast(“Tasker status: ” + taskerStatus); return null;

   } else {

   if (emptyVariable(name)) {return null;}

   if (emptyVariable(value) && value != “”) {return null;}

   value = value.toString();

   var i = new TaskerIntent(“Set_Var”);

   i.addAction(ActionCodes.SET_VARIABLE);//547

   i.addArg(name);//”Name”

   i.addArg(value);//”To”

   i.addArg(false);//”Recurse Variables”

   i.addArg(false);//”Do Maths”

   i.addArg(false);//”Append”

   sendTaskerIntent(i, true);//true = wait for task completion

   }

   }

   /*

   //test data

   var tVar = [“%BLUE”,”%LOCN”,”%AIR”,”%LOC”,”%SCREEN”,”%WIFI”,”%GPS”];

   var tVar = “%BLUE”;

   var value = getTaskerVariable(tVar);

   //Show the results

   var msg = “”;

   if (typeoff(tVar) == “string”) {var tVar = [tVar];}

   for (var i = 0; i < value.length; i++) {msg += tVar[i] + ": " + value[i] + "\n";}

   alert(msg);//showToast(msg);

   */

   function getTaskerVariable(taskerVar) {

   var typeStr = false;

   if (emptyVariable(taskerVar)) {return null;}

   if (typeoff(taskerVar) != “array” && typeoff(taskerVar) != “string”) {return null;}

   if (typeoff(taskerVar) == “string”) {taskerVar = [taskerVar]; typeStr = true;}

   // Configuration

   var intent = [“net.tasker.SHARE_VAR”];

   var taskerTask = “Tasker Share Variable”;

   // End Configuration

   //”value” is set to null and “key” is set to “var_0”, “var_1”,… matching the taskerVar length

   var key = []; var value = []; for (var i = 0; i < taskerVar.length; i++) {key.push("var_" + i); value.push(null);}

   //Tasker Status is check, no need to perform any Tasker process if Tasker is not enabled

   //–for some reason “TaskerIntent.Status.OK” don’t works for me, but the string check does

   //if(TaskerIntent.testStatus(context).equals(TaskerIntent.Status.OK)){}

   if (taskerStatus != “OK”) {

   showToast(“Tasker status: ” + taskerStatus);

   if (typeStr) {return value[0];} else {return value;}

   } else {

   //bind the classes

   bindClass(“android.content.IntentFilter”);

   bindClass(“android.content.BroadcastReceiver”);

   //The Broadcast Receiver is set, based on the intent/s provided

   //–more than one intent can be set to be received, but we are only sending the first one, and expecting to receive the same back

   //Once the intent is received, the keys are checked and the value is retrieved

   //–if the value retrieved matches the literal variable (%LOCN was asked and %LOCN was received, instead of a lat,lon), then the value gets reset to the default (null)

   //–the receiver gets closed when the lastKey is matched

   var receiver = new JavaAdapter(BroadcastReceiver, {

   onReceive:function(c, i) { //context, intent //android.content.ContextWrapper

   var lastKey = 0;

   var e = i.getExtras();

   for (var i = 0; i < key.length; i++) {

   if (e.containsKey(key[i])) {value[i] = e.get(key[i]); lastKey = i;}

   if (value[i] == taskerVar[i]) {value[i] = null;}

   }

   lastKey++;

   if (lastKey == key.length) {try {if (receiver != null) {context.unregisterReceiver(receiver);}} catch (e) {}}

   }

   });

   context.registerReceiver(receiver, new IntentFilter(intent[0]));

   /*//Code to register multiple intents

   var f = new IntentFilter();

   for (var i = 0; i < intent.length; i++) {f.addAction(intent[i]);}

   context.registerReceiver(receiver, f);

   */

   //The key:value pairs are combined and stored in the extra array

   //Since Tasker can send only 3 extras at a time, the length of the taskerVar is checked against a multiple of 3, and the extra array gets filled with a key and no variable request

   //–filling the extras is done to prevent calling an undeclared index, when we use extra[j+1], extra[j+2]

   var extra = [];

   var len = Math.min(key.length, taskerVar.length);

   for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {extra.push(key[i] + ":" + taskerVar[i]);}

   for (var i = 0; i < (2-(len-1)%3); i++) {extra.push("abc_" + i + ":abc");}

   for (var j = 0; j < key.length; j+=3) {

   //The “on the fly” code contains a different task name to prevent Tasker ignoring the next task sent and therefore not getting the requested variables

   //It also contains a wait action, needed to allow the Broadcast Receiver get the intent and process it

   //–I tried to do a setTimeout and LL froze every time

   /*

   //A send intent is attempted “on the fly”

   //–it keeps failing for me, so a perform task “on the fly” does the trick

   //not working; Broadcast Error: Failed to execute broadcast Task

   var i = new TaskerIntent(“share_variable_value”+j);

   i.addAction(ActionCodes.SEND_INTENT);//877

   i.addArg(intent[0]);//”Action”

   i.addArg(0);//”Cat”: 0=”None”, 1=”Default”, 2=”Alt”, 3=”Browsable”, 4=”Car Dock”, 5=”Desk Dock”, 6=”Home”, 7=”Info”, 8=”Launcher”, 9=”Preference”, 10=”Selected Alt”, 11=”Tab”, 12=”Test”, 13=”Cardboard”

   i.addArg(“”);//”Mime Type”

   i.addArg(“”);//”Data”

   i.addArg(extra[j + 0]);//”Extra1″

   i.addArg(extra[j + 1]);//”Extra2″

   i.addArg(extra[j + 2]);//”Extra”

   i.addArg(“”);//”Package”

   i.addArg(“”);//”Class”

   i.addArg(0);//”Target”0=”Broadcast Receiver”, 1=”Activity”, 2=”Service”

   i.addAction(ActionCodes.WAIT);//30

   i.addArg(0);//”MS”

   i.addArg(1);//”Seconds”

   i.addArg(0);//”Minutes”

   i.addArg(0);//”Hours”

   i.addArg(0);//”Days”

   sendTaskerIntent(i, true);//true=wait for task completion

   */

   //*

   //workaround

   //A perform task is attempted “on the fly”

   //–this requires a task to be made in Tasker, containing:

   //1. Stop, if %par1 and %par2 aren’t set

   //2. Set variable “extra” to %par2

   //3. Variable split %extra with “=:=” splitter

   // –the splitter can be changed, but it must match the extra joiner, using a comma is not recommended because of some Tasker variables return CSV

   //4. Send intent, action = %par1, extras = %extra(1), %extra(2), %extra(3), target = Broadcast Receiver

   var i = new TaskerIntent(“share_variable_value” + j);

   i.addAction(ActionCodes.RUN_TASK);//130

   i.addArg(taskerTask);//”Name”

   i.addArg(150);//”Priority”

   i.addArg(intent[0]);//”%par1″

   i.addArg(extra.join(“=:=”));//”%par2″

   i.addArg(“”);//”Return Value Variable”

   i.addArg(false);//”Stop”

   i.addAction(ActionCodes.WAIT);//30

   i.addArg(500);//”MS”

   i.addArg(1);//”Seconds”

   i.addArg(0);//”Minutes”

   i.addArg(0);//”Hours”

   i.addArg(0);//”Days”

   sendTaskerIntent(i, true);//true=wait for task completion

   extra.splice(0, 3);//remove the sent requests

   //*/

   }//end for – 3 var at a time

   //Try to stop the receiver again, if for some reason the intent wasn’t received and was not stopped at that time

   try {if (receiver != null) {context.unregisterReceiver(receiver);}} catch (e) {}

   }//end if – Tasker status check

   if (typeStr) {return value[0];} else {return value;}

   }//end func getTaskerVariable

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