Hello,
Ariela version 1.3.1.6 is out.
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Thanks. I ended up putting p back on. That was definitely the cause. Gotta wait for dp2.
Glad that it was sorted out.
Hi,
I have been using the paid version of the app for a few weeks and really love the functionality of it. I have encountered a few issues that I hope you can help with:
I use a Honeywell thermostat and on the web UI the status icons (Circles at the top) will indicate Idle, Heat, Cool…etc. In the app it doesn’t indicate anything but other status icons like Dark Sky or whatever do display temp., humidity, etc. correctly.
I have noticed a considerable increase in batter usage over the past several days. At the end of the day Ariela’s battery usage is second only to Android OS. I have start at boot, and start after update and auto reconnect all turned off. both turned off.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
After the last update, when you enter the app after some time without use, it takes a long time to display the UI, getting on a white screen.
I use Web UI.
Hmmm… can you enable debug mode in app and send me the logs. Thank you.
Hello all,
Version 1.3.1.7 is out.
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Noob question, and struggling to find an answer in the forum as search is a bit naff on my phone, but could anyone quickly explain what the differences are in the two mqtt client options are?
Homeassistant
And
Build-in
Can’t seem to see anything in the docs.
Hi,
The home assistant MQTT uses Home Assistant API to simulate an MQTT client. The build-in is a real MQTT client that will going to need to be setup. The benefits of Home Assistant MQTT is that it will not require another connection. Its downside is that it cannot be used for example with MQTT Camera sensor from Ariela.
Please let me know if you have any other questions.
Good day. Thank you for creating this app. The mqtt functionality is great.
Is there a way to limit/hide tabs based on user or anything else.
Thank you
Hi,
There is no way for now to limit / hide tabs based on user. Still, this is something that i have in my TODO list.
Hello everyone,
Hope you find out until now about When will there be an official Home Assistant for Android app??? which announce that a new Home Assistant android official app is in the works.
What i wanted to say is that having the new official app is a very good news, but as it was stated in that announcement, they encourage other Home Assistant apps to be developed and available for you guys.
Knowing this, i want to let you know that Ariela development will still continue, bugs will be fixed and many new features will be added in the future.
Thank you very much for using Ariela, and i really appreciate the good words, kind reviews, bugs / features reported. Such kind of interaction with you, makes me proceed further in order to deliver a good experience for Home Assistant on Android devices.
Hello all,
Version 1.3.1.8 is out.
What’s new:
Ariela development will still continue
Good to know! You have made a great app which is getting better all the time. Keep up the great work.
Thank you very much, i am glad to hear that you like my work 
Hey @Ionut!
Your app is really awesome, thanks for that!
I have a question.
I’ve updated to latest version, and I’m not sure if it’s my fault or not, but the new json_attributes_topic sensor is not working for me.
Any idea?
I think i forgot to update the MQTT sensor setup instructions right? 
Sorry for that, the tomorrow version it will include the fix for this issue.
In your case the sensor setup should be something like this:
sensor:
- platform: mqtt
name: "Battery sensor name"
state_topic: "homeassistant/sensor/android_pcophone_battery/attributes"
unit_of_measurement: '%'
value_template: "{{ value_json.level }}"
json_attributes_topic: "homeassistant/sensor/android_pcophone_battery/attributes"
Btw, your sensor isn’t discovered automatically by Home Assistant? If you don’t have MQTT discovery enabled you can enable it by having this entry in your configuration.yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
mqtt:
discovery: true
discovery_prefix: homeassistant
I thought I missed something. I waited to update to new version, to be in front of my pc and see how the json_attributes_topic worked, and I couldn’t figure out why I had that error 
Best dev 
Uhm, to be honest I’m using the Hassio Mosquitto broker with a custom config to fetch data from cloudmqtt, and I don’t really know if it’s disabled or not. I’ll check but I think I must remove the integration first. 
Another question: Why does mqtt phone camera can only be used with Builtin broken? What is the limitation?
Because the MQTT Home Assistant one its emulating MQTT via Home Assistant API and unfortunately i didn’t find a way to send binary data (eg: images) without a custom component installed. The build in MQTT client from Ariela its a 100% MQTT client, meaning that i can send & receive any type of data.
Not you, i missed something 
Thank you
Hello all,
Version 1.3.1.9 is out.
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