• Hi,

    I think I did answer this a bit when someone asked (I guess it was you?) on KickStarter but.... Tasker sounds good, but in terms of things I make a priority, integration with proprietary paid apps is quite far down my list considering everything else I have to do.

    Having said that, I'd mentioned once or twice on KickStarter but not in an official update yet, but:

    • When I announced a separate app, a bunch of people emailed me asking if there wasn't a way to still use Gadgetbridge rather than developing something new
    • I've been talking with Andreas (Gadgetbridge's creator) and he's open to me distributing a 'Gadgetbridge for Bangle.js', which does have internet connectivity turned on as well as the additions I wanted to make for Bangle.js, so that is now what we're doing.
    • A quick Google reveals that there do seem to be some ways to integrate Tasker with Gadgetbridge as-is, and there's also a PR for Tasker support (although it looks dormant)

    Even without this you can set Bangle.js up to send keypresses, which I bet Tasker can handle just fine. To go the other way, I bet Tasker can display notifications, and those can be handled on Bangle.js just fine too. There's also been a request to allow Bangle.js apps to fire off Intents, so those should work with Tasker too (when implemented).

    If you want something smoother then everything is open so you (or in fact Tasker's developer) can add things yourself. But it seems to me that Tasker has over 1,000,000 installs at $4.50 each, so the developer's going to be doing a lot better than I am. He could probably afford to spend some time contributing to Gadgetbridge, which would then help everyone and sell him even more apps.

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