Hi, thanks a lot for this! Much appreciated!
I came to the same idea on the added value of iOS actions for Apple Watch and wanted to share these ideas in this forum but then I noticed you shared it already before me and with an even better automation!
So I upgraded my automations based on the script you shared ;).
Yet I also applied some “improvements” that might be interesting for other to consider maybe…
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When the iOS actions are triggered from CarPlay or while driving, the notification would be shown in CarPlay only if the notification is marked as
critical. So I added a variable to check this for all my notifications. -
When using the
wait_for_triggerwith a timeout for follow up actions on the iOS events, I liked the possibility to remove the notification completely (using notificationtag) once the wait timeout has passed, the follow up actions won’t work anymore anyway. -
I also found some way to reuse the actions by defining these in variables first. This allows to define the notification actions based on some conditions, without having to re-define the same actions multiple times.
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I also use some emoticons in the action names to make the actionlist even easier to use.
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I defined some standard processing based on the selected action. Depending on the type of entity linked to the action, the correct toggle action will be selected (eg
script....entity will be launched withscript turn onservice call,light....entity with a light toggle script, a selectedclimate....entity will turn on the heating or return to auto hvac mode, etc).
alias: Media Selection iOS action event
description: Control media selection
trigger:
- platform: event
event_type: ios.action_fired
event_data:
actionName: MediaSelection
- platform: event
event_type: ios.notification_action_fired
event_data:
actionName: MediaSelection
condition: []
action:
- variables:
critical_desired: >-
{% if states('sensor.iphone_activity') == 'Automotive' or
(trigger is defined and trigger.event is defined and
trigger.event.data.triggerSource == 'carPlay') %}1{% else %}0{% endif %}
media_player_title: >-
Media 🎶
media_player_message: >-
{{state_attr('media_player.hub','media_artist')|replace('Various
Artists','')}}: {{state_attr('media_player.hub','media_title')|replace('None','')|
regex_replace('\\[.*?\\]', '')}}
{% if states('binary_sensor.media_playing_plex') == 'on' %}Plex
playlist: {{states('input_select.plexplaylist')}}{% endif %}
actions_stop:
- action: Stop all cast
title: 🔇 Stop all media casting
activationMode: background
authenticationRequired: true
destructive: false
behavior: default
actions_switch:
- action: Switch selection
title: Switch selection
activationMode: background
authenticationRequired: true
destructive: false
behavior: default
actions_play:
- action: Plex
title: Plex ({{states('input_select.plexplaylist')}})
activationMode: background
authenticationRequired: true
destructive: false
behavior: default
- action: Play
title: ▶ Play
activationMode: background
authenticationRequired: true
destructive: false
behavior: default
- action: Pause
title: ⏸ Pause
activationMode: background
authenticationRequired: true
destructive: false
behavior: default
- action: Next
title: ⏩ Next
activationMode: background
authenticationRequired: true
destructive: false
behavior: default
- action: Back
title: ⏪ Back
activationMode: background
authenticationRequired: true
destructive: false
behavior: default
- action: Volume Up
title: 🔊 Volume up
activationMode: background
authenticationRequired: true
destructive: false
behavior: default
- action: Volume Down
title: 🔈 Volume down
activationMode: background
authenticationRequired: true
destructive: false
behavior: default
actions_plex:
- action: PlexRate1
title: " ⭐"
activationMode: background
authenticationRequired: true
destructive: false
behavior: default
- action: PlexRate2
title: " ⭐⭐"
activationMode: background
authenticationRequired: true
destructive: false
behavior: default
- action: PlexRate3
title: " ⭐⭐⭐"
activationMode: background
authenticationRequired: true
destructive: false
behavior: default
- action: PlexRate4
title: " ⭐⭐⭐⭐"
activationMode: background
authenticationRequired: true
destructive: false
behavior: default
- action: PlexRate5
title: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
activationMode: background
authenticationRequired: true
destructive: false
behavior: default
actions_playlist:
- action: Select playlist
title: Change playlist ({{states('input_select.plexplaylist')}})
activationMode: background
authenticationRequired: true
destructive: false
behavior: default
actions_desired: >-
{% if state_attr('media_player.hub','app_name') == 'Plex'
%}{{actions_stop + actions_switch + actions_play + actions_plex +
actions_playlist}}{% else %}{{actions_stop + actions_switch +
actions_play + actions_playlist}}{% endif %}
- choose: []
default:
- service: notify.iphone_notification_group
continue_on_error: true
data:
title: "{{media_player_title}}"
message: "{{media_player_message}}"
data:
push:
sound:
name: default
critical: "{{critical_desired}}"
url: /lovelace-media/remote
group: media
tag: media
actions: "{{actions_desired}}"
- wait_for_trigger:
- platform: event
event_type: mobile_app_notification_action
timeout:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 30
milliseconds: 0
continue_on_timeout: true
enabled: true
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{wait.trigger == None}}"
sequence:
- service: notify.iphone_notification_group
metadata: {}
data:
message: clear_notification
data:
tag: media
- stop: timeout
- variables:
option: "{{ wait.trigger.event.data.action }}"
selected_entity: |
{{
{'Stop all cast': 'script.stop_all_cast',
'Switch selection': 'automation.switch_selection_ios_action_event',
'Plex': 'script.play_plex_media_selection',
'Play': 'script.cast_pause_selection',
'Pause': 'script.cast_pause_selection',
'Next': 'script.cast_next_selection',
'Back': 'script.cast_previous_selection',
'Volume Up': 'script.volume_up_selection',
'Volume Down': 'script.volume_down_selection',
'Select playlist': 'automation.select_playlist_ios_action_event'
}[wait.trigger.event.data.action] }}
entity_type: "{{selected_entity.split('.')[0] }}"
- service: notify.iphone_notification_group
continue_on_error: true
data:
title: Debug
message: >-
option: {{option}}, selected_entity: {{selected_entity}},
entity_type: {{entity_type}}
enabled: false
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ entity_type == 'climate' }}"
sequence:
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{state_attr(selected_entity,'temperature') >= 19}}"
sequence:
- service: climate.set_hvac_mode
data:
hvac_mode: auto
target:
entity_id: "{{selected_entity}}"
default:
- service: climate.set_temperature
data:
temperature: 20
hvac_mode: heat
target:
entity_id: "{{selected_entity}}"
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ entity_type == 'light' }}"
sequence:
- service: light.toggle
data: {}
target:
entity_id: "{{selected_entity}}"
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ entity_type == 'switch' }}"
sequence:
- service: switch.toggle
data: {}
target:
entity_id: "{{selected_entity}}"
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ entity_type == 'script' }}"
sequence:
- service: script.turn_on
data: {}
target:
entity_id: "{{selected_entity}}"
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ entity_type == 'automation' }}"
sequence:
- service: automation.trigger
data:
skip_condition: true
target:
entity_id: "{{selected_entity}}"
mode: single
(Some events of my (plex related) actions in the example above are handled by separate automations and some are handled by the inline wait_for_trigger event handler)
06/03/2024: updated code: most of the time no need to specify all different actions in the wait_for_trigger