Someting I noticed that when I tried this version on my android tablet vs the android version:
-When trying to add an application to a shortcut, this version doesn't show all the apps that the android tablet has available to add. Reverting back to the android verison only works fine.
Lots of smaller changes in this one and a couple of fun new features
support image tile with video fullscreen
I've wanted this one for years now.. I have a few cameras that can stream RTSP video or can get a image from. I added the ability to have an auto-refreshing image tile with the option of viewing live video from the same device
Here's how it can be done.. for now it requires the HD+ Tile device driver. Add the video URL to the "URL #2" field. You'll know it worked if you see a little "Video" button show up when viewing the image fullscreen
FYI: I have 2 Reolink cameras that support both RTSP video and images. But I discovered go2rtc which adds both for many cameras that can't do this such as a $20 Kasa camera like this one)
Life360: show history
If you use Life360 with HD+ - I added a new history feature to the Life360+ driver (yes, it says "no longer working" but it's been working well for me the past several weeks)
Just enable this feature and the device driver will maintain a history of recent locations
Then, you'll see a little 'history' icon show up in HD+ and when clicked it'll show a line for all the past locations with a way to rewind time to view where the phone was at that time
add screensaver - controlled by idle timeout or time period
add refresh and URL setting to every image
when auto refresh is set for blink device, fetch thumbnail
Life360 location changes
move gradient background setting to Appearance dialog
don't show gradient background setting for images/html/video/etc
don't show timer/alarm for some device types
improve local mode vs cloud mode logic
test screensaver option
add wake on motion setting to screensaver
reorder more options
fix weather tile 1x1 showing current forecast icon in background
android: fix keyboard not showing on PIN entry
refactor PIN entry
Still making lots of progress! I've been using the Android app on my S26 daily so that's where most of my testing is done. Geofence is just as reliable now as it was for the previous Android app.
I'm not going to support every feature of the previous HD+ Android app but I am trying to prioritize the more heavily used features like Geofencing for the phone and using the app as an always-on dashboard.
This was a critical feature to use HD+ with an always on, wall mounted tablet. When enabled, the app will show a screensaver after a set idle time or between certain hours (ie: 10 PM and 6 AM). Touching the screen will show the app for a minute before going back to the screensaver.
I also added in motion detection to automatically wake the screen when motion is detected. I've been testing this on Android and it's worked really well. Still need to test iOS but the support is there.
As for the screensaver itself, it's pretty simple. Just a time that moves around the screen. I plan to add support for images too to make the app a digital picture frame when not in use.
For now it’s side load only. I plan to submit to the Play Store - I wasn’t expecting this version to come so far so fast but right now I’m using this version on my S26 and haven’t missed anything from the original version.
It’ll still be a little odd to have both versions in the Play Store.. I’ll have to come up with some description on the differences or at least a name change (maybe HD++ lol). Primarily, the original version supports much older devices, has more features and is faster in general too. But if you have a newer device you might not even notice the difference and I’ll continue to optimize. In some areas this version is better too. I’ve got some ideas for new features that’ll probably only go into this version as well.
But, bottom line is - you can run both side-by-side
@jpage4500 regarding the two android apps and differentiating between them….perhaps an alternate icon for the original one/change its colour (or maybe do that for all of the new apps keeping the original for the ‘old’ android app only) That was how Sonos dealt with their new app years ago.
auto sync feature which will keep a device in sync
add image screensaver option
many dialog fixes (primarily landscape or smaller screens)
many bug fixes
selecting folder in search result navigates to folder
fix geofence dialog not showing map
hide back tile from search
better drag and drop support
better grouping of laundry devices
add search filter to options dialog
desktop: any key dismisses screensaver
add create new folder option when selecting multiple tiles -> move to folder
fix custom images being cropped
allow toast to be swiped away
fix background image which uses device:// URL
A ton of changes in this one.. the biggest one is Android Auto support although you aren’t able to test it yet. Android Auto only works with certified Google Play apps so I needed to submit this app to Google Play. It might take a week or more for them to review the initial version (and might be longer since I think they do extra testing on Android Auto)
A side effect of submitting to Google Play is I needed to use a different signing key for my app – which will break upgrades on the current sideloaded version. I think it’ll download the new version but it’ll run as a new app. You can backup the dashboard to your hub and restore it on the new version.
Since I already have a Google Play app called “HD+” I am calling it “HD++” (I know.. I’m terrible at naming things ). I might change that to “HD+ Dashboard” which is what the iOS app is called.
Oh, and I tried using AI to help me create a new app icon to differentiate from the existing Play Store app..
The HOME tab can be configured by users - there’s a new option that shows up after the first time you connect to AA
Too many other fixes to mention.. hopefully nothing broke but with all of the icon and key changes it’s always possible something slipped through the cracks.
Now that I have moved my android devices to this version, the add shortcut for application does not list the programs that I had set up for the android only version. It appears that when you try to add an application shortcut, only a subset of programs can be selected. I guess this would be an issue between all the different platforms given the differing apps
I know with the original version of HD+ (android only) I had to break that feature up between the play store version and the sideloaded version. The issue there was the play store doesn't want apps to have the permission to list all user installed apps (for good reason) and it's not something they grant easily.
Anyway, I'll do the same for this version as well - basically the sideloaded android version will be able to list all user installed apps when selecting a shortcut.
What might be possible with the Play Store version however is still launching the apps -- you just won't be able to select them from a list.. it's harder because you need to know the package name and the right syntax -- but I think you can still get the same behavior..
let me do a little digging and I'll post more about the shortcut feature
One way for users to find the app intent is using Fully. You add the app to its launcher temporarily and then Fully displays the app intent so that you can copy it.
I've got this one on my list but the biggest thing keeping me from making more progress on this one is I don't have any good config files myself.. I tend to log out and in fairly often and mostly stick to the default icons/colors (plus i did write it so the 'defaults' are pretty much what I'm looking for anyway lol)
If I could get a couple of config files -- I don't want/need any personal info -- but examples of custom colors and icons.. folders/spaces/etc.. even better would be a screenshot of how that config file is supposed to look (ie: how it looks on the original version). That should be enough for me to test it until I get as much working as possible.
There might be some built-in icons I can't port over. The icons themselves are all there -- but some of the names changed when I started this version.
The best way to send it would be to save it to your hub first -- then using Hub's filemanager download it and review/replace anything sensitive (the biggest thing to look for is the cloud token which a lot of custom drivers expose as attributes).. anyway, then just DM me the file and screenshots if you can get them.