If You Use MQTT and Android...
David White
I use both Android and Tasker in my IoT setups and related automations...
As Tasker itself has no built-in MQTT support (nothing against the dev who is amazing and has so much other stuff on his plate), I have been barely managing to use Tasker for MQTT using this plug-in for some time now. While it works for me, I have stumbled into limitations that I am not prepared to solve in the plug-in (and it sure is not being actively maintained). For example, while I have not fully characterized the issue, this plug-in appears to not be able to handle being used in multiple Tasker profiles.
So on multiple occasions, I have gone looking for an alternative to the plug-in. I found nothing until recently when I discovered this app and I just want to make you aware of it.
While this app contains a Tasker plug-in, it is able to be scripted and, within the scripting, send broadcast intents to any app that knows how to handle them. In a recent version, the author added an HTTP API that allows other apps to control its behavior and query its condition. This generic approach means that it can likely be used in a broad range of automation use cases.
Over the last month or so, I have communicated quite a bit with the app's author and he has been highly responsive and open to suggestions. This is where both the send broadcast and API came from. It is impressive to find someone who is so willing and able.
Unlike the plug-in mentioned above, this app is also capable of publishing MQTT messages. So it also provides an alternative to this plug-in (which I have never used). And this too can be used via the HTTP API.
Two things to note:
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While the app is free, access to the scripting mechanism is a paid feature. I gladly paid the US$1.99 + tax via Play Store to get it.
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The same author offers another app that is a "tablet" version. While very similar it is not the same, seems to have fallen behind in updates/features, works horribly in portrait mode, and I see no reason why it should even be needed as the app I have seems to work fine in landscape mode. So I would avoid that one - at least for now.
So FYI!
Andy Stanford-Clark
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