Enable access point mode on demand?

ESPHome
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Hi, thanks. Feel free to add any of this to the docs. I’ve been testing some more and found a more elegant solution. It turns out you just need to not program wifi credentials and then you can even use the web_server component. It’ll only start the captive portal when in factory reset state, and not when it cannot connect.

wifi:
  ap:
    ssid: "Test Fallback Hotspot"
    password: "00000000"
    ap_timeout: 0s

captive_portal:

web_server:
  port: 80
    
binary_sensor:
  - platform: gpio
    pin: D4
    name: btntest
    filters: 
      - invert:
    on_click: 
      - min_length: 5000ms
        max_length: 10000ms
        then:
          - switch.turn_on: factrst

switch:
  - platform: factory_reset
    id: factrst
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