Homehabit - New dashboard app for Android

igor · August 17, 2019, 6:18pm

It should ignore anything non-standard.
Does it connect and stays connected for a short time or always "connecting" state?
Do you see any items when trying to add a widget?

bobbles · August 17, 2019, 6:33pm

I've just come across this thread.
Just a query for you guys that are using it.
Can you control devices with this app? (Turn lights/switches on/off)
What does this give that the inbuilt Dashboard doesn't.
I'm not being in anyway critical/controversial. I haven't tried so I genuinely don't know and before I start loading another app onto my phone and configuring my devices into MakerAPI I would just like to know the pros and cons before I jump in.
Thanks guys and gals.

Ryan780 · August 17, 2019, 6:55pm

It connects for a short time and then disconnects and tried to reconnect. I could not see anything when trying to add a widget.

igor · August 17, 2019, 7:07pm

Got it, thanks for the info. I will keep looking for a possible root cause, will update.

bjcowles · August 17, 2019, 8:01pm

@igor If I enable more than about 60 devices in Maker API, I start seeing the frequent connects/disconnects in the app and I'm unable to bind anything in the widgets. Under that number of devices, things are stable.
Hope that helps a little.

igor · August 17, 2019, 8:14pm

@bjcowles that's good piece of information. Thanks!

igor · August 20, 2019, 1:46am

Question for everybody who has connection issues from the app: did you try connecting through cloud API and does it have the same problem?
Any info is appreciated.

kevin · August 20, 2019, 2:11am

I had a lot of connect/disconnect issues across all platforms HE HA OH. I also had SSL issues with HomeAssistant. Less than 10 devices used. I deleted and reinstalled the app and it seems to be working well again.

I have cloud API detail entered but haven't used it yet as it's auto selecting local.

igor · August 20, 2019, 2:24am

@kevin thank you for the information!

Ryan780 · August 20, 2019, 2:45am

I input both URLs. Are you only supposed to input one?

igor · August 20, 2019, 2:58am

@Ryan780 no, both is fine. The app will connect to the cloud when on non-local connection.

Ryan780 · August 20, 2019, 2:58am

I only tried it local.

codyhamlyn · August 22, 2019, 8:18am

So can someone show me how to set this up because I’m lost on what to input into the URLs

It’s coming up connected but I don’t know how to add widgets at all

igor · August 22, 2019, 1:38pm

@codyhamlyn If the platform is shown as connected, it means you put the right thing into URLs.
After that you can create one or more dashboards (in the navigation drawer) and then edit dashboards to add widgets.

Then, you can either start by selecting widget type or search for specific device in the top box.

If you don't see any devices after taping "select item...", there might be a problem with connection.
Let me know if I can help with anything else.

codyhamlyn · August 22, 2019, 3:38pm

Can’t see anything

igor · August 22, 2019, 4:03pm

@codyhamlyn try tapping on dashboard in a place you want to add a widget, it should "select" that space and you would be able to tap again to add widget

rickyturner · August 23, 2019, 12:42pm

When you added Maker API, did you select all the devices you wanted to expose? Like this:

stephack · August 23, 2019, 3:29pm

rickyturner · August 23, 2019, 3:30pm

LOL. OK, fine, I'll edit.

bobbles · August 23, 2019, 4:16pm

Any answer to this?

And this.
TIA.