[APP][4.0+] Automate - automatic tasks

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Automate is a free app for Android™ that lets you automate away repetitive tasks on your smartphone or tablet with easy-to-understand flowcharts. Make your device automatically manage files on local and remote storage, take photos, record audio and video, send e-mail, SMS, MMS, control phone calls, configure device settings like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, NFC, and more, based on your location, time of day and hundreds of other conditions and triggers. Almost every feature on your device can be automated.

Features​

Simple, yet powerful​

Create your automated tasks visually as flowcharts, simply add and connect blocks, novices can then configure them with predefined options, while experienced users may use expressions, variables and functions.

Building blocks​

Almost every feature on your device can be automated using more than 360 building blocks, including actions, conditions, event triggers, loops and more.

App integration​

Easily integrate installed apps supporting the Locale/Tasker plug-in API, or by using every possible system capability to do so, including screen scraping and simulated user inputs. Integrate webapps and online services accessible through HTTP, including webhooks.

Sharing community​

Save time by downloading complete automation “flows” that other users already made and shared through the community that’s directly accessible within the app.

Download​

Free download at the Google Play™ store.
 
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Version 0.2.2b

What’s new:
  • Flow start block renamed to “Flow beginning”
  • Flow pick block
  • New Flow start block that now start another flow
  • durationFormat function
  • Screen brightness percent now relative to the device allowed min/max
  • Shortcut start block now correctly show all apps providing shortcuts
  • Fixed block placement bug causing overlap
 

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Version 0.2.3b

Version 0.2.3b

What’s new:
  • Fixed Compose MMS block ignoring attachment
  • Fixed Contact lookup block bug causing crash
 

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Version 1.0.5

Automate has long since left Alpha, and since a month even Beta. Sorry, forgot to update this thread, but here's the latest news in version 1.0.5:
  • Flowchart copy & paste
  • Alarm block
  • Bluetooth device connect block
  • CPU speed get block
  • CPU speed set block
  • char function
  • urlDecode function
  • Added start position input argument to the Sound play block
  • Added stop position output variable to the Sound stop block
  • Added size and last modified output variables to the File exists block
  • Added proceed option to the Location get block
  • Location at and Location get blocks re-implemented due to Google Play service API changes
  • Added flags parameter to contains function for case-insensitive text matching
  • Modified matches function to support array and dictionary value
  • Various bug fixes
 

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Version 1.0.9

What’s new in version 1.0.9:
  • Variables give block
  • Variables take block
  • Motion gesture block
  • Reboot block
  • Shutdown block
  • Screen turn on block re-tooled into Device keep awake block, update you flows
  • Dialog confirm decision displayed in notification and Wear devices with ok/cancel buttons
  • Fix for Wi-Fi connected detection
  • Various other bug fixes
 

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Version 1.0.17

What’s new in version 1.0.17:
  • App clear cache block
  • Mobile network preferred set block
  • Power save mode enabled block
  • Power save mode set state block
  • Wake-on-LAN send block
  • Added proceed option to the Variables take block
  • Added start and end offset input arguments to the Calendar event query block
  • Added phone number input argument to the Call incoming/outgoing, SMS sent/received blocks
  • Added pre-populate input argument to the Dialog input, Date, Time and Color pick blocks
  • Added postal address output variable to Contact query block
  • Added presets to the Device orientation block
  • Added Exif latitude and longitude input arguments to Take picture block
  • Added adjustment output variable to Screen brightness block
  • Added adjustment input argument to Screen brightness set block
  • Flowchart lines got rounded corners
  • Included a new permission in the “Potentially costly” extension
  • Various bug fixes
 
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Re: Version 1.0.17

Automate version 1.1.0

What’s new:
  • Undo in flowchart menu
  • Account generic add block
  • App notifications enabled block
  • App notifications set state block
  • App pick block
  • Media playing block
  • Media tags read block
  • Timer add block
  • Wi-Fi signal strength block
  • base64Decode function
  • base64Encode function
  • sum function
  • xmlDecode function
  • xmlEncode function
  • Contact query block got nickname output variable
  • Dialog choice block got pre-selected input argument
  • File pick bloc got initial path input argument
  • HTTP request block got headers input argument and output variable
  • Log append block got logging input argument
  • Notification show block got category and visibility input arguments
  • Notification posted block got category output variable
  • Wi-Fi connect block got account input argument
 
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Version 1.1.1

Automate version 1.1.1

What’s new:
  • Always edit flowchart setting
  • Authorize Superuser setting
  • Android version block
  • AppOp mode block
  • AppOp mode set block
  • FTP make directory block
  • Google Drive make directory block
  • Interruptions block
  • Interruptions set block
  • MMS send block
  • Mobile network preferred block
  • ctz function
  • declination function
  • values function
  • App start block got chooser input argument
  • Bluetooth device connected block got device type input argument
  • Bluetooth device connected block got connected device type output variable
  • Bluetooth device pick block got device type input argument
  • Bluetooth device pick block got picked device type output variable
  • Location get block got altitude, bearing, speed and accuracy output variable
  • Power source plugged got source input argument
  • Power source plugged got current source output variable
  • Ringer mode got current mode output variable
 
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Version 1.1.2

Automate version 1.1.2

What’s new:
  • Connection lines dotted for selected blocks
  • Atomic add & load block
  • Atomic clear all block
  • Atomic compare & store block
  • Atomic load block
  • Atomic store block
  • Acceleration block
  • Magnetic field strength block
  • Wallpaper live set block
 

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Hello I am a long time user of Automate purchased version, please help me with 1 problem - since there is no forum or community for flows other than the download "community" where author of flow cannot be contacted other than leaving comment with no way of seeing if it was read or receiving reply, I've no idea where else to ask.

Lately I found several cool flows in More Flows and they all fail with Personal Settings File not found, the block looks for AutomatePersonalSettings.txt on sd card and reads various config from it, where the effin' hell do I find the syntax of the file though? How do I set my wifi and bt for Lock Control flow. Or how do I set my email address for Intruder Photo Email Multifibered etc.

I've been googling last hour but the generic keywords chosen for the app and flow make it impossible to google anything even related to the app. Google "AutomatePersonalSettings.txt for Automate flow on Android" with any combination of the words to see what mean.
 

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Hello I am a long time user of Automate purchased version, please help me with 1 problem - since there is no forum or community for flows other than the download "community" where author of flow cannot be contacted other than leaving comment with no way of seeing if it was read or receiving reply, I've no idea where else to ask.

Lately I found several cool flows in More Flows and they all fail with Personal Settings File not found, the block looks for AutomatePersonalSettings.txt on sd card and reads various config from it, where the effin' hell do I find the syntax of the file though? How do I set my wifi and bt for Lock Control flow. Or how do I set my email address for Intruder Photo Email Multifibered etc.

I've been googling last hour but the generic keywords chosen for the app and flow make it impossible to google anything even related to the app. Google "AutomatePersonalSettings.txt for Automate flow on Android" with any combination of the words to see what mean.

Android has no such file, it must be something the flow you've downloaded is expecting. I can't give support for flows made by a user, try contacting the user who made the flow by leaving a comment on the flows community page.

To ask for help and get support with the app, leave a comment here, or at:
Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/110041072274817124721
Forum: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/automate-user
 

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Automate version 1.1.3

What’s new:
  • Hide “running” notification setting
  • Link to community page in flow details
  • Cloud message receive block
  • Cloud message send block
  • Failure catch block
  • Flow pick block renamed to Flow beginning pick
  • (New) flow pick block
  • Media store remove block
  • Audio record block support Vorbis encoding
  • Calendar event add block got Event URI output variable
  • Dialog input block support Wear voice input
  • File list block got recursive input argument
  • Flow beginning block got Fiber URI output variable
  • Take picture block got Shutter delay input argument
 

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Version 1.1.4

What’s new:

  • Motion gesture block detection improved, may need re-recording
  • SuperSU SELinux context setting
  • Subscription pick block
  • System property get block
  • Toast posted block
  • App start and Broadcast send block got intent flags input argument
  • Call and Dial number blocks got SIM slot input argument
  • Call incoming/outgoing, Mobile data set state and SMS/MMS send blocks got subscriber id input argument
  • Content pick block got persistent input argument
  • Display message block renamed to Toast show, got duration input variable
  • HTTP request block got trust insecure certificates input argument
  • Notification posted block got additional texts and contact URIs output variables
  • Weather block got forecast period input argument
  • dateParse function
 

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Automate version 1.1.5

What’s new:
  • Bluetooth device disconnect block
  • Time zone set block
  • Video record start/stop blocks
  • App installed block got version code & name output variables
  • For each block got until condition
  • HTTP request block got redirect input argument
  • Interact block got content output variable
  • Notification show block got icon input argument
  • Screen lock set state support “secure” keyguards
  • SMS send block got proceed option
  • Storage space block got usable space output variable
  • Wi-Fi scan block got configured only input argument
  • concat function
  • extend function
  • filter function
  • intersect function
  • sort function
  • time function
  • makeDate function renamed to date
  • mergeTime function renamed to timeMerge
 

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Automate version 1.1.7

What’s new:

  • Bluetooth device scan block
  • Notification action block
  • Notification interact block (replaces Notification cancel)
  • Notification posted block got action labels output variable
  • disjoint function
  • Pick and Dialog blocks no longer use sound, light nor vibrate when a timeout is specified