mobile_app.md

HassKit Mobile App Guide

The new version bring a deeper integration into Home Assistant. You can now register #HassKit as a Mobile App and allow sending notification to your device. No additional custom component required.

To enable this feature, please follow these 3 easy steps

1. Register Mobile App

Upon connected to a new Home Assistant server, HassKit will automatically register a Mobile App to enable send Push Notification and Location Tracking feature. When the new Mobile App registered, just click Restart Home Assistant.

2. Send Notification with Picture

HassKit registered device will appear as a Mobile App, you can send notification directly into the device without additional custom component.


Notification now support image and sound.

3. Delete Mobile App Integration

Go to Home Assistant > Configuration > Integrations > Mobile App: and click the recycle bin icon.

4. Automatically send Notification to HassKit

First, we need to edit configuration.yaml by adding the following line:

Allow Home Assistant write file into www folder:

homeassistant:
  whitelist_external_dirs:
    - /config/www

Add notify.ALL_DEVICES service: (Replace mobile_app_hasskit_mobile_app_1234 with your registered device name)

notify:
  - name: ALL_DEVICES
    platform: group
    services:
      - service: mobile_app_hasskit_mobile_app_1234
      - service: mobile_app_hasskit_mobile_app_2345
      - service: mobile_app_hasskit_mobile_app_3456

Send a simple notification when the light turned on

automation:
  - alias: Notification Light Turned On
    trigger:
      - entity_id: light.light_1
        platform: state
        to: "on
    action:
      - service: notify.ALL_DEVICES
        data:
          title: Simple Notification 
          message: Light Turned On

Send a notification with image whenever garage door is opened (Replace http://hasskit.duckdns.org:8123/local/camera_1.jpg with your own data)

automation:
  - alias: 'Notify when garage door opened'
    trigger:
    - entity_id: cover.garage_door
      platform: state
      to: "open"
    action:
    - data_template:
        entity_id: camera.camera_1
        filename: /config/www/camera_1.jpg
      service: camera.snapshot
    - delay:
        seconds: 1
    - data_template:
        title: Garage Door 
        message: Opened
        data:
          image: http://hasskit.duckdns.org:8123/local/camera_1.jpg
      service: notify.ALL_DEVICES   

5. Troubleshooting

Error 404 during Mobile App registration:

• Make sure you have default_config: in configuration.yaml
• If you don't, add this line to configuration.yaml and restart Home Assistant

mobile_app:

https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/en/app_integration_setup.html