I’ll be using this topic to post info on next updates for the beta. Below are things that will drop in the next update hopefully in the next day or so.
now utilizes sqlite as the data store, which will require setting up data again
authentication expiration will now produce a status message at the top when it is refreshing. If for some reason the authentication fails you will receive an error popup. This is related to the security tokens expiring on the vera servers. The bottom line is you should see fewer error popups related to authentication overall.
added refresh unit button to current page to be able to refresh configuration info. Sometimes the remote servers change for your vera unit and this will help keep them up to date.
added up to 5 custom views with definable names. aka, Favorites. You will find these in the general settings.
new actions implemented on supported on device services
background tasks. This will work similar to the current app in that it will download status updates every 30 mins or so and update tiles.
misc UX updates to clean some things up
removed password requirement for UI5 create lookup
added “Send log email” to about page so a user can send a log if they are seeing strange behavior.
enhancements to the Actions functionality
added voice commands page to the Actions area
location based actions (geofencing), haven’t built proper manage so for now there is a Clear locations button when you select the type of Location on the Assign action page.
Let me say… this is really looking good. Having fun playing with Actions… can’t wait to try Geo location, since this is the only option I know of for the Windows phone. It works great with Cortana, so I have high hopes.
EDIT. tried my first Geolocation attempt. tagged it to a simple action to turn on a lamp. Monitored state - entered; radius - 200 meters,
left… came back 2 hours later… light did not come on. Used voice command to verify that the action still worked.
Hi Spencer, just sent you an error report about getting an error everytime I refreshed. Reinstalling the app resolved this. Strange thing was, that the Sonos device that was hidden, is still hidden after reinstalling. So it might be a problem with my Vera unit, not the app.
When I turn on (or off) a switch, I noticed that only the toggle changes, but not the reported state of the device. Only after refreshing, the state changes. This is kind of logical, but wouldn’t it be better if the app changes the reported state as soon as the toggle switches state. This would make the app (look) smoother and (most of the times) show the correct state immediately.
My end goal is to make it do that. However currently the list and the UI elements that display when you click an item are not chained together. Actually the UI you see is generated on the fly from meta data about the device. In short, it is on my “figure out eventually” list.
