Any way to detect if Location Services enabled?

[Steven Rollason]

I have created a task which allows easy toggling between Battery Saving and High Accuracy Location mode (using AutoInput as the phone is not rooted).

I am calling this from a custom icon in the quick settings (using the Custom Quick Settings app). I am currently setting the state of the icon between disabled and enabled based on the %GPS variable (GPS Status) which is "on" in High Accuracy mode and "off" in Battery Saving mode. However, I would also like to be able to hide this icon if Location is turned off completely. Is there way to detect this within Tasker?

[Pent]

I don't think so, with maybe the exception of a shell command to query system settings (which I don't know,
you might be able to find it in the forum).

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[Robert Ryan]

You can use the AutoInput plug-in. AutioInput's Query UI can be used to retrieve all of the visible and hidden text from the Location Settings screen. One of the hidden text items is whether Location is OFF or ON.

CAUTION: The Custom Quick Settings plug-in for Tasker has a major bug that causes it to manipulate the incorrect tile. A bug report has been filed and hopefully it will be corrected in the next revision.

[Steven Rollason]

I've actually ended up creating a Tasker plugin which fires an event whenever the location mode is changed (including when Location is turned off entirely) and I'm using that to update the state of the icon.

[Abdullah Alahdal]

Needless to say there is a plugin System Settings for Tasker which monitors system Settings.

[Pent]

I'd forgotten about that one, sorry OP.

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