HomeGenie Plus for Android

[Gene]

HomeGenie Plus for Android (beta) is now available.

Become a beta tester, help improving with your feedback and requests.

http://genielabs.github.io/HomeGenie/clients.html#HomeGeniePlus

Cheers,
g.

[mvdarend]

Nice, haven't had much time to test it but here are my first impressions.

Good
- Fast, feels much quicker than the previous client.
- More efficient use of the screen, looks better/cleaner too.

Nice to have
- I can't seem to get the widgets side by side on my phone, works on the tablet though. (both have the same resolution and I have a fairly large screen on the phone) It would be nice to have an option for side by side on a phone.
- Would be nice to be able to move from group to group by swiping left/right.
- Support for custom widgets would be great, but I don;t know how difficult this would be to implement.

Bad
Charging 10 euro for a Beta version will probably put a lot of people off testing for you, I see it as a donation for all of your work, but others might not see it that way.

Al in all a much better client than the old one, I usually avoided using the old client if I could. But I can see myself using this one more.

[Gene]

Thanks for quick feedback.

About your requests:
- What do you mean by "side by side"'?
- I will add swipe gesture as an option in the "preference" page
- I will think of a way for developing external loadable plugins/widgets (already been thinking of it)

About the bad stuff: it's ok that only few people will get into this beta because it costs 10 euros. Only people who really find HG of any use will probably try this. Those people, like you, can ask for new features and have the client improved.
Anyway there's still the free open source client option for all others.

g.

[mvdarend]

Thanks Gene.

What do you mean by "side by side"'?

I meant two rows of widgets side by side like in the screenshot above, on my phone (OnePlus One) I only get one row of widgets. (resolution is 1080×1920)

[Gene]

Just added the "Enable swipe gesture" option. The update will be available in few hours. When adding new options to the preference page, the current configuration will be reset, so the setup will run again.

Cheers,
g.

[Gene]

Does it arrange on more columns if you rotate the screen? It is working on my two devices (both phone and tablet) and all emulators.
I will try to create an emulator image similar to your device. Which Android version has your phone?

g.

[Michel]

I like it a lot. Open almost instantly on my phone and tablet.

I also have only one column of widgets on my phone in portrait mode, but two rows in landscape mode.

My phone is a Nexus 5 running Android 6.0, resolution 1080 x 1920.

[mvdarend]

Does it arrange on more columns if you rotate the screen?

Yes, I get three rows when in landscape, but I prefer to work in portrait mode. It would be great if it was possible to show two rows on the phone.

I forgot to add that while away this afternoon I tested the app over the mobile network (with VPN), seems to work much faster than the old app.

[bkenobi]

I signed up for the beta but then saw the price.  I don't really use the current client, so I don't know if I'd use the Plus version.  I was going to beta test if the beta was free even if I didn't end up using it.  I don't have a payment method associated with my Play account, so it's not really an option anyway.

That said, the pictures and description do look like this will be an excellent interface!

[enterprised]

Just like mvdarend I see the 10 Euro just as a donation for the fantastic work done with HomeGenie. Really not an issue, so I gladly paid to try the new software.

So far I'm really impressed with the speed. This new version for Android is making my 7" tablet I use as master controller absolutely shine, a huge improvement over the old software.

[mvdarend]

Which Android version has your phone?

Just looked it up, I'm running the following:

- OnePlus One running CyanogenMod 12.1 (Android version 5.1.1)

[naps1saps]

Definitely an improvement over the old one.  $10 seems a bit much but I had free credits I didn't know what to do with so you're welcome 

Now if only someone could get the first alert smoke alarm to work with HG... 

[KaZe]

Google play: "We're sorry, the requested URL was not found on this server." 

[enterprised]

Gene, is it possible to add an option to always start with the widgets in minimized mode (for the widget where this option applies).

And maybe if you feel generous, have a day and night skin. Bright colours (current skin) for day and very dark colours for night, with an option to set a time to auto switch from day to night skin and reverse.

[KaZe]

Hi Gene!

I managed to download the program. The design is very cool. It works on Padfone 2 phone (720 x 1280), and Chuwi Vi7 tablet (1024x600) In this version I miss Generic IP camera and UPNP modul.