Home assistant for android apk

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Hi HA Forum.

Does anyone know where I could download the latest Home Assistant App for Android apk from?

I do not want to use Google Play store on my newly stripped down tablet.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Cheers…j

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Many thanks for this.

Unfortunately it did not work. When I tried to install the package on Android 4.4.4 I get ‘There was a problem while parsing the package’

I am guessing the android I am trying to use is too old.

Its a shame as the the nexus 7 (2012) I am trying to use works perfectly. Home Assistant does not render correctly in Chrome or Naked Browser either. SO I think I will write this off as a bad idea.

Thanks for your help.

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Android 5.0+ are the supported versions.

Pretty sure the nexus 7 got bumped up to android 5 didnt it?

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yes it did but it makes it run like a pig. i think i will make a raspi/tablet touchscreen thingy or just get a cheap last year model tablet from ebay.

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I find the Amazon Fire HD8 to work pretty well :slight_smile: goes on sale every now and then too.

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I had similar issues with an old Samsung Tab 3 on 4.4.4
got around issues and was able to use it by rooting and installing LineageOS 14.1 its based on androied 7.1.1 its much faster
but i still have a few issue running home assitant app directly so now use wallpaper on it which seams ok but there are other custom os that can be used as well that may work to allow you to use what you have

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if you are running lineage OS you need to make sure that it uses android system webview, by default they use something else. Not sure where you need to change it but you do

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yikes anyhing on the nexus 7 2012 sucks after 4.4 lol its just is to slow.

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I know this topic is old - but I also have a Nexus 7 (2012) and (2013).

The 2012 can be loaded with LineageOS to version 7.1.2 (IIRC) and it runs fine - but Google makes it slow.

I’ve installed HA Assistant fine - but it crashes out connecting to my HA Server. So it could be something with Google apps sitting on top of it. Seeing this thread makes me wonder if a blank install of LineageOS and then JUST the HA Assistant APK might make the unit function as a pad somewhere on my network.

Also for the user that commented about their Tab3, same thing. I have one of those and upgraded it to Android 8.0 via LineageOS (IIRC) and it’s still useful (and relatively speedy).

The Nexus7 (2013) can go all the way to Android 11 (with LineageOS) – and then to move past, needs a re-partitioning (which I haven’t done yet).

I hate throwing out (recycling) perfectly working hardware. Gah!

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Thanks for sharing your experiences and results. I will try some of your ideas and report back. I hate throwing away useable kit too.

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Cool.

Let us know!

At some point, I’ll re-image my N7 (2012) and throw HA on it just to see if it works. The tablet isn’t doing anything else right now.