HomeGenie Plus for Android

[Gene]

Hi all,

HG Plus beta Rev 9 has been published:

- Added Camera widget with full screen view
- Various Ui management optimizations
- Keep existing module settings when reconfiguring through Setup
- Added dark theme option accessible from preference page
- Reduced haptic to 100ms

Cheers,
g.

[nolio]

Hi,

- Added Camera widget with full screen view

Perhaps, it's normal. This widget seems to load the cpu of HomeGenie server :
from <5% to >10%

This application is fastest and more sexy. And now all the widget i need included .
Thanks

[KaZe]

Hi Gene!

I found a bug. I take some screenshot.

If I disable a program, which has a widget, the widget go to "Undefined" status. It's ok. But, if I start the setup wizard in HG plus, it's don't show the undefined widget (it's ok) AND the next widget in the line. If the program run, the setup wizard show both widgets.

[enterprised]

Gene,

I was going to re-install Android on my tablet due to the 2hr interval crashes I had with HG+

I decided to first give update 9 a go. Glad I did so. Update 9 is rock solid and my crashes are gone. my tablet has been running flawless since the update.

Thanks for the good work.

Peter

[Gene]

HG+ beta 1.0 Rev. 10 is now published:

- Added animation for active status indicator in all widgets
- Fix bug in sensor widget (not updating status sometime)
- Added auto-refresh of last action timestamp every minute
- Better contrast color for sensor parameter icons in dark theme
- Show "Unhautorized" message when access password has been changed on server

This is the candidate for the first public release on the Google Play Store.
After that there will still be development in the beta channel (eg. UPnP/DLNA widget and other stuff) that will be made public in the store after testing.
As alway feel free to ask for new features if you need some extra ones.

Enjoy!
g.

[pim555]

Hi Gene,

Like the app very much but personally dont like the animation for the active status.

Have been thinking about this a bit and my 2 cents would be to not use any animation as that distracts. However, I am also not sure if red is the best color to use as I associate red with something wrong.

My suggestion would be to use a more neutral color (eg blue as used in the dark color scheme) and leave the animation out (or make it optional).

Another remark is wrt connection status. Would it be possible to keep the session up and running for a longer period of time such that it doesnt close when the screen goes off?

Best
Pim

[KaZe]

I think the best way to animation is:
 If widget turn on, the circle blinking for a few sec. Then light in red, as before in rev 9.

[mvdarend]

My suggestion would be to use a more neutral color (eg blue as used in the dark color scheme) and leave the animation out (or make it optional).

Yes, I agree. I think a blue circle to indicate on would be better. Although the current animation would be a good fit for alarm sensors (Motion, Smoke alarm etc.)

[Gene]

Well I don't like the animation too
So let's make it blink just for a few and then be still like in previous release (blue color instead of red).
As mvdarend suggest perhaps the animation could be useful for sensors so I'll add an option in the user prefs for this.
I'll also try to keep the connection open for a couple of minutes after screen blanking/locking.

g.

[pim555]

Sounds good.

One other remark...the Android notification bar turns light gray with white font when selecting the dark theme. This makes it unreadable. Would it be an option to make the notification bar black with white or gray font?

Pim

[Michel]

I too like the app a lot. In the free app the wunderground widget is automatically updated, but not in HG+. I have to quit the app and restarted it, or reconnect thru the setup screen. I would also prefer to have the date and time displayed in the last action or updated line instead of x hours or days ago.

Thanks

[Gene]

Hi all,

I'm collecting various requests and put them on github:

https://github.com/genielabs/homegenie-plus-android/issues

the ones marked as "wip" should be available for the next release.

g.

[Gene]

HG+ beta 1.0 Rev. 11 is now published:

- Added configurable speech message for each module parameter with special automatic codes (%m = module name, %p = parameter name, %v = value)
- Fix wrong status bar color when set to dark theme
- Wait one minute before disconnecting when app is paused
- Active status animation only for sensors; changed color to light blue
- Fix refresh bug of weather widget and sensor widget battery status

Enjoy!
g.

[mvdarend]

I noticed yesterday evening that the Fibaro RGBW Led strip is not changing to the selected colour. Choosing a colour seems to just send an 'On' command, is anyone else having this problem?

I didn't have much time to investigate, I'll try to get some more info this evening.

[Gene]

I noticed yesterday evening that the Fibaro RGBW Led strip is not changing to the selected colour. Choosing a colour seems to just send an 'On' command, is anyone else having this problem?

I didn't have much time to investigate, I'll try to get some more info this evening.

I think that the Fibaro RGB program needs to be fixed/updated. Because it's actually accept the Color.Hsb command but interprets it as rgb values. So a fix to the program could be changing the current Color.Hsb to Color.Rgb and add a properly implemented Color.Hsb command that converts values from hsb to rgb.

g.