Speed up DPAD presses?

[kssxs]

Is there a way to speed up the delay in between DPAD presses?  I have a task that launches an app, and then I need to send 14 DPAD DOWN button pushes (and then a couple of DPAD PRESS's) but it's fairly slow in doing that.  Also, I noticed that the max number of button presses is limited to 10.

Anyone have any ideas here, or alternative solution?

Thanks!

[Matt R]

You can try doing the actions in one shell script. Search this forum for "emulate key press" and you should find the thread explaining it.

Matt

[kssxs]

Believe it or not, I found that method to be slower than Tasker's 'input' method.  I was hoping there was some way to change the time in between DPAD clicks to something like 50ms, because the way it is right now, it feels like 1.5 seconds.

[TomL]

Instead of 14 down presses, could you go the other direction and wrap around? So if you're traversing a 20 item list, instead of clicking 14 down, go 6 up?

Tom

[kssxs]

I had tried that, but found it, unfortunately, doesn't work.

[Vladimir Oz]

can You show us Your shell script that is slower than Taskers DPAD?  

[TomL]

Try Alt-Down, then Up Up Up.  On my phone, that jumps to the last item, and allows me to go up up.

Tom

[Matt R]

Tom, do you know how to do alt-down in a shell command?

Matt

[TomL]

I use the app "KeyEvent Display" to find the codes. On my phone, alt is keycode 57, down is keycode 20. I think those numbers would work in Tasker's send key event action.

I'm not sure about from a shell script.

Tom

[Matt R]

My problem is how to do two key events at the same time. Alt then down is obviously different than alt+down. Have you successfully had Tasker send alt+down?

Matt

[TomL]

No, I haven't used it myself. I think you would use the sendevent shell command to send:

"alt" key down
"down" key down
"down" key up
"alt" key up

Tom

[kssxs]

Can you show the commands to carry out what you did, please?  I can't seem to replicate it.

Thanks!

[GermainZ]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38072214#post38072214

[GermainZ]

Hit the Post button a bit early.

I'm not sure if that would work - in theory, it might. What you basically want is to *try* something like this (I'm using random codes just to give an example; refer to the thread for instructions on how to build the script):

sendevent /dev/input/event5 1 33 1
sendevent /dev/input/event5 0 0 0 <-- These two lines press "alt"
<--- "alt" is still pressed --->
sendevent /dev/input/event5 1 55 1
sendevent /dev/input/event5 0 0 0
sendevent /dev/input/event5 1 55 0
sendevent /dev/input/event5 0 0 0 <-- Press and release down
sendevent /dev/input/event5 1 33 0
sendevent /dev/input/event5 0 0 0 <-- These two lines release "alt"

[TomL]

Some keyboards interpret a double press as a sticky press, so:

ALT ALT DOWN would be the same as press & hold ALT, press DOWN.

So, you can try:

"alt" key down
"alt" key up
"alt" key down
"alt" key up

"down" key down
"down" key up

Tom

[Rich D]

> Some keyboards interpret a double press as a sticky press, so:
>
> ALT ALT DOWN would be the same as press & hold ALT, press DOWN.

That is great info... If that works then maybe it would be possible to get a paste function with  the keyboard shortcut ' hold menu + V'  

That is probably wishfull thinking but night be worth a shot....  :)

[Rich D]

> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38072214#post38072214

Thanks GermainZ...  I missed this post earlier. Very clear and informative .. your efforts are much appreciated. It would appear that a paste function might very well be possible.  I will give a try..   Rich.

[Oon-Ee Ng]

I'd be very interested in whether this is possible/succeeds.

[Vladimir Oz]

Come on!

This script have to run at maximum system priority to be not interrupted by some delays. I have some experience of sendevent at hi-loaded env.

Any ALT-<BTN> have its' own keycode. So, You have to find it, only.

Wow! on my CM 10.1 (4.2.1) input becomes as powerful as needed :)

# input --help
Error: Unknown command: --help
usage: input ...
input text <string>
input keyevent <key code number or name>
input [touchscreen|touchpad] tap <x> <y>
input [touchscreen|touchpad] swipe <x1> <y1> <x2> <y2>
input trackball press
input trackball roll <dx> <dy>
root@android:/ # input touchscreen swipe 10 50 10 200  -- swipes notifications :)

[GermainZ]

Renice Tasker (e,g, renice -10 `pidof net.dinglisch.android.taskerm`) using the script to give it a higher priority. Add some delays (sleep 1) e.g. before swiping to make sure the notification bar is already fully pulled down.

[Vladimir Oz]

Sure, but it can fail in some circumstances. 

as I found, not only Tasker, script in Run Shell should be niced.

[kssxs]

Thanks to everyone for all of the assistance provided here.  I've learned a new method of input from all of this!

I found that Vladamir's method works best.  Not only is it EXTREMELY fast (and since I have an S3, it's not an issue whatsoever).  I used Tasker's 'Run Shell' action, and put in an 'input swipe <x1> <y1> <x2> <y2>' command to scroll my app's screen to the bottom where the buttons are, and then I used (in another 'Run Shell' action) 'input tap <x> <y>' to hit the appropriate buttons.  I put in a couple of very small wait times (25ms) in between taps so that the application had time to respond to the previous tap and bring up the appropriate buttons.

This is now working PERFECTLY!  I've not automated wallpaper resizing with the help of a 3rd party app that doesn't have Tasker support in it :p .

Having said that... there is one thing that I found you will need to do when trying to figure out your screen co-ordinates (for the <x> and <y> numbers above).  The easiest way to find out where your buttons are is to go into the 'Developer options' of your phone and turn on 'Show pointer location'.  When that is turned on, you can see the X and Y co-ordinates of where your finger is touching the screen.  If you point at a button you want to have Tasker click with the 'input tap' command, you can get the X and Y co-ordinate numbers using this, and can then complete your 'input tap <x> <y>' command with the right numbers.

Hope you all out there can use this to write more fantastic tasks!

Thanks again all! :)

[Rich D]

> Hope you all out there can use this to write more fantastic tasks!

Would you be willing to paste the task / profile here as a example for others?
Long press on task /profile name / export / export description to clipboard..

It would be very much appreciated .....  Rich...

[kssxs]

Sure, no problem. Here you go:

Test (34)
A1: Open File [ File:%PWallpaperSet Mime Type: ]
A2: Wait [ MS:100 Seconds:0 Minutes:0 Hours:0 Days:0 ]
A3: Run Shell [ Command:input swipe 20 1250 20 50 Timeout (Seconds):0 Use Root:On Store Output In: Store Errors In: Store Result In: ]
A4: Wait [ MS:25 Seconds:0 Minutes:0 Hours:0 Days:0 ]
A5: Run Shell [ Command:input tap 30 1250 Timeout (Seconds):0 Use Root:On Store Output In: Store Errors In: Store Result In: ]
A6: Wait [ MS:25 Seconds:0 Minutes:0 Hours:0 Days:0 ]
A7: Run Shell [ Command:input tap 520 800 Timeout (Seconds):0 Use Root:On Store Output In: Store Errors In: Store Result In: ]

[Vladimir Oz]

Actions 2 - 7 should become:

A2: Run Shell [ Command:sleep 0.1; input swipe 20 1250 20 50; sleep 0.025; input tap 30 1250; sleep 0.025; input tap 520 800  Timeout (Seconds):0 Use Root:On Store Output In: Store Errors In: Store Result In: ] 

maybe U have to tune sleep times - RunSell is faster if called once rather then batch of Actions.

вторник, 19 февраля 2013 г., 5:42:15 UTC+4 пользователь kssxs написал:

[kssxs]

Cool!

I didn't know you could string commands like that (I'm a Windows guy, so no hardcore Linux/Unix experience).

I'll try it out, thanks again!

[kssxs]

Just tried stringing the commands together into one 'Run Shell' action, and it works perfectly.  It turned out to be even faster than my initial individual steps setup, so I had to tune the first 'sleep' command to 'sleep 0.2'.

Thanks again for the information!

[kssxs]

I should have mentioned that the app I'm using this 'Run Shell' action on is called Image2Wallpaper. I don't know if it's ok to link apps like that here, so if it isn't, then please remove and accept my apologies.  If you install that, and then associate it with opening an image file to set as wallpaper, you can then create the task as I detailed above, with Vladamir's shortened steps (making the task a 2-step), to test it.  You'll see it works VERY well :) .

[Rich D]

 You'll see it works VERY well :) .

Thanks for all the great info... I will be using this shortly.... :)

Rich..

[Rich D]

>
> I'd be very interested in whether this is possible/succeeds.

Success ....   I have posted it in a new topic " How to paste in tasker" 

Rich..

[Stefano Guazzotti]

Hey, this is really interesting and powerful! I'm experimenting with this and the first thing I've tried was to pull down notification bar. So I used run shell in tasker, enabled root and executed the command: 'input touchscreen swipe 100 20 100 1000'.  Actually the notification bar is pulled down. The problem is that it doesn't stay down to show notifications, but immediately go back, the same way it acts when you pull down and release above the half of the screen.

Suggestions?

[Rich D]

There is a tasker action to pull down status bar...

Display / status bar

Rich..

[Stefano Guazzotti]

Yes, I knew that. I was just trying for fun :D

Another question: is it possible in this way to simulate a real swipe not only a straight line?

[Vladimir Oz]

Sure.

Just calc the spline's approximation points coords, build array of them and run cycle through it in RunShell action.

Should work.

But why?

четверг, 14 марта 2013 г., 13:26:59 UTC+4 пользователь Stefano Guazzotti написал:

[Stefano Guazzotti]

I don't understand one thing. Up to getting coordinates I'm OK: I'll use a small number of segments, so no problem at all. But I don't know how to run it. Can you give me a practical example using two segments, like 100,100 -> 100,300 and 100,300 -> 300,300

I'm trying to work out a way for tasker to automatically turn on/off keyguard, since both tasker's option and securesettings' one aren't working for my galaxy nexus...

[Vladimir Oz]

for i in "100,300" "200,200" "300,100"; do echo $i; done

The rest is for Your mind gym ;)

четверг, 14 марта 2013 г., 17:39:17 UTC+4 пользователь Stefano Guazzotti написал:

[PC]

Does anyone know how to simulate a long press using these types of commands?  Or, better yet, know how to get Orbot to start after launching the application using a 'Run Shell' line, or some other way?

I don't want it running all of the time as a background service, so I don't want to enable its 'Start on boot' functionality.

Thanks for any help you can provide!

[PC]

I know this thread is getting old, but I just discovered (after upgrading to Slim Bean 4.3 Build 1 on my S4) that the renice command has changed syntax.

The one I was using (from GermainZ's post here was:

renice -10 `pidof net.dinglisch.android.taskerm`

Apparently, now the command has to look something like this:

renice -r --10 -g $(pidof net.dinglisch.android.taskerm)

Of course, this doesn't work.  I'm not a Linux guy, so I don't know where the error is that I'm making, but it's something to do with the -r (there's also a new '-t TYPE' switch) and the process priority I want to set.  I'd like to use the recommendation of '-10'.

Can anyone check what the syntax of the command SHOULD be, and reply here, please?

Thanks!

[Matt R]

Try just typing renice to see if you get some command help text. On my phone, the help text indicates the command should be something like:

renice -n -10 -p $(pidof net.dinglisch.android.taskerm)

Matt

[PC]

When I type in just 'renice', I get the new syntax returned as:

renice [[-r] [-t TYPE] priority pids ...] [-g pid]

So:

type in:

renice -r --10 -g $(pidof net.dinglisch.android.taskerm)

Get error: 

unknown option -- -

USAGE: renice [[-r] [-t TYPE] priority pids ...] [-g pid]

Your suggestion:

renice -n -10 -p $(pidof net.dinglisch.android.taskerm)

Get error:

unknown option -- -n

USAGE: renice [[-r] [-t TYPE] priority pids ...] [-g pid]

I also tried:

type in:

renice -r -10 -g $(pidof net.dinglisch.android.taskerm)

Get error: 

unknown option -- 1

USAGE: renice [[-r] [-t TYPE] priority pids ...] [-g pid]

Any other suggestions anyone?

[Bob Hansen]

Try:

    renice -10 pidof 'net.dinglisch.android.taskerm'

note: it is -10 not --10.

[PC]

I get error:

unknown option -- 1

Sidenote to all attempting to help:

Is anyone actually trying these commands in a terminal window like I am?  If it doesn't work in a terminal window, it won't work, even with 'Use as Root', in Tasker...

[Matt R]

Maybe try putting the -10 in single or double quotes? I can't try these commands because the syntax on my renice command is different (and seems to work fine).

Matt

[Bob Hansen]

I ran what I posted on my phone using my terminal emulator, it does require superuser access to run though.

[PC]

So I've been messing around with various attempts to get this working, and I've got it figured out.  This is what it's supposed to look like:

busybox renice -10 -p $(pidof net.dinglisch.android.taskerm)

I've got Busybox v1.21.1 installed (the latest).  Obviously this requires a rooted phone.

Now on to figure out how to increase the speed of the UI ;) .

[Steve Mills]

Android changed a while back and Secure Settings keyguard off now only works if you're rooted.

[Brandon Horwath]

Steve Mills,

I'm running 4.1.1 without root, and can remove my keyguard using this task:

Disable Keyguard (120)
A1: Secure Settings [ Configuration:Clear Password Package:com.intangibleobject.securesettings.plugin Name:Secure Settings ]
A2: Secure Settings [ Configuration:Keyguard Disabled Package:com.intangibleobject.securesettings.plugin Name:Secure Settings ]
A3: Perform Task [ Name:Set Slide_lock ~ enabled Stop:Off Priority:10 Parameter 1 (%par1): Parameter 2 (%par2): Return Value Variable: ]
A4: Variable Set [ Name:%Keyguard To:disabled Do Maths:Off Append:Off ]
A5: Zoom State [ Element:Slide Lock Toggle.w / Switcher1 State:2 ]

I don't know if you meant with the latest version of android or something.

[Jeffrey White]

hey! i have this problem with slow input taps but when i used a 25 ms wait after each tap, it doesnt do anything. its still slow! HELP! :(

On Monday, February 18, 2013 4:10:58 PM UTC-6, PC wrote:

Thanks to everyone for all of the assistance provided here.  I've learned a new method of input from all of this!

I found that Vladamir's method works best.  Not only is it EXTREMELY fast (and since I have an S3, it's not an issue whatsoever).  I used Tasker's 'Run Shell' action, and put in an 'input swipe <x1> <y1> <x2> <y2>' command to scroll my app's screen to the bottom where the buttons are, and then I used (in another 'Run Shell' action) 'input tap <x> <y>' to hit the appropriate buttons.  I put in a couple of very small wait times (25ms) in between taps so that the application had time to respond to the previous tap and bring up the appropriate buttons.

This is now working PERFECTLY!  I've not automated wallpaper resizing with the help of a 3rd party app that doesn't have Tasker support in it :p .

Having said that... there is one thing that I found you will need to do when trying to figure out your screen co-ordinates (for the <x> and <y> numbers above).  The easiest way to find out where your buttons are is to go into the 'Developer options' of your phone and turn on 'Show pointer location'.  When that is turned on, you can see the X and Y co-ordinates of where your finger is touching the screen.  If you point at a button you want to have Tasker click with the 'input tap' command, you can get the X and Y co-ordinate numbers using this, and can then complete your 'input tap <x> <y>' command with the right numbers.

Hope you all out there can use this to write more fantastic tasks!

Thanks again all! :)

[Jeffrey White]

i run tasker on my nexus 7 tablet. what is wow?? can i get it on my android device? i would like to make my input quick too. plz reply!

[Jay M]

I think he's just saying hes shocked lol

Jay M

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[Jeffrey White]

I wish someone could help me.

[Bob Hansen]

To get the fastest speed with input commands (tap or keyevent) you should put the commands in one run shell action like this:

input tap 100,200; input tap 230,540; input keyevent 26

[Jeffrey White]

I have tried that. Didn't do anything. I use tasker on a Nexus 7 2nd gen...

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[Bob Hansen]

Assuming the the events are executing, that is as fast as it can be using Tasker. 

More likely, inputs are occurring too fast and the command is failing. In that case, you need to add a sleep command between the inputs like:

input tap 100,200; sleep .1; input tap 230,540; sleep .1; input keyevent 26f

Try a larger value like .1 and then reduce (.1 > .05 > .025 etc until it fails) that will be the fastest it can work on your device. 

[Bob Hansen]

For a comparison, I my Droid RAZR HD it takes about 500ms per input command (tap or keyevent).