1.4.0 is now available. This is the last release in beta. If it proves stable I'll mark this as the official stable release (yay!) There are now 69 packages available.
New features:
Added an option to include the hub name in notifications so you know which hub generated it (thanks @bago for the idea)
You can now search for packages instead of just using categories. A few notes
You can search only the officially published repositories, custom repositories cannot be searched
When a developer publishes a new package it may take up to an hour before it appears in search results. Think of this like a search engine, in the background it's building a search engine index which is done on an hourly schedule
This works like a search engine, quotes search for exact strings, + means AND, | means OR, - means NOT and * is a wild card
A big thanks to @aaron for providing me with an Azure account to run this!
The app list screen now shows a Donate button if the author has a PayPal setup (thanks @aaron)
Developers: Note used for anything yet, but in the manifest, for the main app (e.g. the parent app) please add a new property, primary: true my goal is to add a feature where after an install it automatically launches the setup process for that app and it'd be great if developers could prepare now (@bcopeland that should be the only upcoming manifest change, otherwise consider the json locked!)
Not sure if you are taking requests but it would helpful if we could have a link to the github for questions we may have about the apps/drivers. I installed Kasa Plugs, Switches and Bulbs by David Gutherinz and there is an option to install the correct drivers for my devices. I wasn't sure which driver corresponded to which Kasa plug so had to search the community to find the thread and then fond the github inside the thread. I know it's not difficult to do that but would have been a lot easier if the github link was on the install screen.
Either way, this is a fantastic app and as soon as I am able will be sending a donation your way.
Is the scheduled updates function not working? I have it scheduled to check and download updates automatically everyday, but when i manually check for updates it still finds some.
This has been a great app for me and though it stinks to have to restart so often, at least it’s automated! Any way to fix the notes on mobile app we can see wrapped text in portrait mode? Issue shown in photo.
I’m shortly going to try including MQTTbeta in this, but just a couple of questions.
If a user has a previous MQTT beta version installed that used a different, now obsolete driver (not a child device) can Package Manager be used to delete that driver and device(s) , there could be a few, and install the new one ? I suppose deleting the code achieves that.
Secondly, can the updated app version be installed both as updated code, retaining existing state vars and children or alternatively if I wanted as a brand new app that will then run its installed() method ?
Sorry, I'm not sure I follow your questions but I'll try my best.
This is just a tool to install code. So there is nothing that ever acts on "devices" or calls "installed." Essentially it is automating pasting code into either the app or driver editor and saving. So no, it will not delete devices. Additionally, no it won't delete other device drivers. If the user already has your code installed it will Match Up based on the name/namespace of an app/driver. If you're saying that there is some old driver that you no longer use, no it wouldn't do anything about that.
As far as maintaining state goes, like I said it's pretty much just pasting code in the editor and clicking save, so all the state and such is maintained just like if the user did it in HE manually.
Not really sure if that answers your questions fully, let me know if you need more information.
Amazing work with this! One question: is there a way to add a setting to automatically enable new repositories (and maybe even re-match up) (or at least alert there's a new one) ? that way the update check always checks to max number of drivers
