AutoWear Running multiple tasks on watch from watch

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  1. ChrisFair

    ChrisFair New Member

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    Hi
    A very simple question from a novice. Please help. I have just bought a Ticwatch pro and want to use the android pay feature. Because the watch is running Oreo, the NFC chip gets disabled every time I use it. There is a very useful app called Pay Enabler which, if you run it, then run android pay, all works as promised. I don't always have my phone with me so I'm looking for a way to run the 2 apps Pay Enabler then Android Pay) sequentially and then link this task? to a double press on a button on the watch.
    A step by step guide would be great and would also help in other things I may want to do
     
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    joaomgcd Administrator Staff Member

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    Hi there! When you say "to a double press on a button on the watch" do you mean a physical hardware button?
     
  3. ChrisFair

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    Hi, Yes, my watch (Ticwatch Pro) has 2 hardware buttons, one of which is customisable. I would need the Autowear 'routine' to run when that button was pressed (I can pick which program runs but only one). I was thinking if I could get a program that ran other programs in order, that would be the way to go.
    Thanks for you attention
     
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    joaomgcd Administrator Staff Member

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    Can you make that button run a specifc app? In this case you would make the AutoWear app run :)
     
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    Yes, it can run AutoWear when I press it. That is what I'm after, the AutoWear program that would make it happen ie
    run Pay Enabler then run Android Pay all with one press of the button
     
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    One of the reasons I'm asking this question is I can't find this type of example in any of the listed projects. It is not always true that I'm connected to the internet so a voice instruction might not work. Thanks
     
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    joaomgcd Administrator Staff Member

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    What you do is, make the button open the AutoWear app. Then create a profile in Tasker that reacts to the App Opened event, and in the task do what you need to do :)

    Alternatively, create AutoWear App actions that react to the same App Opened command.
     
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    Thank you for your time. I am probably missing something very basic here but creating a profile in Tasker would leave me running something from the phone which will not happen when its not with me. I like the sound of creating AutoWear App actions if they end up on the watch and not on the phone. This makes the watch run independently?
    I have tried to do this but I create the first action then, when I create a subsequent action it seems to overwrite the first.
     
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    joaomgcd Administrator Staff Member

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    Yes, when you create AutoWear App actions, they are stored on the watch :)

    You have to give them different Ids/names so they don't overwrite each other. Hope this helps!
     
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    Many thanks
    My proof of concept app is working fine. The remaining issues I have I can sort. Thanks for the advice. Great product.
     
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    Great to know, thanks :D
     

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