Enhancement Request For Consideration For Device Activity Check

[bertabcd1234]

@user837

Instead of having all the groups centralized within the app what about the idea of the groups being displayed in a parent / child relationship where each group would be listed under the parent application (Device Activity Check) in the Hubitat Apps section as a "child" of the app?

I wrote this app specifically to not have separate child apps for everything: I wanted the same notification device, same schedule, etc., and didn't want to need to configure that separately for every single "group" of devices. (There actually could be some way to make this work by splitting configuration up between parent and child apps, I can actually see some value to having certain devices listed as "In use by" something that might give better clues as to what part of the app they are used in--but I'm not sure if that's your underlying concern. This would require some re-working, however.)

The good news is that if you do want entirely separate apps for whatever reason, you can already do that: just install another instance of the app, name it whatever you want, and configure it however you want. Nothing should stop you from installing multiple instances of the app (some apps do prevent this), and you can customize the installed name for each to make them clearer. They just won't show up as parent/child apps, just separate "regular" apps, but if you name them appropriately, they should at least appear next to each other.

@user837

If considered, I would also like to suggest providing the expand / collapse arrows (also provided in the above example)

This is a feature provided by the platform UI for parent/child apps/devices and other collapsible sections, not anything an app would need to do on its own.

@user837

descriptive group name

This is something that could be easily added to the app -- a way to provide a description for the group besides just the number.

@user837

I always like to contribute (monetarily) to the developers since my programming days of COBOL, RPG, etc. are way behind me. LOL. I was not able to find anywhere how to contribution to your efforts. I have a great deal of appreciate that these applications take many hours to develop, create documentation, respond to inquiries, etc. and I personally like to recognize that. Is there a way that I may contribute to the developers efforts? You won't be able to buy a new car but at least a decent lunch :-).

Thanks for the kind words! I think the only hint is a link in HPM, and I don't normally share unless people ask: https://paypal.me/bertabcd1234. As usual, I should mention that it is certainly appreciated but never required and also carries no guarantee of support, specific feature development, etc.