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**Ionut** · April 5, 2019, 7:02am

Because i didn’t find a Android app that fit my needs i decided to create my own app.
What is different from the other apps:

NFC TAG reader (read and send NFC tags and send that information to HA)
MQTT device sensors
lovelace configuration
device tracker using GPS + battery information
new Home Assistant AUTH support
ability to search Home Assistant server while configuring
ability to configure the app for external usage ( the app will differentiate when its running on local network
or remote and it will try to connect remotely only if this is configured)
small memory footprint
Firebase notifications support
widgets support
The application is still in development so please let me know what kind of features you would like to see in it.

Lovelace cards supported: http://ariela.surodev.com/2019/02/15/lovelace-cards/
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Ariela-Home-Assistant-Android-client-343298616397657
HANotify component download: https://github.com/MCrissDev/HANotify
Ariela website : http://ariela.surodev.com/
Ariela Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/arielahomeassistant

Setup:

Open Ariela and fallow the setup instructions
Note that automatic server discovery will work only if your Home Assistant server is running on http mode with default 8123 server. If you are using https or running on another port you can skip this.
If you choose to manually enter your server, the entry must be something similar with : http://192.168.1.10:8123 or https://myserver.duckdns.com:8123 (change 8123 with the port your server is running)
After the Ariela says that the connection is successful the credentials screen will going to appear.
If running Home Assistant version lower then 0.78 leave the username blank and fill the password only. If you are running Home Assistant 0.78 or greater, put your user name and password and hit connect. As a option the weblogin is also available.

Some useful documentation of Ariela can be found here: http://ariela.surodev.com/category/documentation/

Patreon support: developing Ariela is done in the spare time. Because of that some features or bugs fixing may arrive later then i wish. If you want to help me by putting more time in Ariela development, introduce new features, fixing bugs etc you can do this by using Patreon. It is not required to use this service, but any help i will really appreciate it. Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/arielahomeassistant

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**falcon2k17** · September 7, 2018, 8:58am

Very nice looking app. Will definetly test it.

Thank you for your work.

**Ionut** · September 7, 2018, 9:02am

Thank you. As for now its still under development stage, but very soon i will have something that i can share for testing purpose.

Ionut

**Ionut** · September 9, 2018, 9:07am

Hello,
Added support for media players:

**Ionut** · September 11, 2018, 11:04am

Hello,

Is anyone interested in testing the application?

Thanks,
Ionut

**Klagio** · September 11, 2018, 11:11am

I am interested

**Yoinkz** · September 11, 2018, 11:13am

Hi Ariela,

How does it connect when being on external network?
I’m willing to test as well, if you need a few more people?

**boggiano** · September 11, 2018, 11:46am

Very good job, mate!

Low priority : widget!

**Ionut** · September 11, 2018, 12:04pm

Hello,
It will connect if you set up port forwarding on your router. Meaning, you give your external IP to Ariela and it will automatically connect.
Ionut

**Marinov** · September 11, 2018, 12:06pm

Hi,
How can I test

**Yoinkz** · September 11, 2018, 12:13pm

Okay, sounds fine.
What ports are needed for Ariela?

Will you provide me with a link for the apk file or?

**Ionut** · September 11, 2018, 12:14pm

You can download APK from here: http://surodev.com/ariela/app-release.apk
Note that the application can be very buggy and some things could not work. Please let me know things / issues you find.

**Ionut** · September 11, 2018, 12:25pm

"Okay, sounds fine.
What ports are needed for Ariela?

You can choose whatever port you want. If that port will forward to home assistant server it is enough.

ex: http://IP_EXTERNAL:600 – external IP address with port 600 forwarded to http://HA_IP_INTERNAL:600
http://HA_IP_INTERNAL:600 – internal IP address on port 600
Do not forget enable http and api in configuration.yaml
Please let me know if you have any problems.
Ionut

**Marinov** · September 11, 2018, 12:23pm

Thanks i will dive a try

**Yoinkz** · September 11, 2018, 12:40pm

Well I think I use the default one right now :8123, so that will be sufficient right?

So should the config look like this or?

http:
api_password: !secret http_password

Sorry by the way… all new, but at least you will get a neeeeeeeeeeeewb to test your good location app

**Ionut** · September 11, 2018, 12:37pm

Yes, that should work just fine.

**Yoinkz** · September 11, 2018, 1:07pm

Hmm the below configuration in my configuration.yaml doesn’t work?

http:
api_password: !secret http_password

I did also type in a password under secret.yaml, but no luck?

http_password: xxXxxxXxxXXXXxxXXxx

I get an error when I try to control my configuration: Component not found: api_password

**Ionut** · September 11, 2018, 1:11pm

How about this:

http:
  api_password: putyourpasswordhere

I used to test using this configuration and seems to work fine. Also do not forget to restart HA server after changing this.

**Yoinkz** · September 11, 2018, 1:16pm

That probably works, but I don’t like the password to be visible in my configuration.yaml file.

So I was hoping someone had it working with the secret.yaml?

**Ionut** · September 11, 2018, 1:23pm

Content in the configuration.yaml file

http:
  api_password: !secret http_password

Content in the secrets.yaml file

http_password: puthereyourpassword

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