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2012 Nexus 7 Discussion Forums (1st Generation) => Nexus 7 Help => Topic started by: engineer on May 09, 2013, 03:15:53 PM

Title: Macro capabilities?
Post by: engineer on May 09, 2013, 03:15:53 PM

Does android have macro capabilities for repetitive tasks?

If not, is there an app that adds that ability?

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Title: Re: Macro capabilities?
Post by: bjs229 on May 09, 2013, 08:26:30 PM

What tasks are you referring too? Widgets can be a good shortcut when set up properly.

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Title: Re: Macro capabilities?
Post by: LeoRex on May 10, 2013, 06:12:06 AM

What specific tasks? 

There are automation apps like Tasker, AutomateIt and Llama... they can control most of the phone's configurations behind the scenes.

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Title: Re: Macro capabilities?
Post by: engineer on May 10, 2013, 11:19:42 AM

I have not fully thought it through. I was thinking of things like a single click on a shortcut that would automate things like:

Open MyPhoneExplorer and sync my calendar to my laptop (or my private website) at regular intervals.

Open ES File Explorer and backup my android device to my laptop (or my private website) at regular intervals.

Etc.

I don't like syncing to the cloud or Google but would like to sync my devices via my own hosted website or laptop.

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