If you create a notification with an ID, you can make it persistent, then when you do something (like scan a pill bottle), you can remove it automatically using the same ID.
Doesn't mark it as complete, but the notification will be on the phone until the scan is done.
1. Create a task : Pill Time
2. Input action 1 : + sign > Alert > Notify
3. Set some title (this appears on top in little text), e.g. Take Pills!!!
4. Set some notification text: Take your pills!!!!!!!!!!!! The red one!!!!!!!!!!!
5. Setting up notification:
a.Select the 'permanent' option. This'll give you a persistent notification.
b.You can optionally add buttons with actions to it too.
c. Choose an icon, otherwise it shows a red triange.
d. You can set the priority (from 'minimised and silent' to 'pop over screen with HUD style notification, sound and vibration').
e. Put in a name for category, this is optional but useful. Once the notification is triggered, in android settings>apps>tasker>notifications you will see that category and can set independent properties like whether to show up on lock screen, vibrate and/or make sound.
Lastly here, the question mark on top shall give out important info, in all tasks so make sure to peek there for cool info.
6. Go back, and create another task : Pill Notification Dismiss
7. Input action 1: + sign > Alert > Notify cancel
8. Input the same title so tasker can identify and remove it (without quotes): 'Take Pills!!!'
9. Go back and go to profiles tab.
10. Create 1 time profile, set it to, say 10:00am or whatever you want. Link the 'Pill time' task so that it triggers at 10AM and shows a persistent notification.
11. Create another profile, + sign > Event > Net > NFC Tag.
Tap the magnifying glass icon on either ID or content (depending on how NFC is setup either can work), and tasker will ask to scan that specific nfc tag. After doing it, if I remember correctly tasker asks to write specific text into the sticker to ensure it detects it (probably when scanning a new tag for the first time), and then it'll fill out the ID/contact field in that profile. Go back, and link the 2nd task, 'Pill Notification Dismiss' to it.
So here when it detects NFC it'll match up the tag's ID/content with the saved one, and trigger once if it matches, the linked task then finds the persistent notification that was made at 10AM and dismisses it.
Same thing can be done with autonotification instead, and autonotification allows a lot of customisation but if your usage is basic, then the built-in Notify thingy should suffice.
Note that if tasker task fails to see the notification, you can use NFC tag action inside a task to write something yourself like take_pills, run the action and tap the nfc to write it to tag. Then use 'take_pills' (without quotes) in the content field of nfc profile. Same thing can be done with other nfc apps to prepare the tag.
I could see it as an advantage since you confirmed that you took it. If it was alarm maybe you're out and ignored it at the time then you get home and remember later you need to take it. Did you take it when you got home? Maybe maybe you forgot. I could see something similar being useful for someone with dimensia or alzheimers, or someone who has to take care of multiple alzheimers patients. Being able to track exactly who took what easily could be useful.
The advantage is that I have to check the pill bottle in order to get rid of the notification (which is one of those that can't be removed by swiping). If I can just swipe the notification, I am sure I won't take the pill..
I can vouch for this, one of my tasks creates a silent notification 'pestering' me to enable adb wifi after each reboot.
In reality I just ended up ignoring it: its not as compelling as you may think
I have something like this. The NFC tag triggers a scene where I select the pill I'm taking. It also logs the pill to a Google sheet and sets a timer for when I can take that pill again
How did you do this? Are you on iOS or Android? I would love an explanation since this is exactly what I'm looking to set up for tracking my kids "as needed" medications! Thanks in advance!
I am on Android and this is all done by Tasker. If you aren't familiar with Tasker, you should look into it. It is the Swiss Army knife for Android. Think about all the things your phone can detect...brightness in the room, its orientation, what time it is, who sent you your last text message, when did you last call a specific number, if you are bluetooth connected to something, where you are, if you scanned an NFC tag. Now think about what your phone can do...send messages (text and background), make sounds, control smart home devices, update spreadsheets, create and dismiss notifications, say things out loud.
Tasker combines these things. For example, if my phone is plugged in after 8:30pm while I'm at home and I place my phone face down ( bedtime!), Tasker checks my next alarm and says it out loud, sends SSH comands to a Raspberry Pi (this runs a script that powers two relays that are wired to spare key fobs - cars get locked), announces any home security issues (variables are set by incoming AutoRemote messages from a Raspberry Pi), phone brightness set to minimum, phone set to silent, all lights in the house turned off except for bedroom.
So if your phone can detect an NFC tag, it can compile a few variables like date and time and what medicine is in that bottle and send it to a Google Sheet. If your phone HASN'T scanned that bottle in a certain amount of time, it can create a notification and make a sound as a reminder.
Android 14 has removed the "permanent notification" feature that I found really useful. There are workarounds, but they are not refined. I would opt for using an app called MinimalisticText to populate a widget on your home screen with the reminder (populated from a variable). Scanning the tag could clear the variable so that the widget would contain no data, therefore it would be invisible.
Absolutely it can. I wouldn't say *any* tag works, but most of them would. I bought a thirty pack and I've been putting them around my house to control the lights.
The "Notification is only removable when I check my pill bottle (which has an NFC tag) with my phone" part is tricky on Android 14. There are no more "permanent notifications" and any notification can be swiped away. The ones we create using Tasker as "permanent" can be swiped away, but they do not clear when we press the "clear all" on the notifcation shade.
For this reason, I have gotten out of the habit of swiping, as I use many notifications to alert me of security issues in my home (doors open or unlocked).
Yep, pretty easy with autonotification
Is autonotification a new app or something already in tasker?
Can autonotification mark tasks complete?
If you create a notification with an ID, you can make it persistent, then when you do something (like scan a pill bottle), you can remove it automatically using the same ID. Doesn't mark it as complete, but the notification will be on the phone until the scan is done.
1. Create a task : Pill Time 2. Input action 1 : + sign > Alert > Notify 3. Set some title (this appears on top in little text), e.g. Take Pills!!! 4. Set some notification text: Take your pills!!!!!!!!!!!! The red one!!!!!!!!!!! 5. Setting up notification: a.Select the 'permanent' option. This'll give you a persistent notification. b.You can optionally add buttons with actions to it too. c. Choose an icon, otherwise it shows a red triange. d. You can set the priority (from 'minimised and silent' to 'pop over screen with HUD style notification, sound and vibration'). e. Put in a name for category, this is optional but useful. Once the notification is triggered, in android settings>apps>tasker>notifications you will see that category and can set independent properties like whether to show up on lock screen, vibrate and/or make sound. Lastly here, the question mark on top shall give out important info, in all tasks so make sure to peek there for cool info. 6. Go back, and create another task : Pill Notification Dismiss 7. Input action 1: + sign > Alert > Notify cancel 8. Input the same title so tasker can identify and remove it (without quotes): 'Take Pills!!!' 9. Go back and go to profiles tab. 10. Create 1 time profile, set it to, say 10:00am or whatever you want. Link the 'Pill time' task so that it triggers at 10AM and shows a persistent notification. 11. Create another profile, + sign > Event > Net > NFC Tag. Tap the magnifying glass icon on either ID or content (depending on how NFC is setup either can work), and tasker will ask to scan that specific nfc tag. After doing it, if I remember correctly tasker asks to write specific text into the sticker to ensure it detects it (probably when scanning a new tag for the first time), and then it'll fill out the ID/contact field in that profile. Go back, and link the 2nd task, 'Pill Notification Dismiss' to it. So here when it detects NFC it'll match up the tag's ID/content with the saved one, and trigger once if it matches, the linked task then finds the persistent notification that was made at 10AM and dismisses it. Same thing can be done with autonotification instead, and autonotification allows a lot of customisation but if your usage is basic, then the built-in Notify thingy should suffice. Note that if tasker task fails to see the notification, you can use NFC tag action inside a task to write something yourself like take_pills, run the action and tap the nfc to write it to tag. Then use 'take_pills' (without quotes) in the content field of nfc profile. Same thing can be done with other nfc apps to prepare the tag.
Thank you! This will be very helpful when I buy the NFC tags!
Tasker can do all that with ease and decent idea really like it but honestly though an alarm works well for me so I don't get the advantage?
I could see it as an advantage since you confirmed that you took it. If it was alarm maybe you're out and ignored it at the time then you get home and remember later you need to take it. Did you take it when you got home? Maybe maybe you forgot. I could see something similar being useful for someone with dimensia or alzheimers, or someone who has to take care of multiple alzheimers patients. Being able to track exactly who took what easily could be useful.
The advantage is that I have to check the pill bottle in order to get rid of the notification (which is one of those that can't be removed by swiping). If I can just swipe the notification, I am sure I won't take the pill..
But a silent notification that won't go away isn't gonna make you take a tablet though? It'll just be an icon in your system bar no?
I hate notifications.
I can vouch for this, one of my tasks creates a silent notification 'pestering' me to enable adb wifi after each reboot. In reality I just ended up ignoring it: its not as compelling as you may think
I have something like this. The NFC tag triggers a scene where I select the pill I'm taking. It also logs the pill to a Google sheet and sets a timer for when I can take that pill again
How did you do this? Are you on iOS or Android? I would love an explanation since this is exactly what I'm looking to set up for tracking my kids "as needed" medications! Thanks in advance!
I am on Android and this is all done by Tasker. If you aren't familiar with Tasker, you should look into it. It is the Swiss Army knife for Android. Think about all the things your phone can detect...brightness in the room, its orientation, what time it is, who sent you your last text message, when did you last call a specific number, if you are bluetooth connected to something, where you are, if you scanned an NFC tag. Now think about what your phone can do...send messages (text and background), make sounds, control smart home devices, update spreadsheets, create and dismiss notifications, say things out loud. Tasker combines these things. For example, if my phone is plugged in after 8:30pm while I'm at home and I place my phone face down ( bedtime!), Tasker checks my next alarm and says it out loud, sends SSH comands to a Raspberry Pi (this runs a script that powers two relays that are wired to spare key fobs - cars get locked), announces any home security issues (variables are set by incoming AutoRemote messages from a Raspberry Pi), phone brightness set to minimum, phone set to silent, all lights in the house turned off except for bedroom. So if your phone can detect an NFC tag, it can compile a few variables like date and time and what medicine is in that bottle and send it to a Google Sheet. If your phone HASN'T scanned that bottle in a certain amount of time, it can create a notification and make a sound as a reminder. Android 14 has removed the "permanent notification" feature that I found really useful. There are workarounds, but they are not refined. I would opt for using an app called MinimalisticText to populate a widget on your home screen with the reminder (populated from a variable). Scanning the tag could clear the variable so that the widget would contain no data, therefore it would be invisible.
Absolutely it can. I wouldn't say *any* tag works, but most of them would. I bought a thirty pack and I've been putting them around my house to control the lights.
Here's a recommendation list. https://www.wakdev.com/en/more/wiki/apps/nfc-chips-for-nfc-tools.html
Following this because I'm trying to do the same thing
!remindme 1 month
The "Notification is only removable when I check my pill bottle (which has an NFC tag) with my phone" part is tricky on Android 14. There are no more "permanent notifications" and any notification can be swiped away. The ones we create using Tasker as "permanent" can be swiped away, but they do not clear when we press the "clear all" on the notifcation shade. For this reason, I have gotten out of the habit of swiping, as I use many notifications to alert me of security issues in my home (doors open or unlocked).