Tasker v6.2.0-beta Requires Android 5.0 and up.

I'm so excited for this one!!! REALLY want to see what you can come up with! 😁😁 I was so tired of not being able to put out new features for so long that I just thought "screw it" and made this one happen ASAP! I've wanted to release this one for a while now!!
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Sign up for the beta here.
If you don't want to wait for the Google Play update, get it right away here.
You can also get the updated app factory here.
If you want you can also check any previous releases here.
Tasker Can Now Be Your Personal HTTP Server!
Full Video Walkthrough: https://youtu.be/0R9Go6tJqKY
Tasker has 2 important new features:

HTTP Request Event
HTTP Response Action

With just these, a whole new world of remote Tasker opens up! 😮
For example, you can create a simple profile that allows you to get the value of a Tasker variable from any other device, including devices with Tasker of course!
Or you could go all out and create a whole remote control UI for your device that's accessible for everyone on your network!
To exemplify this I've created this project: https://taskernet.com/shares/?user=AS35m8ne7oO4s%2BaDx%2FwlzjdFTfVMWstg1ay5AkpiNdrLoSXEZdFfw1IpXiyJCVLNW0yn&id=Project%3AHttp+Server+Example
It contains a web page that you can open (the web page itself is hosted by Tasker) and it shows a plethora of use cases where you can do stuff like:

show toasts on your device
Say "Hello" out loud
Write some text on your phone from the web page
View images and videos stored on your device from the page
Upload files from the page to the phone
Open files directly on your phone
Show or download a screenshot of your phone on the page
Get the value of a Tasker variable and show it on the page
Open your phone's location from the page
Open an app by name on your phone
Control the media playing on your phone
Get the name of the media playing on your phone and show it on the page

You can take a look at how these examples are done so you understand how this works and are able to adapt them for your own use cases.
And, of course, these are just a few examples of what you could do with this. Your imagination is really your limit here! 😆
I can't wait to see what you can do with this so please do experiment and let me know how it works for you!
Fixing an Old Bug (hopefully?)
There's also a potentially very important fix included in this release: in some rare circumstances actions in a Task were hanging indefinitely and would never continue running. I'm happy to say I've fixed this issue now! If you have ever experienced this, please let me know if you still do with this version!
A Few Other Notable Changes (Already in Production)
I didn't mention these here yet, so I thought I would now:

Added %tasker_current_action_number local variable to running tasks so you can know which number the task is on at any time
Added ID field to the Flash action when using Tasker Layout so that you can control which toasts overwrite each other
Made the delay when showing toasts with the Tasker Layout option shorter
Fixed bug with App Factory where nothing would show up after the app was generated making it seem like the process was stuck

Full Changelog

Added "HTTP Request" event and "HTTP Response" action. Tasker can now be a web server!
Fixed long-running issue where sometimes, in certain situations, some actions could get stuck indefinitely
Fixed issue with license checking in certain situations
Fixed issue where App Factory apps wouldn't include icons used in custom Tasker flash actions
Tried fixing issue where scanning NFC tags in certain situations could result in Tasker crashing

As always, enjoy!! 😎
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