Android Notifications Binding with support for TV Overlay [5.0.0;5.9.9]

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This binding is now in an advanced beta state for the TvOverlay app, and can be used to send RTSP video urls directly from your camera onto your TV with <1 second lag. Images/Graphs and text messages are also possible and also work in all areas of the TV. Even when you’re watching Youtube or Netflix, you can get small notifications overlay-ed on the screen, plus much more.

Text notifications now work for the following apps Notifications for Android TV and Notifications for Fire TV.

Video showing what the TvOverlay app can do with this binding.

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Installation

  • upgrade to openhab 4.1 I believe it will not work on older cores so 4.0 will not work.

  • Setup the app of your choice first, only once it is setup, will the binding discover and add a thing to your inbox. How to setup the app, please see their github page linked below. You do NOT need MQTT.

  • The binding will need to have openHAB restarted after the jar is installed for the actions to be use-able. The discovery also probably will not work until after a restart is made.

  • If you have trouble with dependencies, the easiest fix will be to either install the ipCamera or Tellstick binding to provide the Netty Libraries. Once the binding is merged this will not be an issue.

  • Once you have the app setup on the TV, use the sendTestMessage channel to display a message for checking that you have it all setup correctly. Then move onto using the Actions that are explained in the readme file at my own github page. Github is linked below with examples of how to use the bindings ACTIONS in DSL rules.

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Github on how to setup and use the TvOverlay app.

Where to download the app from the Google Play Store:

Changelog

Version 0.6

  • online and offline detection
  • resend messages when TV comes back online.

Version 0.5

  • Added support for multiple base64 methods for TvOverlay API, see readme for details and examples.
  • Above support now means you can supply any icon or graphic you wish to use not just MDI icons.
  • Base64 download: support means the binding can download the camera snapshot which reduces lag so people running do not leave the cameras view before the TV can display the pic.

Version 0.4

  • New channel pixelShift
  • Fixed Notifications ACTION added
  • BREAKING CHANGE, messageID is now a String and not an int, just need to surround in quotes like the updated readme shows.

Version 0.3

  • Images get updated instead of the TV using cache stopping updates from showing.
  • Actions now have a boolean true/false so your rules know if the notification was successful.
  • Discovery should work for Andriod TV, Sheild TV and Fire TV and look for any supported apps running.

Version 0.2

Version 0.1

  • Videos, Images and Text messages can be sent to your TV via TvOverlay app.
  • Discovery is working, please provide feedback if it does or does not find your TV.
  • No support for updating the controls in openHAB if you make changes in the app.
  • No online and offline detection added yet. now supported
  • No support yet for the fixed style notifications. Now supported

Resources

http://pcmus.com/openhab/AndroidNotificationsBinding/org.openhab.binding.androidnotifications-5.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar

Source Code and readme are both found at my github here:

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