Companion App for iOS 2024.9: Getting ready for iOS 18

[doctorkb (kb)]

@kos17

With iOS Actions I could just push 15 different actions from the server to 5 different watches but now everyone at home gets to waste an hour customizing buttons and checking

I totally agree here. There is no reason for this sort of thing to ONLY be available to configure in the companion app. Even from a data management perspective, I’d much rather configure these things on the server and have them pushed out – that way I don’t have to muck about with reconfiguring each of the entries with the colours I want on each device.

PLEASE retain this functionality in the HA system YAML config (or, if you must, set a separate section in the system config where we can set up these actions).

With that in mind, we need the YAML config to allow us to turn off confirmations.

[mshrem]

I am facing the same issues , is there some workaround i have many automations based on location.

[Zaphood (Frank)]

Seems IOS 18.01 fixed that for me (unless there was an unnoticed update to the IOS App in the meantime)

[Rijswijker]

Where can I disable the confirmation to execute the action?

It is annoying but I can’t find where I can disable this new feature.

[JermQ]

I’d like to have a lockscreen widget on my iOS device running 18.0.1, that shows a gauge with a sensor reading from Home Assistant.
I am able to add the HA Gauge widget to my lock screen but cannot work out how to configure it with the sensor and property to display.
Several people have posted a screenshot of an HA editing screen, in the iOS Widget configuration, then say you reach this by tapping the widget icon in edit mode.
All this does for me is to bring up the iOS Widget picker again.

How do you configure the widgets?

[petro]

All you do is tap the widget inside the lock screen box and a window will pop up. Delete the widget, add it again, right after you add it again, tap it in the box above. I’ve noticed that if it doesn’t bring up the pop up, you have to remove the widget and add it again in order to access the settings for it.

[maciii (Mac Macovič)]

I’ve just spent more then hour of my life to find hot to turn off confirmation on Apple Watch actions which I define in server using yaml. Just to find that I’m not only one who is missing this option.

Central management on server side for Apple Watch actions/scripts whatever is MUST HAVE. Every family has usually only one Home Assistent geek

[JermQ]

Thanks for your reply but this really does not seem to work, I have tried this over and over.
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A day later, I tried again and it worked
The next problem is that is refuses to display any data.
I am using a template that is tested and working in the developer tools templates section.
… but then lots of people seem to report the same issue …

[WTW (Simon)]

Help regarding iBeacons and location awareness!.. iOS 18 has broken my companion app sending though location information based on iBeacon proximity. Prior to the update I had my phone (and ipad) giving entry/exit information based on zones set up against specific beacons. This seems to no longer work. Does anyone know whether this would be specific to the companion app no longer passing through the information? or whether there is a wider issue with iOS no longer supporting this method?

[mediocaballero (David G.)]

Is support for apple watch widgets planned in the future? That would be a great way to be able to launch HA scripts from the watch without needing to ‘use up’ one complication for it or having to browse for the HA app on the phone… Specially now that you can bring up the widgets with the ‘finger pinch’ gesture

I think there’s a feature request, but it strikes me it only has a few upvotes…

Add widgets for watchOS

With the release of watchOS 10, Apple has added widgets, which are able to be accessed quickly by swiping the crown. My hope is to be able to add a widget similar to the ones available on iOS, where I can either have quick actions I can trigger there directly, or at least a quick way to launch the watchOS app and do it from there. Unfortunately, it seems that there’s no way to add application launching to the widget screen unless the app has explicitly built a widget (thanks Apple ),…

Personally, I’d love to see it working!

BTW, thanks for the great job on the iOS companion app… the app itself, confirmable notifications and current features are great tools that make my life much easier!

[slimak]

Hi, thanks for maintaining this app, it’s very useful.

I’m still on iOS 17, just wondering if there will be any improvement regarding textInputButtonTitle and textInputPlaceholder in “actionable notifications”?

- action: "{{ action_modify }}"
  title: Modify distance
  behavior: textInput
  textInputButtonTitle: "New value"
  textInputPlaceholder: "{{ current_value }}"

This is for getting a response to a notification: when you long press it on your phone, a text box appears. It should have a title and placeholder text, but currently they don’t show, just a blank text box. The title is less important but placeholder text provides a nice hint for the expected value.

[cisco]

I love the integration with the control center, but could you please implement the names of the devices there, similar to how HomeKit does? It can easily get confusing without the names, as the current display shows only icons. I’ve attached a picture for reference.

In the first row, you’ll see some lamps from HomeKit, and in the second row, there’s a lamp from Home Assistant.
Text labels are needed for better clarity.

[parautenbach (Pieter Rautenbach)]

You can set a name in the bridges config or directly in the Apple Home App.