Home assistant android app permissions

Mobile Apps Home Assistant Companion for Android
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- id: '1739887169144'
  alias: 'Notify: Medication Reminder'
  description: ''
  triggers:
  - trigger: state
    entity_id:
    - schedule.medicine_reminder
    from: 'off'
    to: 'on'
  conditions: []
  actions:
  - action: input_boolean.turn_on
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id: input_boolean.medicine_taken
  - repeat:
      sequence:
      - action: notify.mobile_app_pixel_7_pro
        metadata: {}
        data:
          data:
            media_stream: alarm_stream
            command: 20
          message: command_volume_level
      - action: notify.mobile_app_pixel_7_pro
        metadata: {}
        data:
          message: command_activity
          data:
            ttl: 0
            priority: high
            intent_action: android.intent.action.SET_TIMER
            intent_extras: android.intent.extra.alarm.LENGTH:1, android.intent.extra.alarm.MESSAGE:"Take
              Medicine!", android.intent.extra.alarm.SKIP_UI:true
      - wait_for_trigger:
        - trigger: tag
          tag_id: 5df539c9-9c73-4eaa-82be-3b94bd1be7a6
        timeout:
          hours: 0
          minutes: 5
          seconds: 0
          milliseconds: 0
      - if:
        - condition: template
          value_template: '{{ wait.trigger.id == ''TagScanned'' }}'
        then:
        - action: input_boolean.turn_off
          metadata: {}
          data: {}
          target:
            entity_id: input_boolean.medicine_taken
      while:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: input_boolean.medicine_taken
        state: 'on'
  mode: single

I’m trying to run the above code based on a reddit post ( Custom Nagging medication reminder : r/homeassistant).

When the automation runs I get a timer displaying on my phone but I also get an accompanying system message stating:

“Please open the Home Assistant app and send the command again in order to grant the proper permissions…”

However, when I open the app, no request appears. I’ve granted the app all the permissions available (as far as I can see) but with no success.

Just to note the alarm timer on the phone doesn’t display the message “Take Medicine!” so I’m not sure that this is what’s triggering the message.

Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?

Thanks

Dave

2

Solved the notification issue myself.

Instead of driving the automation testing from my desktop, I actually ran it from the companion app itself. This caused the notification but also took me to a settings screen for the “Do Not Disturb” permission that isn’t directly accessible from the Android Permissions screen, its hidden under “Apps → Special app access”.

After setting the companion app to “allowed” the notification went away.

No back to debugging the automation :slight_smile: