Bluestack Android emulator, Win10, and the new app

I know some folks will lose their mind that I do this, but I have reasons.

I'm running Bluestack Android emulator on windows 10

New app is giving me:

" failed resolution of: Ljava/time/Instant; "

At startup. Than hangs at the splash screen that has the logo "Hubitat Elevation"

Old app works perfectly. I use it to cleanly display an HE Dash among other things on a purpose ran machine.

Any thoughts?

EDIT: If I uninstall it and re-install (we're on the 4th time) , I do get ONE opportunity to enter credentials, at which point it just tries to start up, and displays a spinning "Loading" with the Hubitat logo... After that, I have to close the Bluestack app to get out of it. And upon click the Hubitat app again, it just freezes on the splash screen as initially reported.

I'll note the Bluestack functions as expected otherwise with all other apps tried.

Yes, I've rebooted the machine many times as well.

Maybe include what version number of the apps you are using.

There have been quite a few updates to the new app in recent weeks, and there have been bugfixes for similar errors, so maybe you aren't up to date?

I run Bluestack and love it. Not with HE though.

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Well, I just downloaded the "new" Hubitat app an hour before I posted. The old app loaded (still working fine) and I was prompted to download the new app and I clicked the link provided within the old app's warning of obsolescence . Should be the newest?

Sadly, I can't open it to see any release number, as it crashes/freezes on the splash screen as I mentioned.

Bluestack is 5.21.505.1008

Hmm. I'll keep messing around with it.

Why not just load the dashboard in a browser with a direct local url?
I am sure there is a browser out there you can trigger to start in a clean window from a shortcut.

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I have may have to revisit that. This has been functioning fine and as expected fine for a long while now. So, being busy with life, I'd like it to just work, lol.

Previously, I found most browsers had too much misc info at the top, I guess I'd say. Blue stack was very clean. I did get Pale Moon down pretty slick but it can be odd.

I'm not nearly as talented or knowledgeable as most here with making nice dashboards and I have an aggregation of applications displayed on a 40 inch monitor. Bluestack just works for what I wanted. Well, did, lol It sits alongside a Palemoon browser running Action Tiles for an old SmartThing setup misc. And I'm not smart enough or ambitious to make one dash that does everything I want in a visually appealing way lol.

I realize I use Hubitat in a less "fully automated" setup than most. But I like it.

I imagine this is what it is. So, I mention this largely to let them know this issue occurs. I know they have their hands full elsewhere.

Nonetheless, thank you for commenting, never know what will nudge me to some an improved setup. I sure need it. :slight_smile:

You can continue to use the old app, probably forever, for Android.
Even once they pull it from the store, the APK file will surly be available somewhere.
Or there are ways you can extract it yourself for safe keeping.

The only thing that would prevent people from using it indefinitely, would be if HE makes some breaking change down the line which breaks the old unsupported app from something critical, like logging in for example.

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