Tasker Backup without SD card and emailing xml?

[Robert Grabosch]

Is there a way to drag&drop copy my tasks/profiles over to my computer? I'd be fine with doing that every once in a while, instead of creating a complicated task for that purpose. 

This is what I tried so far in order to backup my tasker creations:

• Export Description/XML In Email --> Produces an email with a looooong body of xml code. What am I ever going to do with that?
  
• Export XML to SD --> When I do this, tasker responds "Done." However, I don't seem to have an SD card on my Nexus 6. I just have an "Internal Storage". There don't seem to be any xml backups anywhere.
  
• Look for profiles and tasks stored in my devices Internal Storage, in order to copy them to my computer. --> Cant find anything. The folder Tasker seems to contain hardly any (visible/hidden/system) files.
  

[Juergen Gruen]

Hi,

your Internal Storage is the SD-Card. This is a little bit confusing in Android.

Goto Menu->Data->Backup change the filename if you like and tap on the Tasker symbol in the upper left corner. Done. You should find the xml-file in Tasker/configs/user/.

Alternatively Tasker can do auto-backups. Menu->Preferences->Misc. Stored in Tasker/configs/auto.

Hope this helps.

Juergen.

[Robert Grabosch]

Thanks for quick feedback, Juergen.

It seems to be very different on my Android 5.1 Nexus 6. 

When I do Menu->Data->Backup, I don't have any option of chosing a directory or changing the filename. It just says immediately "Data backup to SD completed." I cannot find that backup file anywhere in my Internal Storage. Theres nothing in my tasker folder except 3 empty subfolders: .icn, cache and userguide. Certainly no Tasker/configs/user path anywhere. Yes, hidden items and system files are set visible.

Also, no Tasker/configs/auto folder anywhere. So auto-backups also seems useless.

How can I spot that backup file to copy it to my computer?

regards,

Robert

[Juergen Gruen]

Hm, that's strange. Maybe you can search with your file browser for "backup.xml", that is the default name...

Juergen.

[Juergen Gruen]

Your phone is not rooted?

[Robert Grabosch]

Thanks! I found the file userbackup.xml in the Tasker folder by looking for it with my file browser (Astro) on my phone. So strange that when I browse my phone via Windows Explorer and USB, most of the content in the Tasker folder does not show. No, my phone is not rooted. Thanks for your help again - I think I got everything I need with that backup file now.

[Wayne Longford]

Juergen, is it possible you're using the the current Tasker 4.7 beta? I believe the backup options/folders are different compared to the play store Tasker 4.6 version.

[Robert Grabosch]

Not the beta but version "4.6u2/u3" (at least that's what it says in the What's New section when I select my Tasker app in the play store).

On 30 May 2015 at 17:53, Wayne Longford <wlong...@gmail.com> wrote:

Juergen, is it possible you're using the the current Tasker 4.7 beta? I believe the backup options/folders are different compared to the play store Tasker 4.6 version.

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[Juergen Gruen]

Yes, I'm using the beta version.

Next Version:

improved local backup/restore

That explains the differences...

Thank you, Wayne.

Juergen.