Tasker & Secure Settings

[Andrew Hall]

What are users' experiences of using Tasker's native settings options GPS, BT etc as against Secure Settings? I understand that SS can certainly change GPS settings without user intervention (required since Android 4) but I am wondering if this is all it is truely needed for currently? I have the idea that I would like one App (ie Tasker) to do all the work but should I be using SS wherever possible? Thanks

[Zalastax]

Use SS for things that Tasker can't do. You could change Lockscreen security if you want for example. SS is supposed to change the Secure Settings that are locked for normal apps. So if Tasker can do a particular thing for you already it's up to you. Since SS is a plugin for Tasker I don't see exactly why you would want to use one app to do all the work since Tasker+SS is basically one app (just extended Tasker).

[Unicyclist]

Secure Settings doesn't do much by itself, or without a rooted phone. It installs a helper that gets past the user intervention block that Google implemented since 2.3+

Since Tasker does so much, you'd have to be more specific with what you want to do. SS can do a few things, but Tasker can do MUCH more.

[Andrew Hall]

Fair enough! :-) What needs user intervention, apart from GPS please? :-)

On Wednesday, 5 December 2012 20:41:28 UTC, Andrew Hall wrote:

[GermainZ]

Changing the keyboard, USB debugging, location services, background data all normally require user interaction AFAIK. SS does it without it -without root for some of them, too.

It also has some nice additions that complete Tasker. The ones I use are Package State to automatically enable & open Viber when I click the icon, and disable it when I exit the app, and the Wake Device (which is more flexible than Tasker's "Stay Awake" or "Display on" actions)