Developing Android on Android

Introducing Tasker

Available for purchase from the Google Play marketplace for only a couple of dollars, Tasker centers around the ability to define tasks that execute a set of predefined actions to take when certain conditions are met. This can be something as simple as putting the phone into Airplane mode at bedtime or as complex as having your phone autonomously send your family a text message containing a Google Map link of your location when you reach a destination.

Of all the apps I use on a new Android device, Tasker is consistently the first one I install. Tasker was written by developer Lee Wilmot during the early days of Android. Google was enticing new developers to the platform via prize-winning programming competitions called ...