Jabber Tracker

The projects we have worked on so far in this chapter have used SL4A for code logic and Tasker as the shell and script execution scheduler. But Tasker can also be used to pass values it has acquired to SL4A scripts via Tasker’s Pass Variables field in its Run SL4A Script action. Using the familiar Tasker variable name syntax of %NAME_OF_VARIABLE, we can supply our Python scripts with values for additional processing. We’re going to take advantage of this feature in this project.

One of the many libraries included in the Python for Android bundle is for the Extensible Messaging and Presence instant messaging protocol (XMPP).[75] Historically referred to as the Jabber protocol, XMPP is used in a number of instant messaging clients ...

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