[BUG] 5.1.1 - Tasker Intent stop sending after 1-2 mins idle

[andy-harney]

Describe the bug
Tasker intents not working after device has been idle for 1-2 minutes.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. send intent from tasker

Action: me.msfjarvis.viscerion.SET_TUNNEL_UP
Extra: tunnel_name:my_tunnel
Extra: integration_secret:_secret_
Package: me.msfjarvis.viscerion
Class: com.wireguard.android.services.TaskerIntegrationReceiver

2. nothing.

Expected behavior
Tunnel up or down.

Screenshots
Viscerion - Cached Processes

Device information (please complete the following information):

• Device: Pixel 3A XL
• OS: Android 10 / Q Beta 5
• Version 5.1.1

Additional context
The tasker intents haven't always worked on the Android 10 Betas if the Viscerion app wasn't used recently. I've been waiting for 8c57fed from #142 to appear in the play store, which happened quite recently. This didn't resolve the issue. I followed the steps in #148, and updated to 5.1.1, and noticed that the Viscerion processes don't appear to be running, rather appear as cached processes, see screenshot. I also rebooted the phone to see if that helped. No joy.

Thanks for a great app nonetheless.

[msfjarvis]

That's saddening :(

I'll ask around for a more resilient solution, please bear with me in the mean time.

[andy-harney]

No rush from me, if you need any further details, just let me know.

Thanks.

[msfjarvis]

Thanks to Francisco Franco, I've found a viable solution for this problem that I truly believe will end this constant suffering of mine. I'll post an APK here in a couple hours, please let me know if it works out for you 🙏

[msfjarvis]

@andy-harney @cf00 Please try this APK and let me know if there's any regression/improvements. If this still fails I'll be moving to a foreground service.

Edit: Source is available at 9b3f8a1 in case you're someone who's interested by this particular problem :)

[andy-harney]

I've just given the linked apk a go. Enabled taskerIntegration, set Secret and the intents don't work at all.
I reinstalled the play store version, and they work again.

I'm under the assumption that the class, action & package remain the same with the tasker intent?

Edit. Francisco Franco? XDA... That takes me back, I used to moderate XDA... good times.

[cf00]

Sorry to report that this version doesn't work for me either.

As for the issue of the Tasker integration not working when the device has been idle for some time: I actually had the same problem initially with v5.1.1 (only noticed it after I had already confirmed that it worked). I tried disabling battery optimization for the Viscerion app and that seems to have done the trick - v5.1.1 now works for me also after longer idle periods (at least in the last few hours).

[msfjarvis]

Thanks for the quick testing, very appreciated. I'll give it another shove in the morning.

[RafhaanShah]

A possible fix may be 'disabling battery optimization', seems very reliable on my Google Pixel 3a on Android 10.

App info for Viscerion -> Battery -> Battery optimisation.

Also have a look at https://dontkillmyapp.com

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