Stop alarm on Android phone

[Larry Schweyer]

I have an alarm on my Android phone (version 8), that goes off at 3:00pm every day.

The alarm is set using the default clock app that came with the phone.

Often my phone is not nearby when it goes off.

What I would like to do is use my Alexa to kill the alarm, turn the volume to 0.

I have created a Tasker profile that handles notification events and it works for

other apps.

I can't seem to find an action that will stop the clock or turn the alarm volume to 0.

My task runs and I have an action that kills the app clock. It doesn't do that.

I added a task to set the alarm volume to 0. It doesn't do that.

I know the task is running because I have a flash alert popup that shows me the notification fields.

That works fine.

Any ideas on how I can do what I want. I want to say "Alexa trigger kill alarm".  I have this all set

up via IFTTT but just can't get it to work.

Thanks for any ideas.

I did see some results that had an example of creating an Event profile when the clock alarm went

off.  I don't see that option under Profiles.  It talked about sending intents? No idea what that's about.

[Robert Ryan]

The Alarm Volume action in the Audio category is what you are looking for. 

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[Larry Schweyer]

Another comment.

From my testing, I can set the Media Volume to any level in my task, but not the Alarm Volume.

Wonder if it is because the alarm is currently running?

I am using the default Clock app that came with my Android phone on v8.0

I also tried the Kill > Task.  It did not stop the clock/alarm.

Basically, I just want to use Alexa to some how silence that alarm.

Thanks.

Larry

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[Robert Ryan]

I am able to change the alarm volume while the alarm is playing. My device is a Samsung Galaxy S9 with Oreo 8.0.0. 

You may need to uncheck Restore Settings in the profile options.

To get to the profile options, long-press the profile name to select it. Then click on the cog at the top of the screen. 

[Larry Schweyer]

Must be getting too old for this stuff.

I tried my Tasker app again, and it worked?  Made no changes.

Even works when I ask Alexa to trigger it.

Thanks for the comments. Will check out the Profile options.

I have a Samsung Galaxy A5.

Larry

[Larry Schweyer]

OK, one last comment.

First off, my task is triggered by a notification sent by Alexa

I wasn't quite correct about it working with Alexa.

When the alarms goes off, to test, I ran the task manually. It worked

as expected.

When I say 'alexa trigger alarm off', I see the task is running due to several Flash

alerts. The sound stops briefly, but continues a second later.  It finally dawned on me

that the IFTTT notification was causing a problem, since it makes a sound.  I went to Notification

settings and set IFTTT to make no sounds for IFTTT.

Now, finally, it works.

Thanks for the tips again.

One last question if I may, or maybe it should be a separate post?

My first attempt was to use Tasker to kill the Clock app which was

sounding the alarm when it got the notification. I am using the 

default Android clock.  Just a simple app set to the that app does nothing.

Any idea what I could be doing wrong there?

Thanks again.

Larry

On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 at 21:54, Robert Ryan <rbr...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Larry Schweyer]

Last comment for sure.

I discovered a one line of Tasker code to do the trick.

It finally dawned on my, the alarm displays a notification

which can be swiped to dismiss.

So, I just have an Autoinput plugin task using the Gesture option and that's it.

When the task runs, the swipe occurs automatically, and alarm is gone, sound and all.

A learning exercise for me, for sure.

Thanks again.

Larry

On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 at 21:54, Robert Ryan <rbr...@gmail.com> wrote: