Auto Start/Stop when Charging

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About reporting issues:
Android 2.2 (Froyo)

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
When you plug your phone to charge, TalkMyPhone should auto-start.  And when 
you disconnect, it should auto-stop.

What version of TalkMyPhone are you using?
2.04 BETA

Original issue reported on code.google.com by nat...@mynarcik.com on 27 Sep 2010 at 9:23

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I meant to make this an enhancement feature.  Didn't know how to choose.

Original comment by nat...@mynarcik.com on 27 Sep 2010 at 9:24

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Original comment by Florent....@gmail.com on 6 Oct 2010 at 7:26

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An app called Tasker [1] is well suited for this purpose. It allows you to 
trigger arbitrary commands to be run based on events, times, or locations.

  [1] http://tasker.dinglisch.net/

Original comment by Mythmon on 7 Oct 2010 at 3:56

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I'd rather not have another 3rd party app dictate more 3rd party apps.  If 
TalkMyPhone can implement this as a feature, I think it would be a fantastic 
asset.

Original comment by nat...@mynarcik.com on 7 Oct 2010 at 4:03

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This would be nice as a built-in feature, but having a Tasker API call would be 
amazing.

Frankly, you don't even need to build into Tasker; Tasker can launch an app 
with additional data or configuration strings passed through, so if it could be 
made to auto-connect when launched with a certain string, and quietly so (as a 
service, not as a full app), that would be amazing.

Great if it can be built in natively, but Tasker is fantastic for this stuff as 
well...

Original comment by chriscar...@gmail.com on 7 Oct 2010 at 9:56

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Even though this feature would be nice, doing this kind of stuff is not the 
purpose of TalkMyhone. I am more in favor of starting to write an opensource 
Tasker than implementing this into TalkMyPhone.

Original comment by chm.duquesne on 7 Oct 2010 at 10:10

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I understand the philosophy behind the program, but I think what we're saying 
is that detecting when the phone is plugged in as a way of activating the 
application is a nice use-case for people, as "plugged in" can frequently be 
taken to mean "near their computer".

The app is useless when I'm out and about, so when it's docked, having it 
auto-turn-on would be amazing.

For me, it's about being battery conscious, and keeping the notification area 
relatively clear when I'm out.

But let's focus on the very easiest way to handle this:

If you add an option to connect automatically on program launch, that's 
basically all we need. We can handle the rest outside of the app.

Thanks for your hard work and for a great app! I'm loving it already!

Original comment by chriscar...@gmail.com on 7 Oct 2010 at 10:28

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Original comment by chm.duquesne on 14 Oct 2010 at 11:41

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