Hey, Am I the only one experiencing the same issue again? I needed to reset my mibox, and now I can’t find HA in play store…
Thanks!
the HA app was removed from android TV play store as the frontend was not designed for remote navigation, HA frontend needs an update for this to get added back otherwise you can’t login to HA without a keyboard or mouse.
No clue how hard this would be to get working, but would be an awesome way to get notifications on the TV!
Along with the rest of the things you can do in the app of course.
Any idea if this ever happen and we could have Home Assistant on TV screen?
the HA frontend needs to support TV interface first, for now you can sideload the APK, but if you dont have a mouse its not going to be an ideal experience.
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Isn’t a matter of creating additional dashboard better suitable for TV screens? Anything else? There are number of entushiasts creating own dashboards, so where is difficulty in making a dashboard with bigger buttons, etc? I am going to try sideloading with other than Lovelace dashboards.
I am talking about navigation using a TV remote control, the HA frontend does not support that so a user with a remote control cannot easily login to the app or navigate the HA interface.
Just saw this article that says the google home app is adding D-pad controls for android TV. Maybe this would work with the HA app?
If I have time this weekend I might try it out.
It’s just a virtual remote, so it won’t do anything more than you can do with a regular Android tv hardware remote. The HA app needs pointer (mouse/touch) support. I sideloaded the regular Android HA app a few months back on the Chromecast with GoogleTV, which is attached to a USB-C hub(similar to other people above) with a Logitech Unifying adapter, and it definitely works, but also certainly isn’t an ideal experience. Absent support in the mainline Android app, I’d also love to see a proper “tv interface” HA app especially designed for large screens, but I can also understand why it’s not a priority at the moment.
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How many Android TV devices ship with a mouse or keypad? None right? They all come with a remote control that has D-Pad support which means the HA frontend FIRST has to support this type of control. Also Android supports mouse by default and using a mouse works just fine.
HA frontend needs to provide the interface so the app can load it. You can also make a TV friendly dashboard and use that too.
I understand, and I think we’re on the same page. I was just responding to the poster above me asking about the new D-Pad support in the Google Home app and then generally expressing my continued interest in having a better HA experience on tv.
You can link your Android phone and use it as an air mouse. An bluetooth airpad remote is $12
Is there still no progress in this?
whenever Android TV is officially supported there will be an announcement made. At this point the HA frontend needs to be able to support remote control navigation which it currently does not support.
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I’m also looking for a solution to using Home Assistant on my Android TV’s and never had any luck using the regular Android APK version when I tried it on my Bravia due not be able to navigate. Got several TV’s I’d really like to use for dashboards and casting isn’t really ideal for what I’m looking for.
I have a few integrated Fire TVs I use as dashboards, displaying weather/status sensors (no interaction). I ran into similar issues where I couldn’t find a route to display dashboards other than using the built-in Silk browser. Typing in a Home Assistant URL with a TV remote isn’t too much fun!. For a more permanent and user friendly solution, I opted to build an Android app with a simple WebView pointing to a predetermined Lovelace dashboard. Now, I can just open the app and it performs an autologin and loads the dashboard.
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Can you share more information please?
I would like to use it in the same way, is the app available anywhere?
the app is not available in the android tv store as teh HA frontend is not optimized to be used with a TV remote