Third party integration

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Pocket Casts integrates with the third party app Tasker 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.

To add an action to Tasker

  1. Open the Tasker app
  2. Select System
  3. Then Send Intent.
  4. Into the Package field enter au.com.shiftyjelly.pocketcasts
  5. 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

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