Fully-kiosk seems to be a popular option, but it’s really a pain to use with devices, like tablets, that are never exposed to the internet, additionally, I generally don’t want the whole device locked down, I just want HA to auto launch and to use some of the sensors (light sensor/camera) to control screen state/brightness.
From a feature request:
Having to use FullyKiosk to manage Android tablets is a real pain. It is unreliable at best and very inconvenient, especially when using lower powered, affordable devices like Fire 7. The features necessary to turn the HA Companion app into a wall mounted kiosk device should be built in to the basic Android applicaiton. Key features should include at least…
Keep the screen on and prevent the tablet from sleeping.
Automatically start on reboot.
Dim the screen when not in use but bring it back when the camera sees motion.
A fully dimmed screen should be black, i.e. turn off the back light alltogether.
Wake the screen on touch or camera seeing movement.
But do we need another application just for, for example, change the brightness depending on some automations?
It will be like adding services/actions to devices. I’m not talking about half-hacking the system to not allow users to exit kiosk mode, just the available options through Android API.
Thanks anyway for your work on companion apps, it was game changing several years ago.
asking if something is open source does not mean to use it as an alternative, developers can refer to it and maybe not have to build things from scratch
