Pixel 2 Dialer Floating Bubble with AutoTools
It was xda-developers.com that first that found a way of adding new Dialer Floating Bubble to your android device, but then our favourite Joao Dias came up with a AutoTools way of recreating the same bubble without the root. Since this video is cool, but post slightly lacking in the description I thought I’d create one and improve on Joao’s design by adding functional toggles to the Dialer Floating Bubble.
Dialer Floating Bubble
AutoTools plugin comes with a new web-screen preset: floating bar. This preset is used to recreate the Dialer Floating Bubble on your phone. If you know your way around Tasker you will find this easy to recreate otherwise read on. I have removed paths to the volume and mic icons and replaced it with variables. I have done the same with commands for these options. This way we can create a visual toggle when the button has been pressed. It’s especially helpful with a mute option, so you could see if the microphone is enabled.
Floating bubble v2.0 (with dialer)
The most requested feature was the access to the dialer. It’s not the most elegant solution but it gets the job done. See end of the post for details.
AutoTools Dialer Floating Bubble
Incoming call
The profile becomes active when a call is answered. The AutoTool WebScreen: Floating bar preset is presented.
Profile: Call In Progress Event: Phone Offhook Enter: Call In Progress A1: Flash [ Text:Calling... Long:Off ] A2: Variable Set [ Name:%callMute To:mute Recurse Variables:Off Do Maths:Off Append:Off ] A3: Variable Set [ Name:%callSpeaker To:speaker Recurse Variables:Off Do Maths:Off Append:Off ] A4: Variable Set [ Name:%mutePath To:/pathto/micoff.png Recurse Variables:Off Do Maths:Off Append:Off ] A5: Variable Set [ Name:%volPath To:/pathto/voloff.png Recurse Variables:Off Do Maths:Off Append:Off ] A6: AutoTools Web Screen [ Configuration:Screen Preset: Floating Bar Display Mode: Overlay Close Overlay ID: call ui Source: /pathto/page.html Toast Duration: 5000 Background Color: #00FFEBEE Width: 75 Height: 75 Gravity: Left Offset X: 50 Offset Y: -100 Animation: Zoom In Overlay Id: call ui Show Duration: 500 Hide Duration: 250 Drag: Draggable Anywhere Drag Movements: All Directions Fling To Dismiss: No Fling To Dismiss Update: true Icons: %volPath,%mutePath, /pathto/endcall.png, Commands: %callSpeaker,%callMute,end Command Prefix: phonecall Visible Items: 3 First Items: 3,4,2,5 Item Padding: 24 Animation Time: 400 Circle When Collapsed: true Custom Expand Icon: /pathto/call.png Snap To Items: true Floating Bar Color: #1565C0 Expander Color: black Expander Back Color: #0D47A1 Timeout (Seconds):30 ][/tab][/tabs] Instead of predefined paths to the microphone and volumes and their respective commands, I’m using variables %mutePath and %volPath. These will change later depending on what command has been issued.
The %callMute and %callSpeaker hold an actual command that is assigned to the existing buttons. The command will change when a button is pressed, and the Dialer Floating Bubble will display a correct icon.
Creating (.or modifying this bubble if you used Joao’s tutorial ) is a bit painful, but the good news is we can just copy and paste this action later. Make sure to assign the WebScreen ID as we will need this later to cancel the bubble.
Call ended
It’s triggered by the command: phonecall=:=end and runs the task Call Ended. Use AutoTools WebScreen in display mode close. Use the same WebScreen ID as in Incoming call profile.
Profile: Call Ended Event: Phone Idle Enter: Call Ended A1: Flash [ Text:Call ended.... Long:Off ] A2: AutoTools Web Screen [ Configuration:Display Mode: Close Close Overlay ID: call ui Toast Duration: 5000 Height: 400 Gravity: Center Animation: Slide In From Top Show Duration: 500 Hide Duration: 250 Timeout (Seconds):30 ][/tab][/tabs]
Commands
This profile controls all actions sent by the Dialer Floating Bubble. Each trigger starts with a prefix phonecall=:= and triggers one of the toggles/actions depending on the input intercepted.
[tabs tab1=”TASKER PROFILE – Call Commands”][tab id=1]Profile: Call Commands Event: AutoApps Command [ Configuration:Command Filter: phonecall=:= Variable Names: command ] Enter: Call Commands A1: If [ %command ~ *speaker ] A2: Variable Set [ Name:%callSpeaker To:unspeaker Recurse Variables:Off Do Maths:Off Append:Off ] If [ %command ~ speaker ] A3: Variable Set [ Name:%volPath To:/pathto/volon.png Recurse Variables:Off Do Maths:Off Append:Off ] If [ %command ~ speaker ] A4: Variable Set [ Name:%callSpeaker To:speaker Recurse Variables:Off Do Maths:Off Append:Off ] If [ %command ~ unspeaker ] A5: Variable Set [ Name:%volPath To:/pathto/voloff.png Recurse Variables:Off Do Maths:Off Append:Off ] If [ %command ~ unspeaker ] A6: AutoTools Web Screen [Floating Bar - the same as in Call in Progress ] A7: Speakerphone [ Set:Toggle ] A8: Else If [ %command ~ *mute ] A9: Variable Set [ Name:%callMute To:mute Recurse Variables:Off Do Maths:Off Append:Off ] If [ %command ~ unmute ] A10: Variable Set [ Name:%mutePath To:/pathto/micoff.png Recurse Variables:Off Do Maths:Off Append:Off ] If [ %command ~ unmute ] A11: Variable Set [ Name:%callMute To:unmute Recurse Variables:Off Do Maths:Off Append:Off ] If [ %command ~ mute ] A12: Variable Set [ Name:%mutePath To:/pathto/micon.png Recurse Variables:Off Do Maths:Off Append:Off ] If [ %command ~ mute ] A13: AutoTools Web Screen [Floating Bar - the same as in Call in Progress ] A14: Mic Mute [ Set:Toggle ] A15: Else If [ %command ~ end ] A16: End Call A17: End If ............................................ A17: Else If [ %command ~ end ] A18: Launch App: Phone[/tab][/tabs]
I know the description looks daunting at first, but this is the same set of actions repeated twice. When mute or speaker is pressed, we have to create an alternative WebScreen with opposite icon and command displayed to the user.
A1,A8
If the command = speaker or mute a set of actions will follow. I hacked the commands a little to make it easier to process all the actions. We are capturing mute/unmute and speaker/unspeaker commands by these actions. This is why I’m using * in the IF condition.
A2,A4 and A9,A11
Depending on the command issued (mute/unmute|speaker/unspeaker) I set a correct command that will be assigned next time I press the toggle. Ie: if I press the button to press the mute (command=:=mute), I want to update the WebScreen and make sure, that the next time I press this button – the call will get unmuted (command=:=unmute). The same goes for the speaker action.
A3,A5 and A10,A12
In the similar fashion, I want to make sure that paths to the respective icons are changed once the button is issued. If I press a mute icon, I want the unmute icon to be substituted, therefore a path has to be updated.
A15
If the command reads end – just end the call.
A7,A14
Simply use actions mute and speaker to toggle the settings.
Pixel 2 Dialer’s Floating Bubble 2.0
To enable an additional setting a new icon is needed in the AutoTools Webscreen. Add the dial pad icon at the 1st position, and add the command ‘dialer’ in the command section.
Modify the commands profile to include an additional if statement command == dialer. The action to launch the dialer is to open an app Phone – which will take you to the screen with 3 options, a call in progress screen, add call and dial pad.
I have updated the relevant files and the final project contains the both versions.
Conclusion
As you can see, you can always take a ready tutorial, iterate and improve on the design. I hope you will like your new Dialer Floating Bubble! Enjoy your calls. Link to project file can be found in the video descriptions.