Tasker - Let's Contribute Profiles

[AxelRoldos]

Connecting to a specific Bluetooth devices is simple. It is the nature of Bluetooth to create a PAN or Personal Area Network so generally, you can only connect your phone to one device at a time. Connecting another active device like a computer, or another phone or tablet generally requires additional authentication every time for security reasons. Other inactive devices, like headsets, speakers, fitness devices, and a car radio do not always need authentication every time. If you have more than one of these devices, switching between them is easy. In your phone, just change to the device you want to connect to, and the one you are already connected to will disconnect and the new device will connect. The question comes down to how will Tasker know when I entered my car, house, or other locations?

I have a Profile called Kitchen that opens iHeart Radio when my phone connects to the Bluetooth speaker in my kitchen. The Task uses one Plugin: Volume Profile, Save a new profile with all volumes at maximum with the name Max Volume.

Profile: Kitchen
Status: Bluetooth Connected -> Select the Bluetooth device you want to connect to. (This is easier when you rename your devices in Bluetooth Settings)

Task: Kitchen
1 Plugin -> Volume Profile -> Max Volume, Lock
2 App -> Open App -> iHeart Radio

The Secure Settings plugin does include an option to make the phone connect to a specific device. Just go to Actions -> BT Connect -> Select device

The issue is that if every time I plugged my phone in and Bluetooth starts searching, it will always connect to something. And I don't want that. I want it to only search for the car, and if it doesn't find it, the search just times out and it stops searching, but Bluetooth stays on. So, I'd like for it to ONLY search for the car, that way, it'll only ever connect automatically when I'm in the car. I keep Bluetooth speakers in my bathroom, bedroom and kitchen that are always on. I almost never connect my phone to these (I have a laptop or tablet I'd use) therefore, it would be extremely annoying and inconvenient for me to disconnect from these devices each and every time I charge my phone.

Does this make sense? In any case, your steps on how to set up a profile, as outlined, might be helpful to me learning. I can try reverse engineering what you did to make my own stuff.

 

[Jakob Aaes]

if you want a step by step guide of how to make a tasker profile, then try to search for "Unleash the Power of Android with These Automated Apps" on google. I don't have the time to help you that much, unfortunately, but the videos from lifehacker are actually quite good. I started there and feel quite comfortable with Tasker afterwards, though the learning curve bight be a bit slow.