In this example we'll create a floating icon that can set your screen brightness to 0 when you swipe down on it, set brightness to automatic when you swipe left and toggle keeping your screen on when swiping up.
When you swipe up a small toast will appear on your watch indicating the state of the "Keep Screen On" setting.
If you want to make sure that you never lose an AutoWear element it's always best to create a task in Tasker to manage it. If you delete the elements created in this project, they're gone forever. If you create a task in Tasker that creates these instead, you can always re-create them when needed. It's up to you to decide how you want to manage this.
STEP 1 - CREATE BRIGHTNESS 0 SETTINGS
We'll first create the settings in AutoWear so we can then trigger them with the floating icon
This will make sure that these settings are applied whenever the "brightness 0" command is sent by AutoWear (icon tap, notification tap, etc)
- In AutoWear go to the "Manage Settings" screen
- Add a new Setting with the + sign
- Set its name to "Settings brightness 0"
- Set its command to execute to "brightness 0".
- Set Brightness Mode to Manual
- Set Brightness to 0
- Accept these settings and go back to AutoWear
STEP 2 - CREATE BRIGHTNESS AUTO SETTINGS
This will make sure that these settings are applied whenever the "brightness auto" command is sent by AutoWear (icon tap, notification tap, etc)
- Add a new Setting with the + sign
- Set its name to "Settings brightness auto"
- Set its command to execute to "brightness auto".
- Set Brightness Mode to Automatic
- Accept these settings and go back to AutoWear
STEP 3 - CREATE KEEP SCREEN ON SETTINGS
This will make sure that these settings are applied whenever the "screen on" command is sent by AutoWear (icon tap, notification tap, etc)
- Add a new Setting with the + sign
- Set its name to "Settings screen on"
- Set its command to execute to "screen on".
Now that we've created all the settings let's create the icon that can trigger them
- Set "Keep Screen on" to toggle
- Accept these settings and go back to AutoWear
STEP 4 - CREATE FLOATING ICON
- Go into the "Manage Floating Icons" screen in AutoWear
- Create a new icon
- Set the icon image
- In the "Swipe Up" field write "screen on"
- In the "Swipe Down" field write "brightness 0"
- In the "Swipe Left" field write "brightness auto"
STEP 5 - MOVE IT TO THE RIGHT
This will move your icon 80% of the screen to the right, making it not appear at the center of the screen
- In the "Left" field write 80
- Accept these settings and go back to AutoWear
STEP 6 - REACT TO "SCREEN ON IN TASKER"
It would be handy to know if the screen is being kept on or not when you toggle the "Keep Screen On" setting. So lets create a small toast on your watch every time you toggle the setting showing just that.
- In Tasker, create a new profile
- Select the "AutoWear Command" condition
- In the "Command Filter" field write "screen on"
- check the "Exact" option
- Accept these settings and create a new Task
STEP 7 - CREATE TOAST
<keepscreenon> is one of the many AutoWear variables. These variables allow you to get information about your watch. Check out all the variables by pressing the tag icon like shown in the video
- Add an "AutoWear Toast" action
- In the Text field write "<keepscreenon>"
Try swiping down, then left then up and see these in action! As you may notice the changes are almost instant. This is because you're reacting to the commands right on the watch. The toast creation is done in Tasker and that's why that could take 1 or 2 seconds to show up.
- Accept these settings and back out of Tasker
Screen Control Icon
Create an icon that creates your screen brightness and keeps your screen on for as long as you like