# Android App Beta **URL:** \ **Category:** Android App\ **Tags:** android\ **Created:** [March 8, 2018, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/android-app-beta/41382 "2018-03-08T12:53:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mueller-ma](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/mueller-ma/32/12448_2.png) [@mueller-ma](https://community.openhab.org/u/mueller-ma)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/android-app-beta/41382/1 "2018-03-08T12:53:35Z")
Before a new version will be released, it would be great if some of you can download and install the apk and report bugs, if you spot them. > **[Releases · openhab/openhab-android](https://github.com/openhab/openhab-android/releases)** > > openHAB client for Android. Contribute to openhab/openhab-android development by creating an account on GitHub. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![DanielMalmgren](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/danielmalmgren/32/6783_2.png) [@DanielMalmgren](https://community.openhab.org/u/DanielMalmgren)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/android-app-beta/41382/2 "2018-03-08T13:32:58Z")
Hi. I tried and for me it doesn’t work at all. I get the choice of which sitemap to use (so it seems it can connect to my system and fetch the list of sitemaps) but then it just loads forever. Tried both http and https and also fiddled with encryption settings (I have “real” letsencrypt tls certificates). Ticked “Show debug messages” but I don’t know where the messages are displayed? My server is running 2.2.0 stable. In front of it I have an Apache for authentication purposes. Oh, just to be clear. This is on the 2.0.19-beta version of the app. ---
**Author:** ![fmrenan](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/fmrenan/32/34584_2.png) [@fmrenan](https://community.openhab.org/u/fmrenan)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/android-app-beta/41382/3 "2018-03-08T14:14:52Z")
There are two apk files: openhab-android-foss.apk and openhab-android.apk. Which file should I install? ---
**Author:** ![DanielMalmgren](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/danielmalmgren/32/6783_2.png) [@DanielMalmgren](https://community.openhab.org/u/DanielMalmgren)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/android-app-beta/41382/4 "2018-03-08T15:34:35Z")
My asumption was thet the foss one is for hardcore open source folks and that the other one therefore contains something that is useful but that’s not open source. So I used the one without foss. But I’m just speculating, and since it didn’t work for me, maybe you should try the other one 😉 ---
**Author:** ![halloween](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/halloween/32/7493_2.png) [@halloween](https://community.openhab.org/u/halloween)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/android-app-beta/41382/5 "2018-03-08T15:49:53Z")
Can i keep the stable habdroid installed and install the beta too? ---
**Author:** ![mueller-ma](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/mueller-ma/32/12448_2.png) [@mueller-ma](https://community.openhab.org/u/mueller-ma)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/android-app-beta/41382/6 "2018-03-08T16:03:37Z")
openhab-android.apk is the apk which is distrubuted via play store and contains automatic crash reporting and libaries to receive push messages. Both are closed source and removed in the -foss (Free open source software) apk. ---
**Author:** ![mueller-ma](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/mueller-ma/32/12448_2.png) [@mueller-ma](https://community.openhab.org/u/mueller-ma)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/android-app-beta/41382/7 "2018-03-08T16:04:44Z")
That’s currently not possible, but something I want to look into in the future. ---
**Author:** ![halloween](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/halloween/32/7493_2.png) [@halloween](https://community.openhab.org/u/halloween)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/android-app-beta/41382/8 "2018-03-08T16:06:53Z")
And what about installing the foss version? Will this keep my stable habdroid install? ---
**Author:** ![5iver](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/5iver/32/21201_2.png) [@5iver](https://community.openhab.org/u/5iver)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/android-app-beta/41382/9 "2018-03-08T16:11:29Z")
Would it be possible to add this as a beta in the Play Store? It would save a lot of time, and be much easier to test subsequent beta updates. ---
**Author:** ![mueller-ma](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/mueller-ma/32/12448_2.png) [@mueller-ma](https://community.openhab.org/u/mueller-ma)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/android-app-beta/41382/10 "2018-03-08T16:12:37Z")
If you have real certificates, you don’t need to enable “Ignore ssl cert” or “Ignore ssl hostname”. “Show debug messages” means that some error messages contain more information. Did you try to clear the app data via Android settings? ---
**Author:** ![mueller-ma](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/mueller-ma/32/12448_2.png) [@mueller-ma](https://community.openhab.org/u/mueller-ma)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/android-app-beta/41382/11 "2018-03-08T16:13:33Z")
No, both have the same package name, so they cannot be installed at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![mueller-ma](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/mueller-ma/32/12448_2.png) [@mueller-ma](https://community.openhab.org/u/mueller-ma)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/android-app-beta/41382/12 "2018-03-08T16:16:49Z")
There is a PR for automating beta releases in the play store, but don’t it needs to be tested, so don’t expect it happen soon: [Autobump version and push tag for fdroid by mueller-ma · Pull Request #705 · openhab/openhab-android · GitHub](https://github.com/openhab/openhab-android/pull/705) ---
**Author:** ![happenpappen](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/happenpappen/32/70736_2.png) [@happenpappen](https://community.openhab.org/u/happenpappen)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/android-app-beta/41382/13 "2018-03-08T16:45:22Z")
Installed the non-foss version on two devices (Galaxy S8 with Oreo and Galaxy Tab S2 with Nougat). On the tablet the app worked right on, on the S8 it loaded an old address for the openhab server in the local settings. After changing this, it worked as well. The app shows “2.0.0 - 08.02.2018 13:24:35” as version string. Shouldn’t this start with “2.0.19…”? Kind regards, Christoph ---
**Author:** ![mueller-ma](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/mueller-ma/32/12448_2.png) [@mueller-ma](https://community.openhab.org/u/mueller-ma)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/android-app-beta/41382/14 "2018-03-08T16:47:29Z")
> [@happenpappen](#): > > The app shows “2.0.0 - 08.02.2018 13:24:35” as version string. Shouldn’t this start with “2.0.19…”? [Autobump version and push tag for fdroid by mueller-ma · Pull Request #705 · openhab/openhab-android · GitHub](https://github.com/openhab/openhab-android/pull/705) auto bumps the version name, so it should display the correct one, when this PR is merged. ---
**Author:** ![DanielMalmgren](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/danielmalmgren/32/6783_2.png) [@DanielMalmgren](https://community.openhab.org/u/DanielMalmgren)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/android-app-beta/41382/15 "2018-03-08T17:32:10Z")
> [@mueller-ma](#): > > Did you try to clear the app data via Android settings? Nope. Did that now and after that it seems to work well. Found no more problems to report 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![michaeljoos](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/michaeljoos/32/108036_2.png) [@michaeljoos](https://community.openhab.org/u/michaeljoos)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/android-app-beta/41382/16 "2018-03-08T17:55:39Z")
@mueller-ma Thanks, just downloaded and installed the apk. looks good so far. I have one issue that was already there in the previous versions: I’m using this camera binding together with openHAB latest snapshot: [https://github.com/thhart/openhab2-addons/tree/master/addons/binding/org.openhab.binding.camera](https://github.com/thhart/openhab2-addons/tree/master/addons/binding/org.openhab.binding.camera) Every time I leave the camera page on the app I get this error: > **[Dropbox - Error - Simplify your life](https://www.dropbox.com/s/r9ry141qkzrelgj/error%20ipcam.log?dl=0)** This only happens in the App. Browsers are OK. The camera-binding is not yet an official binding in openHAB2. But maybe it’s now a good time to have a look into this? Thanks Michael ---
**Author:** ![mueller-ma](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/mueller-ma/32/12448_2.png) [@mueller-ma](https://community.openhab.org/u/mueller-ma)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/android-app-beta/41382/17 "2018-03-08T18:01:42Z")
@michaeljoos I think the best way to track this is to open an issue in [GitHub - openhab/openhab-android: openHAB client for Android](https://github.com/openhab/openhab-android) ---
**Author:** ![chriscolden](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/chriscolden/32/71507_2.png) [@chriscolden](https://community.openhab.org/u/chriscolden)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/android-app-beta/41382/18 "2018-03-08T18:11:54Z")
Uninstalled the play version and installed beta 19 on an S8. Working great no problems here to report. ---
**Author:** ![halloween](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/halloween/32/7493_2.png) [@halloween](https://community.openhab.org/u/halloween)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/android-app-beta/41382/19 "2018-03-08T18:49:21Z")
Will the new Playstore version automatically update this manually installed beta? ---
**Author:** ![mueller-ma](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/mueller-ma/32/12448_2.png) [@mueller-ma](https://community.openhab.org/u/mueller-ma)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/android-app-beta/41382/20 "2018-03-08T21:17:56Z")
Both are signed with the same certificate, so an update should be possible. [Next page](https://community.openhab.org/t/android-app-beta/41382.md?page=2)