oak glen
Guys...does anyone know why on the android app, the yellow gear (the one that configures the servers the app is connecting to) is missing?
On iOS, when the app starts, it appears for 1-2 seconds (enough so you can click on it), but not on Android?!
Talking about this:
ancient yarrow
On iOS, at least, its purpose is to allow you to get to the settings and configuration the connection if you can't connect to HA. Maybe on Android it only shows it if it tries and fails, rather than when it's atttempting to connect?
oak glen
Yes, and I can specify internal / external url for a home (multiple homes)
Which is great, because I have 3.
But when I try - on android I can only add 1, and no "gear" ....
ancient yarrow
it sounds like you really just want multiserver
which the iOS app supports. I don't know if Android does
oak glen
Hopefully someone from the app devs would know more...
Trying to debug push notifications that I receive on iOS but not on Android ....
indigo arrow
on android we have a pop-up that will show up in 10 seconds if the connection was not successful
indigo arrow
Trying to debug push notifications that I receive on iOS but not on Android ....
any HA core errors? you dont get them at all?
to access app settings on both iOS an Android go to Settings > companion app
from there you can additional servers and chagne app settings etc...
indigo arrow
which the iOS app supports. I don't know if Android does
it does
notifications on android work a bit different by nature compared to iOS. By default notifications may not appear immediately unless the screen is on but you can use teh critical format to speed up delivery to be instant https://companion.home-assistant.io/docs/notifications/critical-notifications#android
oak glen
Btw, looks like the android's version of the "yellow settings gear" was moved into Settings -> Companion app.
ancient yarrow
That's where the settings for both mobile apps have always been
The issue is that you can only get there if you can access HA. The gear or whatever is when you can't access HA
indigo arrow
might be a good place to try and have some consistency between the 2 there. The pop-up and gear serve a similar purpose but have different behavior. The pop-up on android not only lets you go to settings but to wait or refresh the page. The time difference between when it appears is interesting
oak glen
@RobC The Gear appears on the iOS app - always when you start the app. For like 1-2 seconds, then it hides.
that's what got me confused at first, because it never did appear on android ...
ancient yarrow
I think it's based on how fast it connects to HA. It shows until it connects, which could be forever or could be 1-2s
Anyway, I'll leave this to the devs and stop speculating
indigo arrow
for android we wait 10 seconds for the frontend to communicate to the app that it has connected...after that time period we show the pop-up or not
oak glen
got it
indigo arrow
it used to be 5 but a few users with slower connections noticed the pop-up would appear and disappear that confused them
oak glen
that happens on iOS then.. maybe it's worth pinging the devs 🙂
indigo arrow
yea just pinged it in our project channel...worth a discussion to see if we can align on it. Were you aware of how to access the app settings before this?
oak glen
Nop, always just clicked on the yellow gear when I open the app.
indigo arrow
yea almost once a week or so we have to point out where that is
oak glen
IMHO the yellow gear should remain visible for at least 5 seconds after the app starts, easier to select the home you want to connect to
instead of waiting XX seconds to get a timeout, then try to switch
oak glen
Consistency is key in these areas.. so if the iOS has a gear - the android should too
indigo arrow
should make switching between servers fast
this was the first time i saw that icon 🙈
oak glen
you're android user...
I was too, 6-7 years ago switched to iOS
and today was the first day I didn't see that icon (had to use an android phone to connect)
so... consistency
don't make the people wonder "what's going on"
ancient yarrow
Wouldn't be a problem if everybody just chose the same one and that it's iOS