A bit late but yes currently HTTPS is required because of Androids default policies. You can alter the manifest to allow HTTP though… perhaps I should change that as I also ran into this issue myself 
2 Sony TVs ( one running with a Shield )
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Are there plans to release a non-beta version in the Play Store? I might want to take a look at creating an Home Assistant Notify integration for this.
I initially looked at the nfandroidtv, but the App has an issue where it seems to delay the popup for a few secons.
I suspect we’ve already got what we need from the rest platform… I did a quick test with the following configuration;
- platform: rest
name: pipup_living_room_tv
resource: !secret living_room_android_tv_pipup_host
method: POST_JSON
headers:
Content-Type: application/json
message_param_name: message
title_param_name: title
data_template:
duration: >
{{ states("input_number.pipup_living_room_tv_duration")|int }}
position: >-
{%- set map = {
'Top left': 1,
'Top right': 0,
'Bottom left': 3,
'Bottom right': 2,
'Center': 4,
} -%}
{{ map[states("input_select.pipup_living_room_tv_position")]|int }}
titleColor: >
{{ states("input_text.pipup_living_room_tv_title_color") }}
titleSize: >
{{ states("input_number.pipup_living_room_tv_title_size")|int }}
messageColor: >
{{ states("input_text.pipup_living_room_tv_message_color") }}
messageSize: >
{{ states("input_number.pipup_living_room_tv_message_size")|int }}
backgroundColor: >
{{ states("input_text.pipup_living_room_tv_background_color") }}
# This is where I ran in to trouble, though..
# How do we properly render the values from i.e. `data.image.uri` passed in with the service call here?
media:
image:
uri: '{{ value }}'
width: '{{ value }}'
… and the input helpers, for anyone interested;
##
input_number:
- pipup_living_room_tv_duration:
name: Varighet
min: 1
max: 60
step: 1
icon: mdi:timelapse
unit_of_measurement: s
- pipup_living_room_tv_title_size:
name: Tekststørrelse tittel
min: 5
max: 40
step: 1
icon: mdi:format-size
unit_of_measurement: pt
- pipup_living_room_tv_message_size:
name: Tekststørrelse melding
min: 5
max: 40
step: 1
icon: mdi:format-size
unit_of_measurement: pt
##
input_text:
- pipup_living_room_tv_title_color:
name: Tittelfarge
icon: mdi:format-color-text
min: 7
max: 9
pattern: ^((0x){0,1}|#{0,1})([0-9A-F]{8}|[0-9A-F]{6})$
- pipup_living_room_tv_message_color:
name: Meldingsfarge
icon: mdi:format-color-text
min: 7
max: 9
pattern: ^((0x){0,1}|#{0,1})([0-9A-F]{8}|[0-9A-F]{6})$
- pipup_living_room_tv_background_color:
name: Bakgrunnsfarge
icon: mdi:format-color-fill
min: 7
max: 9
pattern: ^((0x){0,1}|#{0,1})([0-9A-F]{8}|[0-9A-F]{6})$
##
input_select:
- pipup_living_room_tv_position:
name: Posisjon
icon: mdi:dots-grid
options:
- 'Top left'
- 'Top right'
- 'Bottom left'
- 'Bottom right'
- 'Center'
… and the lovelace card to configure the helpers and test it out:
type: 'custom:vertical-stack-in-card'
cards:
- type: picture-entity
entity: camera.living_room_tv_snapshot
show_state: false
show_name: false
- type: entities
show_header_toggle: false
entities:
- entity: input_select.pipup_living_room_tv_position
tap_action:
action: none
- entity: input_number.pipup_living_room_tv_duration
tap_action:
action: none
- type: section
label: Farger
- entity: input_text.pipup_living_room_tv_title_color
name: Tittel
tap_action:
action: none
- entity: input_text.pipup_living_room_tv_message_color
name: Melding
tap_action:
action: none
- entity: input_text.pipup_living_room_tv_background_color
name: Bakgrunn
tap_action:
action: none
- type: section
label: Tekststørrelse
- entity: input_number.pipup_living_room_tv_title_size
name: Tittel
- entity: input_number.pipup_living_room_tv_message_size
name: Melding
- type: section
- type: button
name: ' '
icon: 'mdi:send-circle-outline'
action_name: Forhåndsvisning
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: notify.pipup_living_room_tv
service_data:
title: Test
message: Dette er en test av innstillingene!
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This looks really awesome but sadly I can’t get it to work.
I installed the app from the Play Store and can connect to it (invalid request: invalid method in the browser).
I then tried send a simple POST, which gives me a 200 return code and this response:
PopupProps(duration=30, position=TopRight, backgroundColor=#CC000000, title=Hello, titleSize=16.0, titleColor=#ffffff, message=There, messageSize=16.0, messageColor=#ffffff, media=null)
So the communication with the app appears to be OK but nothing is showing up on the TV itself sadly. I restarted the TV and have the app open.
Anything else I can try? Do I need to give it permissions somewhere? It’s a Sony XH90 TV.
EDIT: got it working by going into the TV to Apps > Special Apps permissions at the botttom > Show before other apps and there enable PIPup. (Mine is in Dutch so I don’t have the exact translation)
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It’s a shame this doesn’t support RTMP/RTSP. I intended to use it to send a security camera stream when Frigate’s person detection triggered. Currently, I’m opening VLC when the TV is on standby, and using PiPup to send a snapshot if not. Not ideal, but a good opportunity for me to learn how to configure Home Assistant.
Here’s my rest command configuration:
pipup:
url: !secret pipup_host
content_type: 'application/json'
verify_ssl: false
method: 'post'
timeout: 20
payload: >
{
"duration": "{{ duration }}",
"position": "{{ position }}",
"title": "{{ title }}",
"titleColor": "{{ titleColor }}",
"titleSize": "{{ titleSize }}",
"message": "{{ message }}",
"messageColor": "{{ messageColor }}",
"messageSize": "{{ messageSize }}",
"backgroundColor": "{{ backgroundColor }}",
"media": { "{{ mediaType }}": {
"uri": "{{ uri }}", "width": "{{ width }}"
}}
}
Here’s the automation I described above:
- alias: "Person Detected"
trigger:
platform: mqtt
topic: frigate/events
action:
- choose:
- alias: "If Standby, VLC"
conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: media_player.tv
state: "standby"
sequence:
- service: androidtv.adb_command
data:
entity_id: media_player.tv
command: >-
input keyevent KEYCODE_WAKEUP
- service: androidtv.adb_command
data:
entity_id: media_player.tv
command: >-
am start -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d
<RTSP_URL> -n
org.videolan.vlc/.gui.video.VideoPlayerActivity
default:
- service: rest_command.pipup
data:
title: "Home Assistant"
message: "A {{trigger.payload_json['after']['label']}} was seen in {{trigger.payload_json['after']['camera']}}."
backgroundColor: "#DD000000"
duration: 10
messageColor: "#FFFFFF"
messageSize: 10
position: 2
titleColor: "#50BFF2"
titleSize: 15
mediaType: "image"
uri: "https://<HA_URL>/api/frigate/notifications/{{trigger.payload_json['after']['id']}}/thumbnail.jpg"
width: 640
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I have a Shield TV running Android 9, and I installed PiPup using the playstore and then adb the system alert permission (I dont have the apk).
Working well for everything, except I can’t display http images from my local network, which would be quite useful 
How is it possible to edit the manifest.xml ? I should take the sources and build the apk from it ? If yes, should I use Android Studio or some ?
Also, what should be changed to allow no secured http connections ?
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thanks but why image local dont work?
only full path external internet work
please help
i have mi box androaid 9
How did you get this to work with the link to the HA api? I cannot get it to authorize when I try this.
I don’t use the same setup and this is a different method, but I get my frigate notifications sent by looking at this:
file: /config/www/tmp/frigate_driveway_car.jpg
YMMV, but maybe this is an alternative method to try.
Thanks for the alternative method. I am using the nest integration that saves the file to /config/nest/event_media and I don’t know if it is possible to change the file save location to the /config/www folder, but it is worth looking into.
You could just change the call in the automation to where you are already saving the file.
this works great with frigate and Sony tv on android 11! thanks! Is there a way to preview the live stream?
So I have PiPup installed on my Hisense TV and I have the rest command above setup however when I call the rest service, only the text shows up. No image. I can browse the image url just fine on a browser. I also tried the Nabu Case external URL but still no image. Any advice?
It looks OK apart from the non-standard width dimension (try using 480) so try using the example code from Github to test. This will pull a TV test pattern from the Internet. I use Postman to do all my testing as it’s much easier than starting HA all the time after making tweaks.
I also thought it was the 480 dimension but that wasnt it. Someone also said to use https but that didnt work as well.
I have never used Postman but I will see if I can figure out how to use it because I am getting tired of restart HA all the time lol
I took your code and paste it into Postman at my end and it works on my TV.
Did you do both of these things from the website?
Important: after installation / updating it is currently adviced to restart your TV and open the application once to make sure the background-service is running
Sideloading:
On Android TV (8.0+), when sideloading, you will need to set the permission for SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW manually (using adb) as there is no interface on Android TV to do this.
To give the application the required permission to draw overlays you will need to run:
adb shell appops set nl.rogro82.pipup SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW allow
I did normal install from the Play Store so I did not Sideload.
How can I test with Postman? Never used it before
Might see if I can whip up a quick YT video for you.
So I got it to finally work. Not sure what changed. I am having to use Nabu Casa external link for https, so the image shows up a little slow.