I've put together a Tasker project (based on the information I found in this post) which allows the OP5's capacitive button backlights to be kept on all the time and to easily be switched back and forth between different states, via either a popup dialog or quick settings tile. I've only used it on Android OOS versions of Oreo 8.1 and I have no idea if it works on Pie.
Once the project has been downloaded and imported, follow these steps to get things working and looking right:
If you plan to use the popup, set a shortcut to open the task "Backlight Status Control With Icons", this will open up a dialog from which you can choose how you want the backlights to behave. There's also a profile and tasks included to set up a quick settings tile to cycle through the different settings. The dialog and quick settings tile can be used alongside each other, as can the native settings app, nothing should cause conflicts.
Dialog / Scene icons: You can use the dialog as-is, but it'll look stupid and you'll get laughed at, which is why I've uploaded icons for you to add to it. It isn't hard to do. First, download the attached icons zip file and extract it wherever. In Tasker, open the scene "Backlights Menu" for editing and click on the "AZ" icon at the bottom left. This will open a list of all the scene elements. There are three icon elements, open these one at a time and point them to the corresponding icons from the extracted zip (Image>>Local Media>>extracted folder). There are also three dividers which all use the icon "divider.png", plug these in and you're all set!
Quick Settings tile: The profile and task I set up cycle the button backlights through each of the three states (default>>always on>>always off). To set a custom QS tile, pull down quick settings and click on the pencil icon at the bottom right to open it for editing. On the bottom half of the screen are the unused tiles. Tasker has three tiles available to use, the one farthest to the right is number three, and that's the one I've set up the profile to use. (If you're already using that one, open up the tasks "Backlights QS Tile", "Backlight Reset QS Tile" and "Backlights Kill QS Tile" and edit the actions in those so they don't conflict with your current setup.) Drag that one to the top half of the screen where the active tiles are, get everything arranged how you want it and then back out and go and open up Tasker. Import the project if you haven't already. Tap on the task ""Backlights Reset QS Tile" to open it and tap the play icon at the bottom left. The tile should now be initialized.
Recommended: I put a couple icons in the zip for the QS tile, "icon_default.png" and "icon_off.png". They should be added to the tasks "Button Backlights Off" (icon_off.png), "Button Backlights On" (icon_default.png), and "Button Backlights Default" (icon_default.png). Add them by opening each task for editing, clicking the grid icon at the bottom of the screen, and then navigating to the extracted icons (Local Media>>extracted icons folder).
Once the project has been downloaded and imported, follow these steps to get things working and looking right:
If you plan to use the popup, set a shortcut to open the task "Backlight Status Control With Icons", this will open up a dialog from which you can choose how you want the backlights to behave. There's also a profile and tasks included to set up a quick settings tile to cycle through the different settings. The dialog and quick settings tile can be used alongside each other, as can the native settings app, nothing should cause conflicts.
Dialog / Scene icons: You can use the dialog as-is, but it'll look stupid and you'll get laughed at, which is why I've uploaded icons for you to add to it. It isn't hard to do. First, download the attached icons zip file and extract it wherever. In Tasker, open the scene "Backlights Menu" for editing and click on the "AZ" icon at the bottom left. This will open a list of all the scene elements. There are three icon elements, open these one at a time and point them to the corresponding icons from the extracted zip (Image>>Local Media>>extracted folder). There are also three dividers which all use the icon "divider.png", plug these in and you're all set!
Quick Settings tile: The profile and task I set up cycle the button backlights through each of the three states (default>>always on>>always off). To set a custom QS tile, pull down quick settings and click on the pencil icon at the bottom right to open it for editing. On the bottom half of the screen are the unused tiles. Tasker has three tiles available to use, the one farthest to the right is number three, and that's the one I've set up the profile to use. (If you're already using that one, open up the tasks "Backlights QS Tile", "Backlight Reset QS Tile" and "Backlights Kill QS Tile" and edit the actions in those so they don't conflict with your current setup.) Drag that one to the top half of the screen where the active tiles are, get everything arranged how you want it and then back out and go and open up Tasker. Import the project if you haven't already. Tap on the task ""Backlights Reset QS Tile" to open it and tap the play icon at the bottom left. The tile should now be initialized.
Recommended: I put a couple icons in the zip for the QS tile, "icon_default.png" and "icon_off.png". They should be added to the tasks "Button Backlights Off" (icon_off.png), "Button Backlights On" (icon_default.png), and "Button Backlights Default" (icon_default.png). Add them by opening each task for editing, clicking the grid icon at the bottom of the screen, and then navigating to the extracted icons (Local Media>>extracted icons folder).
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