Ctrl-V Keyboard for Tasker
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About Ctrl-V Keyboard for Tasker
***This app is mainly a plugin for Tasker or Locale, it doesn't do anything on it's own***
This is not a regular keyboard, in fact it doesn't have keys! This keyboard acts as a plugin for applications like Tasker, Locale and any other compatible with their plugin format.
Sometimes you want to have an action to input some text in a 3rd party app using Tasker, but that app doesn't provide share intents so you have to resort to the good ol' typing method. Until now the only way of typing or pasting text in such apps was through the "Type" action or, if you are root, you could make a "Run shell" action with an "input text" command, but they both have problems:
- Type : is slow and can't handle special characters.
- Run shell, input text: it's faster, but it doesn't accept spaces, so you have to split sentences and go around that.
But here is were Ctrl-V comes into action: as long as this keyboard is active and a text box is selected you can issue commands to it through the plugin settings or even using intents (i.e. through adb) that will make your text appear in any open application. And all that without the speed issues and other limitations; you can type whatever you want, any character, any language, even use Tasker variables!
When you use this app together with other plugins such as "Secure settings" or "Keyboard Swap for Tasker" (they need root access), you can even make it fully automated. Here it is a summarized example of something that could be accomplished in a task that was tedious before; sending a message to a contact in WhatsApp:
1) Secure settings -> Switch keyboard to Ctrl-V
2) Open the conversation with a given contact.
3) Wait a couple of seconds (to make sure app is fully loaded)
4) Ctrl-V -> Input text: "Hey, can we talk later? I'm busy now ;)"
5) Secure settings -> Switch back to default keyboard
That means that you could do more complex things, like typing some text on your computer and getting it delivered in your phone.
Although Tasker is not required for this app, it's recommended. You can also control it by delivering broadcast intents while the keyboard is active. This option could be useful for example while debugging an app that requires a lot of user input, adb could be used in this case. This is the information you'll need for the broadcast:
- Intent action: net.zhdev.ctrlvkeyboard.ACTION_PASTE_TEXT
- String extra: net.zhdev.ctrlvkeyboard.EXTRA_TEXT
- Boolean extra: net.zhdev.ctrlvkeyboard.EXTRA_END_WITH_ACTION (optional, defaults to false, see the screenshots for an explanation)
This app is in no way associated with Tasker nor its creator endorses it.
The source code for the application can be found at: https://github.com/ZhDev/CtrlVKeyboard
This is not a regular keyboard, in fact it doesn't have keys! This keyboard acts as a plugin for applications like Tasker, Locale and any other compatible with their plugin format.
Sometimes you want to have an action to input some text in a 3rd party app using Tasker, but that app doesn't provide share intents so you have to resort to the good ol' typing method. Until now the only way of typing or pasting text in such apps was through the "Type" action or, if you are root, you could make a "Run shell" action with an "input text" command, but they both have problems:
- Type : is slow and can't handle special characters.
- Run shell, input text: it's faster, but it doesn't accept spaces, so you have to split sentences and go around that.
But here is were Ctrl-V comes into action: as long as this keyboard is active and a text box is selected you can issue commands to it through the plugin settings or even using intents (i.e. through adb) that will make your text appear in any open application. And all that without the speed issues and other limitations; you can type whatever you want, any character, any language, even use Tasker variables!
When you use this app together with other plugins such as "Secure settings" or "Keyboard Swap for Tasker" (they need root access), you can even make it fully automated. Here it is a summarized example of something that could be accomplished in a task that was tedious before; sending a message to a contact in WhatsApp:
1) Secure settings -> Switch keyboard to Ctrl-V
2) Open the conversation with a given contact.
3) Wait a couple of seconds (to make sure app is fully loaded)
4) Ctrl-V -> Input text: "Hey, can we talk later? I'm busy now ;)"
5) Secure settings -> Switch back to default keyboard
That means that you could do more complex things, like typing some text on your computer and getting it delivered in your phone.
Although Tasker is not required for this app, it's recommended. You can also control it by delivering broadcast intents while the keyboard is active. This option could be useful for example while debugging an app that requires a lot of user input, adb could be used in this case. This is the information you'll need for the broadcast:
- Intent action: net.zhdev.ctrlvkeyboard.ACTION_PASTE_TEXT
- String extra: net.zhdev.ctrlvkeyboard.EXTRA_TEXT
- Boolean extra: net.zhdev.ctrlvkeyboard.EXTRA_END_WITH_ACTION (optional, defaults to false, see the screenshots for an explanation)
This app is in no way associated with Tasker nor its creator endorses it.
The source code for the application can be found at: https://github.com/ZhDev/CtrlVKeyboard
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
New feature: Added an option to clear the existing text before inserting the new one.
New feature: Added an option to clear the existing text before inserting the new one.
More downloads Ctrl-V Keyboard for Tasker reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
Version update Ctrl-V Keyboard for Tasker was updated to version 1.1.0
What are users saying about Ctrl-V Keyboard for Tasker
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Does exactly what it promise. Thanks a lot
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Aneh
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way faster than using the tasker input method.
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Works well. Thanks!
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Its spotty in pasting the clip; Doesn't hand over nicely to Secure settings after its supposed to paste; Firefox crashed once, I guess this app was behind it
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The app description lists several features that sound pretty useful in theory, but there's no instruction whatsoever as to how to actually make the app do any of the things the description says are possible.
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We need to keep this great plugin alive!
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Perfect application! This is what you need to input text with tasker!! Super easy to use!
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way faster than using the tasker input method.
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Works great with Secure Settings, as described. This is a great solution to circumvent issues with the "Type" action.
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Once I figured out I needed Secure Settings plugin, everything was dandy. :)
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Every time i tried to open it, it took me back to playstore to download a 10$ location app.
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Nice idea but doesn't appear to work.
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How do you use this app?
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Its spotty in pasting the clip; Doesn't hand over nicely to Secure settings after its supposed to paste; Firefox crashed once, I guess this app was behind it
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Don't ever create this kind off useless stuff. It doesn't work at all.
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Works well. Thanks!
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way faster than using the tasker input method.
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I tested it, it works.
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Perfect application! This is what you need to input text with tasker!! Super easy to use!
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It will be perfect if it can automatically switch the input method.
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This is exactly what i am looking for!!!
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Absolutely AWESOME!
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Days what it does and does what it says
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Awesome
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way faster than using the tasker input method.
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Perfect application! This is what you need to input text with tasker!! Super easy to use!
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It will be perfect if it can automatically switch the input method.
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This is exactly what i am looking for!!!
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Absolutely AWESOME!
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Days what it does and does what it says
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This plug-in is genius. It does an end-run around Tasker's limitations with regard to typing/pasting text. I'm using it with the AutoRemote plug-in to allow me to type short bits of text on my PC (via a bookmarklet I wrote in my Web browser) and get them to the phone. In the past I'd have Tasker put the text on the clipboard and then I'd have to paste them. Now it types them directly! Beautiful! By the way, instead of using the Secure Settings plugin to switch to this keyboard, you can also use the settings command line tool (using the Run Shell Tasker action). This has the advantage of letting you store the keyboard you were previously using in a variable, so you can go back to that keyboard. (Otherwise, you have to hard code the keyboard you go back to). The command lines you need are: settings get secure default_input_method; settings put secure default_input_method net.zhdev.ctrlvkeyboard/.CtrlVKeyboard (that should all be on one line, and in the Run Shell Tasker action, you need to check Use Root and also Store Output In %inputmethod) To put it back, use: settings put secure default_input_method %inputmethod