AutoApps

AutoApps is a collection of Android automation plugins and services developed by João Dias, the developer of Tasker. The AutoApps ecosystem extends Tasker's capabilities by providing additional actions, triggers, integrations, and tools that are not available through Tasker's built-in features.

Originally released as a subscription-based suite, AutoApps became one of the most widely used plugin collections in the Tasker community, enabling deeper integration with Android, third-party applications, cloud services, and external hardware.

Overview

AutoApps serves as an extension platform for Tasker. Individual AutoApps plugins communicate with Tasker through Android's plugin framework, allowing users to incorporate additional functionality into their automation workflows.

Each plugin focuses on a specific category of automation, such as notifications, voice commands, web services, device communication, or user interface interaction.

History

AutoApps was created to address limitations imposed by Android and to provide advanced automation features without requiring modifications to Tasker's core application.

Over time, the AutoApps ecosystem expanded into dozens of plugins covering a wide range of use cases. Several features that were originally introduced through AutoApps were later incorporated directly into Tasker as Android evolved.

Following João Dias's acquisition of Tasker in 2017, AutoApps continued to be developed alongside Tasker and became a major part of the broader Tasker ecosystem.

Features

AutoApps provides:

• Additional Tasker actions and events

• Third-party application integrations

• Cloud service connectivity

• Notification management

• Voice command processing

• Device-to-device communication

• Web request handling

• Custom user interfaces

• Smart home integrations

Major Plugins

AutoNotification

AutoNotification provides advanced notification management features, including notification interception, creation, modification, blocking, and interaction.

Common uses include:

• Reading notification content

• Creating custom notifications

• Automatically responding to notifications

• Notification-based automation

AutoTools

AutoTools is a utility plugin containing a large collection of automation tools and actions.

Features include:

• JSON processing

• HTML reading

• Dialog creation

• Image manipulation

• Web screens

• Connectivity utilities

AutoVoice

AutoVoice enables voice-controlled automation through speech recognition and virtual assistants.

Features include:

• Custom voice commands

• Natural language triggers

• Assistant integration

• Speech recognition events

AutoInput

AutoInput allows automation of user interface interactions by simulating taps, gestures, text entry, and navigation.

Features include:

• UI interaction

• Accessibility-based automation

• Gesture simulation

• Screen element detection

Join

Join enables communication between devices through cloud synchronization.

Features include:

• Clipboard sharing

• Notification mirroring

• Remote command execution

• File transfer

AutoRemote

AutoRemote provides remote communication between Android devices, computers, and web services.

Features include:

• Remote message delivery

• Device control

• Cross-platform communication

• Event triggering

Integration with Tasker

AutoApps plugins appear within Tasker as Plugin actions and Plugin events. Users can configure plugins through their respective interfaces and use them within tasks and profiles like native Tasker components.

This integration allows AutoApps functionality to participate in complex Tasker automations.

Subscription Model

Historically, many AutoApps plugins were distributed through the AutoApps subscription service, which provided access to premium features and early releases. Some plugins were also available as standalone purchases.

The availability and licensing model of individual plugins may vary over time.

Community Impact

AutoApps has significantly expanded the capabilities of Tasker and has enabled many automations that would otherwise be difficult or impossible to implement using Tasker alone. Numerous community projects, tutorials, and TaskerNet shares depend on AutoApps plugins.

The collection is widely regarded as one of the most influential extensions to the Tasker ecosystem.

See Also

• Tasker

• João Dias

• AutoNotification

• AutoTools

• AutoVoice

• AutoInput

• Join

• AutoRemote

• TaskerNet

• App Factory