use tasker to set accessibility settings for other apps
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r.t.a.j....@gmail.com
Mar 25, 2017, 4:10:44 PM3/25/17
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My apps "lastpass" and "kaspersky" often are not enabled on my android S3. I would like to use Tasker to change the accessibility settings of these apps to "enabled".
But I can't figure out how to do this. Any advice?
Ideally, I would like tasker to check the settings for these apps every few hours and then set them to enabled if they are not.
John Doe
Mar 26, 2017, 2:46:06 AM3/26/17
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s3? Android version?
r.t.a.j....@gmail.com
Mar 26, 2017, 9:37:47 AM3/26/17
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Hey John, that is Galaxy S3, Android, version 6.0.1
John Doe
Mar 26, 2017, 9:42:01 AM3/26/17
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You can use securetask plugin to enable and disable accessibility services writing on the setting enabled_accessibiluty_services it's a comma separated list of values. Simply read the value when everything is ok (jiut one time) saving the result in a global variable and then write the value any time you want to restore the services.
r.t.a.j....@gmail.com
Mar 26, 2017, 1:05:36 PM3/26/17
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Thanks, that sounds great. However, I have to admit I don't know how to do this. I now installed securetask on my android machine. But now what do I do? I am new to tasker, so all this still sounds Greek to me.
Could you please guide me through the steps?
John Doe
Mar 26, 2017, 1:09:58 PM3/26/17
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When you open the app there is a button called "how to grant the permissions". If you have root you can use a run shell action directly on the phone, otherwise you need to use adb using a connected pc. In the second case you need to download adb and the needed usb driver for your phone (if you use windows). Then you need to enalbe the developer options on the phone, enable usb debugging and then use a shell on your pc to use adb. There are several tutorials on youtube. When you did this step, then you can use the plugin action secure settings. Then you can read or write any settings. As I told you in the my previous post, you need to read the setting as I said.
Ron Parker
Dec 14, 2019, 3:06:31 PM12/14/19
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On Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 10:09:58 AM UTC-7, John Doe wrote:
When you did this step, then you can use the plugin action secure settings. Then you can read or write any settings. As I told you in the my previous post, you need to read the setting as I said.
Can you provide an example of how this is done to set accessibility settings on for an app that keeps having this setting turned off?
Robert Ryan
Dec 14, 2019, 3:50:59 PM12/14/19
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You need to know the name of accessibility service. Here's an example restarting Tasker's accessibility service:
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Ron Parker
Dec 14, 2019, 4:04:07 PM12/14/19
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Thank you for the link. It would not import. I did find another example here that I used as a model: https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/comments/83lpg6/damned_accessibility_settings_on_nougat/
First, I found the package name / service name pair for Nova Launcher like this:
dumpsys package com.teslacoilsw.launcher | grep Accessibility <
comes back with
com.teslacoilsw.launcher/.NovaAccessibilityService
I modified the example:
SecureTask
Profile: Tasker accessibility restore (89)
Event: Settings changed [
Configuration:Monitor secure enabled_accessibility_services ]
Enter: Anon (103)
A1: Secure Settings [
Configuration:Read secure enabled_accessibility_services
Timeout (Seconds):30
A2: Stop [
With Error:Off
Task: ] If [ %services ~ *com.teslacoilsw.launcher* ]
A3: Variable Set [
Name:%services
To::com.teslacoilsw.launcher/.NovaAccessibilityService Recurse Variables:Off
Do Maths:Off
Append:On
A4: Secure Settings [
Configuration:Write secure enabled_accessibility_services value %services
Timeout (Seconds):30 ]
Overall, basically, I read the current enabled accessibility services, and if Nova Launcher isn't there, I append Nova Launcher to the list and re-write. Having NEVER done this before my questions are around syntax:
1. Is the package name / service name format correct? Should it be com.teslacoilsw.launcher/.NovaAccessibilityService or com.teslacoilsw.launcher/ com.teslacoilsw.launcher.NovaAccessibilityService?
2. In A3, the "::" characters need to be pre-pended to the package name / service name value?
Thank you very much for your response.
On Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 12:50:59 PM UTC-8, Robert Ryan wrote:
You need to know the name of accessibility service. Here's an example restarting Tasker's accessibility service:
On December 14, 2019 1:06:39 PM Ron Parker <swinging...@gmail.com> wrote:
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Ron Parker
Dec 14, 2019, 4:26:58 PM12/14/19
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My bad. I was indeed able to import the link into tasker. I see you are using the custom setting option which appears to be a WHOLE lot easier. I think I follow this.
Thank you SO much!
On Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 12:50:59 PM UTC-8, Robert Ryan wrote:
You need to know the name of accessibility service. Here's an example restarting Tasker's accessibility service:
On December 14, 2019 1:06:39 PM Ron Parker <swinging...@gmail.com> wrote:
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On Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 10:09:58 AM UTC-7, John Doe wrote:When you did this step, then you can use the plugin action secure settings. Then you can read or write any settings. As I told you in the my previous post, you need to read the setting as I said.Can you provide an example of how this is done to set accessibility settings on for an app that keeps having this setting turned off?
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Robert Ryan
Dec 14, 2019, 4:27:14 PM12/14/19
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On December 14, 2019 2:04:13 PM Ron Parker <swinging...@gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you for the link. It would not import.
Imports fine on my device. What Tasker version are you using?
Here is the decription:
Restart Tasker Accessibility
A1: Variable Set
Name: %accessibility
To: net.dinglisch.android.taskerm/net.dinglisch.android.taskerm.MyAccessibilityService
Recurse Variables: Off
Do Maths: Off
Append: Off
Max Rounding Digits: 0
A2: Custom Setting
Type: Secure
Name: enabled_accessibility_services
Use Root: Off
Read Setting To: %enabled_services
A3: Variable Search Replace
Variable: %enabled_services
Search: (^\Q%accessibility\E:?)|(:\Q%accessibility\E)
Ignore Case: Off
Multi-Line: Off
One Match Only: Off
Replace Matches: On
A4: Custom Setting
Type: Secure
Name: enabled_accessibility_services
Value: %enabled_services
Use Root: Off
A5: Wait
MS: 0
Seconds: 1
Minutes: 0
Hours: 0
Days: 0
A6: Custom Setting
Type: Secure
Name: enabled_accessibility_services
Value: %accessibility:%enabled_services
Use Root: Off
1. Is the package name / service name format correct? Should it be com.teslacoilsw.launcher/.NovaAccessibilityService or com.teslacoilsw.launcher/ com.teslacoilsw.launcher.NovaAccessibilityService?
The first one.
2. In A3, the "::" characters need to be pre-pended to the package name / service name value?
Just one : is needed.
Thank you very much for your response.
Hope you get it working. Good luck.
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