24 May 2011

[tutorial] MissedIt with MinimalisticText

  
This is one of my favorite lockscreens. 
Now I will share a tutorial to create widget like missedit with minimalistic text and tasker.
Tutorial by DEVMIL.
 
Link to origin
NOTE: If you dont know what Tasker is research it and what it does otherwise you won't understand this tutorial.

1. Setting up the first profile
A. Okay first we need to start a new profile in tasker by clicking "new" on the bottom.
Name it whatever you want or leave it blank.
2. Setting when your context so tasker will know when its supposed to do something
A. You want your context to be "received text".
Choosing through menus go to "Event>Phone>Received Text"

Your first profile should look like this once completed:

3. Setting up what tasker is supposed to do when the "conditions/context" are met
A. Next we need a task, name it whatever you want or leave it blank. Add a task by clicking the plus on the bottom left. When choosing actions you want to navigate to "Variable>Variable Set"
When setting up this variable, you want it to look like this:
Make sure there are spaces between the + and 1 and "Do Maths" is checked otherwise it wont display right.


4. Setting up tasker so it will send the sms count to Minimalistic Text widget
A. Add a 2nd task by clicking the plus on the bottom left. When choosing an action navigate to "Plugin>Minimalistic Text variable settings. The settings will show up, set them up like this:
                                                               
 Okay so we've set up a profile to add a 1 to the count everytime you have a new text. Problem is, we have to set up another profile to reset the count to 0 after youve read your texts

5. Setting up the 2nd profile so your sms app to reset the count to 0 when closed
A. Start a new profile, name it or not, and add a context of "Application>whatever messaging app you use here". I use chompsms so for me its "Application>chompsms".
It will look like this when completed:
 B. Set up the new variable like so:

This will reset the counter to zero everytime you close out of your messaging app
It's also possible to have not have the zero displayed so theres nothing there. Instead of using "variable set" use "variable clear" with the variable your using.
C. Add one more variable to have Tasker display it through Minimalistic text. Its the same set up as step 4A

6. Setting up minimalistic text to display tasker variables
A. Create a new minimal text widget on your homescreen/lockscreen and choose "custom layout". Add "Locale Variable" from Misc and set up the variable name to be % MNMLMSGCOUNT
 NOTE: Minimal text will not add "SMS" or "MESSAGES" in front of the count. You have to manually add it with "Static Text" under Misc

Exapmles of how i use it:

Missed Call Count: call count is achieved by following the tutorial and changing the EVENT from "Recieved Text" to "Missed Call", change all the "MSGCOUNT" to "MISSEDCALL" and changing the 2nd profile app to phone

All credit to DEVMIL

 Here are the wallpapers:
girl with the headphones

and

blonde girl (from dropbox)

I havn't the last one with the river. (:

5 comments:

  1. Can you post the wallpapers? :)

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  2. I have post the wallpapers in the post (:

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  3. i'm having trouble with the reset counter. i did it exactly like the tutorial says but it just won't reset the counter. values just keep increasing with each text. any help?

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  4. I am not sure about the problem...
    I've make this several times and everything is okay. Just try to make the tutorial from the beginning. I think you have a mistake or some bug in the tasker's version.

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  5. Anonymous12/6/11 18:12

    I followed this tutorial too and have the same issue with the message count increasing, but not resetting after reading the texts. HTC Desire, Tasker v1.0.21u1

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