Re: Set default screen with Tasker (using Apex Launcher)

[Chatten]

Try Nova - you can set whatver screen you want as the home screen.  Don't know if the features are better/worse than Apex - never tried Apex.

 

On Friday, March 8, 2013 6:19:11 AM UTC-6, Maik wrote:

Hi,

I'm using Apex Launcher and I would like to be able to set the default screen with Tasker (the screen that gets opened if you click the home button). With that functionality I could have different default screens depending on my current position or time (at work the "work" screen is the default one, at the evening the media is default, etc.).

Is that somehow possible? It seems that Apex Launcher has no Tasker possibility build-in because it doesn't show up at the Plugin Tasks, but perhaps someone has an idea how this could be done.

PS: I got root

[kssxs]

I was in the same situation as you, had Apex launcher on my phone.  I found that Tasker can't trigger which home screen to go to on Apex.  So I thought I'd try out Nova (and I had read somewhere that it worked with Tasker as well), and found that it does, in fact, work with Tasker.  Here's my previous post on this:

In order to use the ability to go to a specific page, you have to install a Tasker plug-in called 'AutoShortcut' and be using Nova Launcher as your default Launcher.  When you create an action using that plug-in, you can select 'Nova Launcher' as the target, and when the Nova Launcher items come up, you would select 'Jump to Page'.  Once you've selected that, it pops up with a dialog asking which page you want to jump to (meaning, which home screen you want the action to go to).

I use this actively, and it works perfectly.  Obviously you have to be using Nova Launcher as your default Launcher, but I've found it's one of, if not the, best out there.

AutoShortcut also has a Pro version that is $0.99, so please support the developer if you like his plug-in.

[Pent]

> Try Nova - you can set whatver screen you want as the home screen.  Don't
> know if the features are better/worse than Apex - never tried Apex.

Also try bugging the Apex people to include support, should take them
about 5 minutes:

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Tasker's Go Home action can specify the page of the home screen which
should be shown. To support this action, a home screen need only
accept the extra

net.dinglisch.android.tasker.extras.HOME_PAGE

with the launch intent, the value being an integer from 1 to 20.
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Pent

p.s. used to also work with LauncherX

[Rich D]

It works with LauncherPro as well..

[Maik]

I now also tried Nova Launcher, but creating the task you mentioned gets tasker to jump to one specific screen one time if a profile is activated, right? What I'm looking for is to set the default screen, so that everytime one specific tasker profile is active and I hit the "Home" button of the phone the selected screen gets opened.

Example:

Profile "Home" active, pushing the home hardware button of the phone => Screen 1 is opened

Profile "Work" active, pushing the home hardware button of the phone => Screen 2 is opened

Is that possible too? 

Thank you for any further suggestions.

[Rich D]

The only way i can think of would be to monitor the %WIN for your home screen value ( it would be helpful if each home screen had a separate value but i don't think they will) and then use the go home action for the home screen you would like.. under unfortunately you will see the screen flashes...

Rich..

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[myxa]

пятница, 8 марта 2013 г., 14:19:11 UTC+2 пользователь Maik написал:

Hi,

I'm using Apex Launcher and I would like to be able to set the default screen with Tasker (the screen that gets opened if you click the home button). With that functionality I could have different default screens depending on my current position or time (at work the "work" screen is the default one, at the evening the media is default, etc.).

Is that somehow possible? It seems that Apex Launcher has no Tasker possibility build-in because it doesn't show up at the Plugin Tasks, but perhaps someone has an idea how this could be done.

PS: I got root

you can use this:
script > run shell > am start -a com.anddoes.launcher.ACTION -n com.anddoes.launcher/.Launcher -f 0x10000000 -e LAUNCHER_ACTION GOTO_SCREEN1 (use root)
SCREEN1 - SCREENxx it's your Apex screens

[Brandon Horwath]

Yes.

Set a profile name for the profile you want with the active context.

For requested context(s) use:

%PACTIVE ~R named context
+
Assistant event for tasker

Assistant event for tasker is a plugin, it registers a home button LONG press, similar to Google Now launch on most devices. It is a free plugin.

Your task will be different for each defined context in this example but it will always be, action, GO HOME, page: (user desired)

Hope this helps.

[Hemant Gupta]

I was trying to do the exact same thing that you described, and finally came up with a solution that I liked.

My solution doesn't  change the default home screen, but the results are the same so that you can't tell the difference.  It does require Nova Launcher, but other launchers that can use Tasker's Go Home, Page #  can be used.  

  

First I created a variable called %Location.  For each place that I wanted a default homescreen, I set the location variable to the place.  For example,  when I arrive at home, I set %Location to have the value "Home"  Likewise for car, work, and other profiles, I assigned %Location to match when I arrive at those places.   Most likely you already have a profile and task associated with the location, and so you can include the step of assigning the variable to the existing task.

Then I created a task called "Set Homescreen", that is a series of if-else statements that changes the homescreen .

If location=home, then App>Go Home>Page 2    (Where Page 2 is the home screen for when I am at home)

Else If location=work, then App>Go Home>Page 3    (Where Page 3 is the home screen for when I am at work)

Else If location=car, then App>Go Home>Page 4    (Where Page 4 is the home screen for when I am at in the car)

Then under Gestures and Buttons setting in Nova Launcher, uncheck "Only on Default Screen" and assign the Home Button to the shortcut for the Tasker task "Set Homescreen." that we just made above  Each time you press the home button, it will take you to the appropriate home page for your location.  It doesn't' matter which page is the default page in Nova Launcher, because  pressing the home button will only take you to the currently appropriate home page. 

Hope this worked for you!

On Friday, March 8, 2013 6:19:11 AM UTC-6, Maik wrote:

[Thomas X3]

Wow, I find your post 2 years after the submission...

And it is exactly what I was looking for, thank you !