Start an Add-on with Lovelace Button instead of Menu

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Is there a way I can start an Add-On (MotionEye is what I am trying to open) from a LoveLace button Card? I am looking for a solution that will work on both the Web and IOS Mobile App. I am using HASSIO on RaspPi with Add-Ons added via the Supervisor.

Using a button to see our camera feeds is more “intuitive” for my spouse than having to go the menu button. (Note: I have tried a Lovelace Page with all of the Camera feeds on it but find that MotionEye Page is more responsive and the feeds load much faster than the LoveLace camera feeds)

thanks

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You gotta find out the slug for the add-on, then use the hassio.addon_start service.

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thanks Petro,

I don’t think my question was worded correctly. The add on is already running. What I want to do is shift the main iFrame to show the add-on display using a LoveLace button on the main UI rather than having to select it from the left hand menu. I’m not sure if this is possible or not.

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ah yes, for tap_action on a button, just use the ‘navigate’ keyword and provide the URL that you want to link to. Just copy the url for the add-on and you’re done.

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Thanks, that did the trick. I had tried that before but failed to put the leading ‘/’ on the URL stub. Adding the leading ‘/’ made it work as expected. thanks again.

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