Trigger - Task Launcher
This app interacts with your surroundings to configure settings on your phone automatically. Combine triggers and actions to create tasks, then activate the tasks that you create with conditions that you set!
Here are examples of what you can do:
In your car: Use Bluetooth as a trigger to open GPS and launch your favorite music app
On your nightstand: Program an NFC tag to set your ringer to vibrate, dim your display and set an alarm
The current free triggers are as follows:
-NFC-Bluetooth-Wifi
And as part of our Pro-Upgrade we also have these additional triggers:
-Battery Level-Location-Time triggers-Charging-Calendar Events-Agent-Headset
And here are a few examples of the actions that you can perform:
- Change WiFi, Bluetooth, mobile hotspot, airplane mode (root users in Jelly Bean and up), auto-sync, GPS and mobile data settings (root users).
- Change your volumes or notification tones.
- Change your display brightness, timeout, auto-rotation, or notification light settings
- Check in on social media like Foursquare or Google Places
- Send messages using Twitter, SMS, Email, or Glympse
- Start or stop Applications (root required for stopping most applications), dock modes, open URLs, speak text, or navigate to an address
- Set Alarms or create calendar events
- MORE!
This app allows you to easily program your device to do the actions you do regularly. So go ahead and create your own combinations to automate your life. The only limit is what you can come up with!
The Wall Street Journal calls it "living in the future."
Additional actions can be found when experimental features are enabled in advanced settings. Auto lock screen and airplane mode are restricted by Android but we've created some work around solutions for these actions. (Note: They aren't 100% reliable which is why they're classed as "experimental features").
Some demos can be viewed on the application website
Note: When using NFC Tags you can create a Switch task that will toggle between two tasks with each tap.
We're always working on adding new actions to Tasks. Please get in touch if there's something you'd like to do that's not currently offered.
This application supports NFC Forum Type 1, Type 2, Type 3 and Type 4 Tags as well as third party NFC Enabled tags like the MIFARE Classic, DESFire, Ultralight and Ultralight C. Now supporting read-only tags & allowing you to write any amount of data to any tag using Tagstand's cloud service. This allows you to use your tags just as you would any writable tag without worrying about size.All permissions are listed and explained here: https://sites.google.com/site/triggerwiki/permissionsThis app uses Google Analytics for aggregate, anonymous data collection, which can be opted out of from the settings page.
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Reviews (24)
Used to love this app, but it seems to be abandoned. I backed up my tasks to the Cloud in order to change phones. However, it won't restore my previous tasks. On top of that, triggers aren't working properly. Some triggers never activate, while others would randomly activate without being triggered. It's too bad. I would've paid for the Pro version if I felt like the developer would support the app.
I've used Trigger for years. It has been great until Android P came along. Usually there were issues with new Android versions, but they were fixed with a week with an app update. Is now been nearly 2 months and the app still has issues. My activity that should run when I connect to Bluetooth runs randomly minutes or hours after I've disconnected from the Bluetooth device. The activity that should run when I disconnect typically never run, though it has a few times while connected. I tried to contact the developer with the provided email here, but received no response.
i had used this app for years, and it did its job. But since upgrading my phone to one running Android 9, the trigger fires randomly, making the app worse than useless. I emailed the developer, but never heard back. Based on that and the date of the last release, it seems to no longer be supported.
Stopped working well after updating to Android 9 Pie on Samsung S8+. Triggers would happen well after (like hours) conditions are met. I had a trigger to start playing music when connecting to my car Bluetooth, and that trigger would happen after my commute to work blasting my music in the office from my phone. I pretty much disabled all my triggers. Not sure what happened, but doesn't work well anymore.
I used Trigger to auto-switch audio profiles when joining or leaving certain wifi networks. Unfortunately, this no longer works after updating to Android 9 (Galaxy S8). To be more precise, it does work if I manually start Trigger, but it doesn't work automatically anymore. It appears that Trigger is set to sleep by the OS. UPDATE: There is a workaround: Go to Settings, Apps, Trigger, Battery, Optimize battery usage, filter for All apps and find Trigger, turn off Optimize battery
Get rid of the foreground notification. Problem is this foreground notification. I see there is a setting for it under the general settings, but even if it is turned off, the notification still shows. I would email the developers, but i've tried that before and never got a response. Like many others, have used this app for years. Then triggers stopped running on their own. would have to open the app. found this to be b/c the app was set for battery saver, so it would only run when open. (in case others have this.)
It was a little confusing at first on how to setup but after messing around with it a bit I figured it out. Once I had it program it worked great the first two time I used it, then it started slowing down and take forever to start. After a day or two of getting it, it just stopped working all together.
App was the best way to set scenes. my fav is set for nightime to coincide with do not disturb mode since it can go much further. however, it stopped automatically running tasks with update to Android Pie. i can run them manually, but the triggers aren't working anymore.
Great app, some small glitches. Just got Android 10 update and everything stopped working, but after creating new triggers and removing the old ones it works again. Since Android 9, editing triggers also seems to make them inoperable so getting things right first time can be tricky with complex sequences.
Great app, I used to love it, but since the last update to Android 9 on my OnePlus3T it works only if the app is opened and running in foreground or background. It's obviously supposed to work as a service even if the app is turned off.. please fix it!
DO NOT UPDATE! App used to work perfectly, now it is unusable. It keeps crashing anytime I try to read a nfc tag or even when I try to manually run a task. I want the previous version back, anything but the current buggy version! I have been using this app for the past 5 years!
Worked great on my s7. On my s10 its garbage. I set a few routines based off of the wireless charging trigger. Ill lay my phone down and it will charge. Then the trigger will occur about 10 to 15 minutes later(even 30 min. Completely random). Or after i take my phone off charging about 35 minutes later it will launch. Its so random and bad.
Mostly works. But it doesn't send SMS messages as advertised. It just launches the messaging app with the text sitting there unsent. A little disappointing, but I guess you can't have everything.
Didn't work for me, I wanted to trigger the Android Auto App, whenever I connect it to my car Bluetooth connection, the UI showed this option, but didn't trigger it, I have it all the persmission it asked for, but nothing happened.....in the task list, I was able to click on run to check.my task, and it was opening up Android Auto, but when connected on Bluetooth it didn't work
DON'T FIX THINGS WHEN IT ISN'T BROKEN. Like many other users, the app FC's I use trigger to enable car mode(wifi off, bt on, display always on, brightness.. so on..) when it's connected to a wireless charger. The app FC's before it can run the tasks.
This was my favorite task launching app until the update. Now my tasksdo not take effect automatically when i have lcation as one of the triggers and whenever the trigger is a Bluetooth device it generally takes up to 5 mins before the task(s) is triggered. please fix especially since I actually did the in-app purchase.
Definitely not functional like it used to be. Went to write a Tasker event to a tag and the option no longer exists. Not even in the pay options. Such fail, no wow. Still works fine on Android 4.x but not at all on Android 8.x. Had to use an old device to write a tag.
The app no longer works. Trying to run any task simply crashes the app, and it crashes a second time shortly after. It's been this way for a month now and there's been no update or fix.
Geo-fencing (despite being in beta) worked with minimal issue for 3+ years. Within the last month it has completely broken. Used to reply on this app, but it's usage has rapidly decreased.
I need help how do i setup theater mode, as in i was thinking that during this period of time when i am in the theater all calls are rejected automatically and the caller gets sent a message saying i am in the theater. Is there an easier way to set it up other than a trigger for each individual phone number because i cant seem to find it, or if someone has a premade flow chart simmilar to this that they want to share i would be grateful. Pretty great app other than that kinda hard to use tho
Nice UI, but consistently fails to send requests to other apps. Automate lets you do far, far more and doesn't lock 9/10ths of the app behind a very high pay wall, not to mention it actually effing works.
Used to work really well, but no longer works on latest versions of Android. I'm assuming the app is no longer supported. Shame it was the easiest out of all these apps to navigate round
Avoid if you use Android Pie. Same issue as everyone else - worked great in the past, no longer works with the latest version of Android and the developer has not released an update in some time.
Nice to automate, but has its flaws. I encountered a disappointing issue. I created a http request based on specific Bluetooth device when it connects and disconnects. Strangly it repeatedly performed the request instead once and instead specific device it triggered it with any device. This causes huge mess until I figured it out. Please fix that!