Add/remove notification filters via Tasker plugin

April 2, 2020 Leave a comment

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Notification icons plugin updated

Added Tasker plugin (see below)
v2.71 – message threads and multi-line notifications are now complete on watch

Earlier changes in v2.62beta (see details here):

Updated libraries to API level 28
The blacklist screen on the phone now obeys dark mode
Phone app now has an adaptive icon
The blacklist will indicate if a blacklisted app is no longer installed (do not remove from the list in case it’s re-installed later)
Fixed all reported (rare) crash issues

Tasker plugin

Starting with version 2.70beta, we can now control which notifications are shown on the watch via the Status icons and in the Notification Icons app. Add the action in Tasker:

Add and configure the plugin
Setup plugin
- Tap search symbol to select from existing filters
- or enter filter manually (you can use %variables too)
  - start filter string with letter “A” and follow by the package name of the app to block
  - start filter string with “+” or “-” to filter notification content by text
    -work (blocks any notification that has the word “work” in it)
    +fun (always allows any notification that has the word “fun” in it)
    -[plex#media] (blocks “media” notification channel from Plex app)
    “+” has the highest priority!
- Choose to add or remove the filter
- Finally, if you turn off the switch “Refresh watch”, change will not be sent to the watch
  If you make multiple changes to the filters, you should only refresh the watch in the last change:

The example above changes 3 filters during the “work hours”, the ? (zzz) symbols in the first two indicate that these commands will not refresh the watch, only the third filter change triggers the notifications on the watch to be updated:

Adds a filter to blacklist any notifications coming from Instagram
Adds a filter to always allow any notification which includes the phrase “work” in it (you would be more direct here, adding the name of your company or boss)
Removes the filter which blocked Gmail notifications during the off-work hours

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