Requesting Location Update

klogg · January 31, 2023, 6:02pm

I’m trying use request_location_update and then waiting as per the docs…

On success the sensor.last_update_trigger will change to "Push Notification".

- service: notify.mobile_app_my_phone
  data:
    message: request_location_update
- wait_template: >
    {{ states('sensor.mobile_app_my_phone_last_update_trigger') == 'Push Notification' }}

But I’m pretty sure I am doing something wrong (and that the docs maybe aren’t clear )

My last_update_trigger sensor always seems to be prefixed by
io.homeassistant.companion.android. and never has a ‘natural language’ suffix like ‘Push Notification’.

Can someone explain what I am doing wrong?

dshokouhi · January 31, 2023, 8:01pm

I think you may be confusing the iOS part of the docs vs android, take a look at the icons to see which section applies to which platform.

edit: for android if you would like to know when this notification was received on the device you can use the event

klogg · January 31, 2023, 9:59pm

Thanks, I must have missed the Notification Received event, very useful!

Is there maybe a mistake in the docs?

dshokouhi · January 31, 2023, 10:06pm

ah yes that one sentence should be noted as iOS only, good catch please feel free to edit the page with the button at the bottom so we can get it corrected.

klogg · January 31, 2023, 11:01pm

Done, hopefully correctly