Adding devices to Xiaomi/Android 14's "quick access menu" for smart home devices | Home Assistant | Page 1

thin rain Jan 16, 2025, 6:44 PM

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Hey together,
I am running Android 14 on my phone, which also comes with a feature where you can directly access your smarthome apps in the settings menu (when swiping downwards).
When I want to use HomeAssistant there, it tells me to add new devices to this overview. When clicking on "add" it tells me that the homeassistant app is not providing any devices which can be added and it redirects me into the ha app directly.
I was not able to find WHERE I add such devices in the ha app, to be accessible via the quick access menu. Is this feature even usable with homeassistant?
What I have found: https://companion.home-assistant.io/docs/integrations/android-device-controls but I am not sure if the "Android device controls" is exactly applying in my case (I also tried the step provided in the article - didn't work)

I assume this quick access menu is a standard android feature, not just Xiaomi. Has anyone got this thing functioning?

Android Device Controls | Home Assistant Companion Docs

The Android Android app will automatically integrate with the smart home device controls feature on devices running Android 11 or newer that support it. All that is required is that you are able to login to the app and use it remotely.

radiant fossil Jan 16, 2025, 7:07 PM

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can you try to check the app logs after trying to add a control? Settings > companion app > troubleshooting

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maybe there is a failure

thin rain Jan 16, 2025, 8:13 PM

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@radiant fossil it doesnt even list any devices to add. As you can see on my last screenshot, it just refers to the HA app. Or should all the devices already be listed by default? I wasnt sure if I have to add them beforehand in HA, like with the widgets

radiant fossil Jan 16, 2025, 8:14 PM

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well only some devices will be listed like lights and such, but sensors will not show up. Only controlled devices are there

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https://companion.home-assistant.io/docs/integrations/android-device-controls you should see these

thin rain Jan 16, 2025, 8:42 PM

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Yea I dont see any, even tho I have lights and such configured. I'll check the log later and will give an update

thin rain Jan 16, 2025, 11:10 PM

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@radiant fossil
Okay, I now looked into the logs. Only thing that seems to be relevant in this case it the following exception.
Also HA constantly tries to connect to an IP ending in 200 with the port 8123, which is obviously not reachable. But idk why it tries to connect there. HA is running on a different IP

📎 message.txt

radiant fossil Jan 17, 2025, 3:55 PM

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thin rain <@341689842465505280> Okay, I now looked into the logs. Only thing that seems t...

teh app only connects to URLs yu give or antyhgn else your network may do. You can try to doulbe check the URL are correct. Also make sure not to block anythng from the domain all apis need to be accessible to work. Your error seems unrelated and specific to miui...What does te whole log look like after you try to add a control?

thin rain Jan 17, 2025, 5:31 PM

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@radiant fossil the IP it constantly tries to connect to is strange. That IP doesnt exist in my network. Also its on port 8123, which would be the standard port of Homeassistant in docker.

This would be the while log. Its a bit hard to find out where exactly the moment is I tried to add the control

📎 ha_log.txt

radiant fossil Jan 17, 2025, 5:32 PM

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thin rain <@341689842465505280> the IP it constantly tries to connect to is strange. That ...

Settings > companion app > select your server and double check the URLs it will match whatever you have in there

thin rain Jan 17, 2025, 5:34 PM

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Ah yea, it gets the IP from another server. But I normally dont connect to that one, strange

thin rain Jan 17, 2025, 7:48 PM

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radiant fossil Settings > companion app > select your server and double check the URLs it will ...

but appard from the IP issue, did you see anyhting else relevant in the log?

radiant fossil Jan 17, 2025, 8:37 PM

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01-16 23:03:46.743 8043 8277 E WebSocketRepository: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: failed to connect to /192.168.178.200 (port 8123) from /192.168.178.207 (port 47218) after 10000ms

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some tme out error

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01-16 23:03:47.418 8043 8587 E SensorReceiver: io.homeassistant.companion.android.common.data.integration.IntegrationException: java.net.ConnectException: Failed to connect to /192.168.178.200:8123

thin rain Jan 17, 2025, 8:38 PM

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yea but thats with the IP ending in .200, this IP is used on another HA Server instance

radiant fossil Jan 17, 2025, 8:38 PM

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did you confirm the URL?

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you probably entered that URL for the app

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we use whatever is in there from that it depends on your network setup where it ends up with proxy/dns etc...

thin rain Jan 17, 2025, 8:39 PM

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Yes, I have two server instances configured in my HA app, one is the main, where I am currently connected to, and one is another instance where I am not constantly connected to, only when I am in the right network. So the one ending is 200 is the one where I dont have a connection to right now, which isnt a problem, but rather normal, as I am not in the network of this HA instance right now

radiant fossil Jan 17, 2025, 8:41 PM

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ok yes can see one server succeeds 01-16 23:04:05.650 8043 8587 W SensorReceiver: Exception while updating sensors: IntegrationException: java.net.ConnectException 01-16 23:04:05.651 8043 8134 I SensorReceiver: Sensor updates and sync completed

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try to activate theh server you are curety expcting to work from the same place you check the URL then try again

thin rain Jan 17, 2025, 8:46 PM

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Yes, the URL is set correctly. The HA app itself is working since many many months without any problem. Just that one feature is not working for me

radiant fossil Jan 17, 2025, 8:46 PM

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as of now we have get nothng back from the server 01-16 23:04:40.673 8043 8043 D HaConProService: publisherFor []

thin rain Jan 17, 2025, 8:47 PM

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how do I know which server that is?

radiant fossil Jan 17, 2025, 8:48 PM

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so what happens when you try to create an widget do you see the list of entities?

radiant fossil Jan 17, 2025, 8:48 PM

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thin rain how do I know which server that is?

we pull from all

thin rain Jan 17, 2025, 8:49 PM

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normal android widgets are workig perfectly fine! Also the ones which can be controlled in the "drawer menu" (The one where you can also active wifi, hotspot, flashlight and so on)

radiant fossil Jan 17, 2025, 8:49 PM

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so you can see your entities there?

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hmm

thin rain Jan 17, 2025, 8:50 PM

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Yep

radiant fossil Jan 17, 2025, 8:50 PM

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i do see a bunch fo strange errors that may be from xiaomis implementation

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01-16 23:03:56.794 8043 8134 W ControlsProviderService: onNext(): control is not stateless. Use the Control.StatelessBuilder() to build the control.

thin rain Jan 17, 2025, 8:51 PM

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yep, I wasnt sure if the ControlsProviderService is the one we are looking for right here

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but after a quick google search it seems like it, yea

radiant fossil Jan 17, 2025, 8:55 PM

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ok lets try somethng else

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from the app settings > companion app > manage device controls and set to use a dashboard

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and enter a dashboard URL so we can see if that works

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the error up above also shows up on my pixel so safe to ignore it seems

thin rain Jan 17, 2025, 9:03 PM

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Just for reference: I tried it on a different phone (another brand) and there it worked perfectly fine, without any extra configuration. Just logged into my HA instace in the app and instantly had all the entities available to be controlled from outside the app

radiant fossil Jan 17, 2025, 9:04 PM

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you can try to remove teh second server and try again?

thin rain Jan 17, 2025, 9:06 PM

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radiant fossil you can try to remove teh second server and try again?

that what I wanted to avoid, but yea, I'll do it

thin rain Jan 17, 2025, 9:06 PM

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radiant fossil from the app settings > companion app > manage device controls and set to use a ...

this approach didnt change anything

radiant fossil Jan 17, 2025, 9:07 PM

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thin rain that what I wanted to avoid, but yea, I'll do it

honestly not sure it will help just a trubleshooting step really

thin rain Jan 17, 2025, 9:07 PM

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ALRIGHTY

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it worked yea

radiant fossil Jan 17, 2025, 9:07 PM

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worked?

thin rain Jan 17, 2025, 9:07 PM

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but kinda strange no?

radiant fossil Jan 17, 2025, 9:08 PM

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ok feel free to create a bug on github with those logs from above (the longer ones removing location/URL) and explain the steps and link to here so we can look into it

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we shoudl at least show some results but maybe if teh timeout is too long device controls may not play well

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not 100% sure teh cause there

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if you ad teh second server it shoudl contnue to work i hope 🙂

thin rain Jan 17, 2025, 9:11 PM

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radiant fossil ok feel free to create a bug on github with those logs from above (the longer on...

Would be my first time submitting a bug on github, but I'll figure it out I guess

thin rain Jan 17, 2025, 9:12 PM

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radiant fossil if you ad teh second server it shoudl contnue to work i hope 🙂

Cant really test that one right now - the second instance I had is not reachable from my current place. And I am to lazy to fire up another HA instance just for that right now 😅

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But thanks for helping me out!!!

radiant fossil Jan 17, 2025, 9:16 PM

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happy to help 🙂

#Adding devices to Xiaomi/Android 14's "quick access menu" for smart home devices