Ariela - Home Assistant Android Client - Updates Thread

Ionut · February 22, 2019, 12:45pm

Hello all,

Version 1.2.9.3 is out:
What’s new:

NEW: added build in MQTT client
added german localization
optimise the auto-reconnect option
change MQTT battery sensor icon according to charging status
apply app theme to server configuration screens

Please test it and let me know how it works. Thank you.

Ionut · February 24, 2019, 8:32am

Hello all,
Version 1.2.9.4 is out.
What’s new:

CAMERA permission introduced (only used when enabled MQTT camera)
NEW: MQTT Front camera (send image from front camera to Home Assistant)
NEW: MQTT Back camera (send image from back camera to Home Assistant)
gray out picture entity card image when entity state is off
fix tap action issue with picture entity cards

MQTT Camera documentation: http://ariela.surodev.com/2019/02/24/front-back-camera-streaming/

Please test it and let me know how it works. Thank you.

fldc · February 24, 2019, 1:53pm

I know it says the picture glance card is supported, but I can’t get Ariela Pro to actually display any picture, it’s just empty, am I missing something?

Ionut · February 24, 2019, 4:00pm

Please send me your card configuration so i can check.

Ionut · February 25, 2019, 8:52am

Hello all,

Version 1.2.9.5 is out.
What’s new:

fixed picture glance image display issue
do not show tabs when having just one item view
do not show shopping list if not enabled in Home Assistant
reset step counter value after 24h
update German localization

Please test it and let me know how it works. Thank you.

Milebe · February 25, 2019, 10:04am

Hi.
The 1.2.9.5 version on Note 9 is repporting wrong step counter.
On the phone it´s 3382 and in hass -240.
It increases in -.

Before the app update I had 3090 on the phone but 439 in hass.

Ionut · February 25, 2019, 10:05am

Thank you for reporting. I will investigate the issue.

Ionut · February 26, 2019, 12:48pm

Hello all,

Version 1.2.9.6 is out.
What’s new:

redesign Settings screen
improve thermostat card slider touch behaviour
improve light card slider touch behaviour
fixed negative step counter sensor value
small UI changes
change wear app name to “Ariela”
added option (forced) to send credentials to wear app

Please test it and let me know how it goes.
Thank you.

Ionut · February 27, 2019, 9:18am

Hello all,
Version 1.2.9.7 is out.
What’s new:

fixed MQTT front camera retrieve issue
fixed MQTT back camera retrieve issue
fixed light card brightness set issue
NEW: support for person entities
fixed picture entity camera image retrieval
NEW: stream camera support
do not gray out picture entity image if having camera

Please test it and let me know how it goes. Thank you.

Ionut · February 28, 2019, 6:46am

Hello all,

Version 1.2.9.8 is out.
What’s new:

NEW: MQTT Text to Speech (TTS) support
fixed picture glance background issue when camera is set
show entity names on one line only
fixed crash when entering settings
fixed firebase registration issue
webview mode back button improvements

TTS MQTT Documentation: http://ariela.surodev.com/2019/02/28/mqtt-text-to-speech/

Please test it and let me know how it goes. Thank you.

Ionut · March 1, 2019, 7:10am

Hello all,

Version 1.2.9.9 is out.
What’s new:

fixed Battery sensor invalid icon issue
NEW: conditional lovelace card support
fixed MQTT camera rotation issue
fixed light lovelace card slider max value
updated german localization

Please test it and let me know how it goes. Thank you

Ionut · March 4, 2019, 6:51am

Hello all,

Version 1.3.0.0 is out.
What’s new:

NEW: add possibility to change server read / connect timeout
NEW: next alarm MQTT sensor
fixed payload MQTT retrive issue
fixed MQTT apps run kodi example issue
support for payload_template on MQTT calls
fixed settings crash while changing orientation
fixed build in MQTT client while disconnecting
fixed crash of conditional card

Please test it and let me know how it goes. Thank you.

Jokerigno · March 4, 2019, 4:27pm

Hi Ionut,

I switched on BT sensor and added the code to my HA config.

But I continue to see the paired devices as “objects”:

BLUETOOTH SENSOR NAME


bonded devices

[object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object]

mac

02:00:00:00:00:00

discovered devices

[object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object]

so no device name or mac adress or rssi

Ionut · March 4, 2019, 4:55pm

Hello,

A discovered device object its actually a JSON object.
Such JSON object have fallowing items:

name : String representing device name
mac : String BluetoothDevice mac address
rssi: integer representing signal level

Example getting device name of the first discovered item:
discovered_devices[0].name

More details you can find here: http://ariela.surodev.com/2019/01/08/bluetooth/
Please let me know if its working.

Ionut · March 5, 2019, 7:41am

Hello all,

Version 1.3.0.1 is out.
What’s new:

added Swedish localization
fixed front mqtt camera orientation issue
NEW: support for switching on / off lovelace entities card
hide VR menu button if Google Voice Recognition not available

Also, do not forget these links:
Ariela documentation: http://ariela.surodev.com/
Ariela localization files & bug report: https://github.com/MCrissDev/Ariela
Please test it and let me know how it goes. Thank you.

Ionut · March 6, 2019, 10:19am

Hello all,

Version 1.3.0.2 is out.
What’s new:

NEW: added Ariela last seen sensor
NEW: added option to start Ariela at boot
small ui changes
fixed sending negative steps counter

This new version introduce a new sensor called “Ariela Availability”. If you enable this sensor, Ariela will update the sensor value with the last time Ariela communicated with Home Assistant. This means you can use this sensor in order to create automation like “turn off Lights if Ariela wasn’t communicating with Home Assistant server for 10 minutes”. This can be useful if for example Ariela is not able to connect and send updates like geolocation, other sensors values etc.

Sensor documentation and example: http://ariela.surodev.com/2019/03/06/last-seen-sensor/

Please test it and let me know how it goes. Thank you.

Ionut · March 7, 2019, 3:06pm

Hello all,

Version 1.3.0.3 is out.
What’s new:

NEW: ability to show and control entities in notification bar
small UI changes

For adding items to notification go to Ariela -> Settings -> Notifications -> Notification Entities.

Ionut · March 8, 2019, 2:39pm

Hello all,

Version 1.3.0.4 is out.
What’s new:

fixed displaying picture-glance cards when no entities are set
add ability to change local HA IP address
move the configure external option to Settings -> Server connection
small update in availability MQTT sensor

mohesles1 · March 9, 2019, 2:08am

hi, in a galaxy s10+ in the settings if I choose to show the webui instead of the android views then there is no way of going back to modify the app settings

Ionut · March 9, 2019, 6:14am

From the left part of the screen do a swipe right. Please let me know if works.