**** SMS Popup WITH Reply option ****??

[Mark Mark]

Hi,
Title basically says it all. I want to make it so when i recieve a
text message, i will get a pop up with the persons name, then the
message and an option to reply (clicking the back button can close the
popup so no need for close option).

At the moment i can make a menu task to open message app and as the
label put %SMSRF so that the senders name comes up but when i try to
put the Text Body variable into the Label for the menu it only writes
the first word or two then replaces the rest with dots, (due to a lack
of space i guess in the label box).

So i thought of adding a popup to the menu with both variable text
name and body but it shows the variable names (%SMSRF) instead of the
actual variable unless i click on it then it shows the popup with the
message but then i cant reply unless going through to message
notification.

I know all that sounds a bit stupid, im sure there is an easy way of
doing this. I just want a popup with an option to open the message app
with the text senders name and text body. (NOT for it to automatically
open the message app or anything), Is there any way a popup click can
be picked up by tasker. As a popup click loading the message app would
be perfect but i cant find the option anyway.

Would really appreciate a quick response from someone,
Many thanks in advance,
Mark

[Mark Mark]

Running Galaxy S 2.2.1 (JPY) (forgot to mention).

[Sean Snyder]

I created a menu task with 2 options and a 2 min timeout (no default):
Option 1: Phone -> Call (# = %SMSRF autodial checked, Label = "Call
%SMSRN?"
Option 2: Phone -> Send SMS (# = %SMSRF message = [static autoreply
stating i'm in car, call me if urgent], Store in messaging app
checked, Label = "AutoReply"
Option 3: Stop (label = Cancel)

This task gets called by another task that reads incoming text
messages aloud to me when I'm in my car. So, depending on the
content of the text message, I can one-click call them (and talk over
my car's bluetooth), or send them an stock autoreply message, or I can
clear the pop-up menu and deal with the text message when I'm done
driving.

Hope this helps!
Sean

[Tim]

I actually just recently set this up with Tasker because all the other
"sms popup" apps seemed screwy. Plus, why have an additional app when
Tasker does just about everything?

Set up a "Received Text" context...with a Task called "SMS
Popup"....in the "SMS Popup" task i have it execute "Popup Task
Names", not a regular "Popup".
In the "Popup Task Names" task, I put the Text entry as %SMSRN %SMSRT
%SMSRB (Sender Name, Time, Text Body). Below that set up a Task called
"Reply" (you'll have to set up this task separately in the main
screen). My "Reply" task consists of "Compose SMS" with the number
being %SMSRF (the sender of the most recent text). It opens up the
Messaging app, ready to respond to the last text.

When you get a text it should popup with the Name, Time, Text...and a
button that says "Reply".

Hopefully this helps. I have additional bells and whistles that go
along with that, but I think that's the core of what you are looking
for.

TIM

On Feb 10, 1:38 pm, Mark Mark <boarder....@gmail.com> wrote:

[David]

I would be remiss if I didn't mention that Handcent (I use it instead of stock SMS app) will give you a popup like what you want, but with more options.  The popup it gives you can be typed right into, to send a quick reply.

However, another poster mentioned the auto-response "I'm in my car...", which with Handcent, you'd have to just store that text as a template/quick text/snippet; his Tasker setup is obviously better suited to that specific task.

Though I am mentioning another app, I do still love Tasker!

David

[Mark Mark]

Wow,
Thanks so much Sean and Tim for giving me this info. (Thanks aswell
tim, but i want to use stock sms app but cheers though, i was
origionally using handcent :D).
I played around for ages and discovered popup task names and have set
up pretty much exactly what you said but the reply at the moment only
opens the message app (not compose), definately going to change that
now, good idea. To Sean, thanks so much mate, i will add these options
aswell. What awesome ideas, going to add tasks now with the ring
sender option plus the auto reply clickable option is cool, i can't
find an option to add templates to the message app for the life of me.
Must be missing something!

Thanks a ton for all your replys, gonna mess about with this now (and
probably be back in a minute when i reach a problem :D)

[Nicole]

So I tried this out, and it works beautifully except that it doesn't
mark the text as read even when I hit reply. I still have to open the
notification. Is there a way to make the default Messages app do this?
Or does it just suck that way?

[TomL]

As mentioned here: http://groups.google.com/group/tasker/browse_thread/thread/d8d40572cb74fe1b#

... if you add three more steps to the end of your task:

- Launch Messages app
- Wait a few seconds (may not actually be needed)
- Go Home

... that'll at least clear the notification from the status bar.
Unless the Messaging app has intents for allowing third-party apps to
clear individual unread message status flags, I think that's the best
we can do.

Tom

[Jason Mykytiuk]

FWIW, I did something like this but instead of a popup action I used
variable query. Used the received message text, sender, and time
variables in the label and queried for a quick reply. Works great, can
also use an if to check for a blank reply, in which case I had it
launch a compose sms action.

On Mar 16, 8:26 pm, Nicole <robotof...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Harald]

Instead of Go Home, I experimented with Button Back. This unfortunately not always worked as focus sometimes remained within the messaging app... Maybe double-back would do the trick.

[Jason Tira]

Ill include a link to the popup I have created. I have who its from, the message, the options to call back, reply and close. 

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxtSc-vlVxUgNnNReGIzaEpocW8/edit?usp=sharing

If anyone has thoughts how to make it better...... its a work in progress. I would LOVE some input

[Jason Tira]

Well it didnt post my screenshot for some reason...

Didnt want to make you download it if you didnt like it.