Notification Event: %evtprm1 changed from app name to package string?

[John W.]

Sometime in the last two weeks the notification event trigger started populating %evtprm1 with the package name rather than the app name as it formerly did. Was this an intention change? It's a rather significant bother during the day as I used evtprm to manage work-day email alerts based on content. Please advise if this change was intended. I haven't changed devices lately; still using the Android 8.0 Samsung S7. Rebooting had no effect. 

[Marta Hintz]

usually that means the variable never had a chance to get set. does the log show something interrupting?

[John W.]

No, no interruption but that strikes me as an improbable cause. Let me clarify just a bit, though. It is not the case that %evtprm(1) is un-set, but rather that it is mis-set with the owning app's package rather than the owning app's name. %evtprm(2:9) populate as before (though some elements do not populate for all apps, I have not noticed any obvious failures or changes to their regular strings). And if it were an interruption preventing population of %evtprm(1), why would that interruption not be fatal to population of %evtprm(2:9)?

[Waffel]

Am Montag, 12. August 2019 22:49:43 UTC+2 schrieb John W.:

Sometime in the last two weeks the notification event trigger started populating %evtprm1 with the package name rather than the app name as it formerly did. Was this an intention change? 

Hello John W.,

I also  noticed this change after Tasker update yesterday and there is also another person who mentioned this change on Tasker announcement thread on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/comments/co43o0/dev_tasker_583_critical_bug_fix_for_bluetooth/ewuhd7t/

For now, I ended with converting the package name to app name. To do so, add the following action, to corresponding task:

App > Test App

Type:  App Name

Data:  %evtprm1

Store Result In:  %app_name

Now the variable %app_name contains your app name.

Enjoy :) 

[John W.]

OMG, that's brilliant! (though I am more likely going to store the app name in %evtprm(1) where it belongs). My bandaid was to switch the Notification Listener plugin, but I do so dislike using plugins when native capabilities exist. Plugins bloat the data file and require extra processing. I'm going to use your method immediately! Thank you ever so much!