Hello,
i’ve a custom made cat feeder reporting food level.
So i set up a threshold helper to minitor the minimum level and, based on this, i set up an alert ( Alert - Home Assistant )
This correctly sends an alert to my android app when needed (when the food is low and when it’s restored). But there are some points i can’t sort out:
the “can_acknowledge” option seems to have no effect at all.
the “title” option seems to have no effect at all
Is there any limit in using official alert with official android app?
Thanks
The “can_acknowledge” option means, you can confirm the message on the phone. Without confirmation, it will show up, as long as you don’t change the underlying situation. Now you know exactly what happens, right? Sorry, it’s just one of these things that are hard to explain.
Example:
Alert sends message
→ with “can_acknowledge” you swipe the notification on the phone to the side, and the next time it comes up, is after the time you set in repeat.
→ without “can_acknowledge” you can’t swipe the notification away, it only disappears after the condition is gone, in your case the binary_sensor reports food restored.
Hope that is clearer.
And the title is only used, when the notification type does support it. If it doesn’t work in your case, we’d need to see how your notification is setup (mobile_app_cell).
Regarding the limits, that depends on what is used for the notification. If you’re outside your local network, Googles Firebase is used for the notification, and there is a limit of, iirc, 500 messages per day. If you’re inside your local network, Firebase isn’t used for notifications, so the limit doesn’t apply.