it's not so much looking for more information; it is the fact that things are squished on the tile.
When a music source appears, it is over the volume label.
Look at Media Room TV above.
The tiles as a whole seem too busy
Look at Media Room TV above.
The tiles as a whole seem too busy
Would it make sense to show no controls on the media tile? Then focus on aesthetics of the tile? Controls can be accessed with a tap on the tile; this would bring up a larger window, perhaps a stereo panel, with all needed controls.
Just thinking out loud.
All I really use on the tile is the following:
Mute/unmute
Volume / Volume level
Music source
As long as those are spaced out appropriately, and don't interfere with one another, I'm good
version 1.0.841 (beta)
- fix in-app update logic (not for google play installs)
- speed up refreshing and initial loading of devices
- better music player layout when device doesn't have attributes like mute or volume
For this one I worked on making refreshes faster and not scrolling the screen back to the top. This issue happened back when I added support for tall tiles and it should be much better/faster now. Same with the initial load time after logging in.
I also worked on in-app updates (for the direct apk version - not google play). I'm doing this primarily to allow easier updating for my Wink Relay which doesn't have Google Play. I'll be able to fully test it on the next update.
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I see.. my test device must have higher resolution (screen below) so they're not squished.
I'll adjust the buttons so they're more dynamic depending on the tile size. I'm not a huge fan of the background image (music note) either.. this is the music device type and the goal was to display an album cover which covered the entire tile. I could find a generic album cover image but didn't know if that would stand out from the other tiles too much..
Yeah, maybe for the 1x1 tile that would be the cleanest thing to do.. I still need to implement a larger popup view anyway and that would have the full controls
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One other thing:
Most of the time, I get the beta updates through the Google Play beta program. Sometimes I do not.
Is there a permanent link to the beta file I can easily access? I know there is one above (somewhere) but getting harder to find
it's in the first post.. i tried to put all of the necessary info there since it's pretty hard to find anything else below
version 1.0.842 (beta)
I quickly made some changes to the music tile to do this. I only have a Chromecast so keep sending feedback if anything doesn't work
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All working good so far!
The play button does not work, but mute does.
One dashboard feature (well, app feature) that would be great? Widgets!!!!
Or the ability to have shortcuts to dashboard screens on my phone home page.
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it's on my TODO list but it's a pretty decent size project from what I remember.. but, I've been able to get to most things on that list
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Just updated and got 1.0.843. When opening folders I seem to be getting at least 3 different styles of animations (tiles streaming up from the left bottom corner, sometimes from the right bottom corner, sometimes from the center, sometimes they just pop in with no drama like I would expect them to). Same results on Galaxy S20 as on older devices.
Not sure if this is a bug or something I haven't found the off switch for... change log indicates that animation should only occur on app startup.
Can Hubitat just recruit you already 
You are doing amazing work.
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version 1.0.846 (beta)
- add option to group similar devices into a new folder
This one's small but I wanted a quick way to group a bunch of device types into a folder.. for example, I have 5 door sensors and don't need to see all of them on the main dashboard. So, long-click on any door -> edit device -> group similar devices
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More curious than bothered by this; with 1.0.846 still getting animations on opening most (but not all) folders. Android 11 shown on linked video; seeing similar behavior on Android 8 device:
I was going to ask you what that looked like.. those aren't animations I added. I think they're just default animations.. I think I had disabled them originally and they must have been re-enabled when I was working on custom animations.
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@jpage4500:
I just wanted to thank you very much for this app.
It's easy to use, easy to setup, and fast to execute.
(I just found it, almost by accident!)
THANK YOU!
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I tried this app in its first version, and it has come a long way now, but still I have som niggles with it. I see that you mention you have a list of planned changes, is this list available somewhere for review?
Right now it's not publicly available.. I thought about it but I'd want to put it in a more detailed format. I'd also want something better than the google doc that it's in today too..
but still I have som niggles with it.
lol.. I think that's the first time I've ever heard "niggles" before 
Feel free to post any ideas/issues here or via DM and I'll do my best to help
I've been playing with the Custom sounds capability (v 1.0.848). I see that there is a folder option for "Custom Sounds". From there is the option to apply to 1) This Device, 2) All Folders, or 3) All devices. "This Device" seems like a misnomer, since I'm in a folder configuration tab. Shouldn't it say "This Folder"?
Long story short, I cannot get this to work as I had hoped. What I expected to see was a "This Folder" option that plays a sound when any device in the folder changes state (i.e. opens or closes). All three options seem to work the same; they include devices not in the folder (i.e. motion detectors) that I do not want to hear a sound for. (We have motion detectors in a number of rooms and they were making sounds go off like crazy!).
Also, I get sounds for both device openings and closings regardless of whether I just select just "On" or just "Off". Additionally, I can't figure out how to turn the sounds off. Either there is a bug, or I'm just not smart enough to figure it out. I think I've clicked on every combination possible, to no avail. Lastly, in the "All Devices" option, it shows "ON/OPEN" and "OFF/CLOSED". I'm not sure why these options are worded different here?
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This will be great once it works properly. Thanks for all your efforts. Please let me know what else I can to do help.
I noticed that too and removed the option (not released yet). Sounds only work when an update comes in for an HE device. It doesn't matter if the device is visible on the screen for the sound to play.
I get sounds for both device openings and closings regardless of whether I just select just "On" or just "Off".
Can you send me the logs (about->support) right after a couple of sounds have been played?
I get sounds for both device openings and closings regardless of whether I just select just "On" or just "Off". Additionally, I can't figure out how to turn the sounds off
I tried to display "ON", "OFF", or both if a custom sound was setup for a given device. There's a "RESET" button which will clear out the setting (custom sounds -> select option -> RESET). There's definitely room to make the UI easier to use and understand though
