Wake-Up or Switch on/off Tablet with HA Anrdoid App by HA automation

[slecram]

Hi guys,
I will use an android tablet for a wall-mount dashboard.
Is there a way to switch on/off the tablet (or simply the display) with home-assistant automations?
I think, somewhere I read about a native implemenation in the andoid ha-app for this requirement?

Thanks

[dshokouhi]

there is an existing feature request but thats it for now.

[miky_italy (Michele Canteri)]

Hi,
I’ve posted a similar answer here:

Wake screen on mobile app based on Home Assistant Automation

Hi, yes there is a way, I had the same problem and there is an amazing app that help you in this integration: the name is Automagic. You can find it here: https://automagic4android.com/download_en.html What can you do with it ? You make the app listen to a web call and associate the call with the simple action of wake up the display, that’s it. I have a camera that sense the motion and when it fire the event an automation listen and call a shell script containing: cat wakeup_tablet.sh (name …

Hope it helps,
M.