Pocket Casts integrates with the third-party app Tasker on Android to perform commands when a certain activity occurs. For example, you can use Tasker to play the current episode in Pocket Casts when you plug in your headphones.
- Open the Tasker app
- Select System
- Then Send Intent.
- Into the Package field enter au.com.shiftyjelly.pocketcasts
- Type one of the below codes into the Action field:
Play the podcast episode that is currently paused in Pocket Casts
au.com.shiftyjelly.pocketcasts.action.PLAY
Pause the podcast episode
au.com.shiftyjelly.pocketcasts.action.PAUSE
Play the next episode in the Up Next
au.com.shiftyjelly.pocketcasts.action.NEXT
Jump forward x number of seconds
au.com.shiftyjelly.pocketcasts.action.SKIP_FORWARD
Jump backward x number of seconds
au.com.shiftyjelly.pocketcasts.action.SKIP_BACKWARD
Look for new podcast episodes
au.com.shiftyjelly.pocketcasts.action.REFRESH_PODCASTS
On iOS, Pocket Casts supports the following URL schemes that can be used with apps like Apple Shortcuts or Launch Center Pro:
Open Pocket Casts
pktc://open
Play the podcast episode that is currently paused in Pocket Casts
pktc://play
Pause the podcast episode that is currently playing in Pocket Casts
pktc://pause
Open Pocket Casts and follow the podcast specified by the feed URL. Note: don’t include http:// in front of the URL.
pktc://subscribe/feed_url_without_http_goes_here
