Connect to Orbot proxy

[MS]

Hello, I want to automatically connect to tor network using Orbot when Firefox app is launched. I looked into the Orbot manifest and it has an intent called start_tor but I'm not able to get it to work. Here it is: http://imgur.com/AVY37dU

Is it possible to connect to Orbot without opening the app? And close the connection also without opening the app?

Thank you

[Matt R]

I recall another thread where someone was asking something similar.  I can't remember if they got it working or not.  Try searching for "Orbot".

Matt

[MS]

Seems it is not possible. Orbot developer is being very lazy. He wants manual activation via the long-press only. Thanks anyway Matt

[Brandon Horwath]

Actually, I remember the thread.

Matt is correct to mention you should look, the user got orbot to load and initiate automatically IIRC.

[James Brown]

I wanted to do something close to this except, I wanted Tasker to start TOR at 2:00am. Here is how I did it.........

I set up a Task called Start TOR.
In it I put a Send Intent with an Action of .service.TorService, a Cat of None, and a Target of Service. This starts the Tor_Service.
Then I put in a Wait for 10 seconds. I'm not sure that this needed but I figured it would give time for the service to start.
Then I put in another Send Intent with an Action of org.torproject.android.START_TOR, a Cat of Default, and a Target of Activity. This starts the TOR.

I didn't need to shut down the app as I do a Power off at 8:00am. But you should be able to us a Kill App.

So there is your start and stop. You will just need to figure out what you want to trigger it on.

[James Brown]

On Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at 4:58:30 AM UTC-5, MS wrote:

With further testing I found that I only needed to Send Intent with an Action of org.torproject.android.START_TOR, a Cat of Default, and a Target of Activity. This starts the TOR.

For some reason when I tried to run it in a script using the am command, I had to start the service first. But doing a Send Intent in Tasker only needs the START_TOR.