display on for incoming messages

[gallopiton]

Merry Christmas! Hope everyone has had a great time... I've got a question... I would like to use an app (tasker or similar) to automate this action... I want the display to turn on for a few seconds when I receive a notification, but only if I am connected to my car Bluetooth, in any other situation I want the display to stay off... I have been reading tutorials for tasker and haven't found the right setup... thanks!

 

[ManiacJoe]

Are we talking about just flashing the screen as to get your attention where the LED is not getting noticed?

 

[gallopiton]

Let me be more specific... when I drive, I put my device in my car mount and away from me... I always have the phone connected to my smart watch, and the phone is in do not disturb state at all time, no led, no sound nor vibration... now, when I get a message, I get a notification in my smart watch but I don't want to look at it since I am driving, I want to be able to see the toast notification in my phone display which is away from me but on sight view... the display is on if I am using maps and I can see this toast notification if I wish, but I want the display to turn on if it is off and see the toast notification when I am not using maps... hope I explained myself better this time... thanks in advance for the help...

Are we talking about just flashing the screen as to get your attention where the LED is not getting noticed?

 

[gallopiton]

In other words, I want the display to turn on for let's say 10-15 seconds when a message is received but ONLY if the phone is connected to my car's bluetooth...

 

[gallopiton]

Well, I think I figured it out, haven't had the chance to test it in the car yet but it's working with other connections so it should be OK... thanks and happy new year!

 

[ManiacJoe]

Glad to hear things are looking up.
If you get it working, please report back so that others can be helped.

 

[gallopiton]

sure... basically, i created two profiles: one is triggered by the connection to my car's bluetooth... the other, triggered by the arrival of a notification and turns the display on when this happens... profile one shoots a task called driver mode, which is a job in progress and i plan to do many things related to be in the car: launch maps, launch media player, read text messages, and of course, toggle on the profile two so that way i only turn the display on with the arrival of a notification in the car... then you have exit task once the car's bluetooth is turned off, driver mode off, where i reverse what i did in driver mode on... however, it's not working as i wanted, to be able to actually see the toast notification the screen has to be on before the arrival of it, if it is off, then with the arrival of the notification the screen will turn on but i cannot see the incoming toast message...