Make overlay animation "soft" configurable

[luebbe]

Feature Request

I really like the snowfall overlay animation that has been added in 0.92 and I'm a bit sad to see that it is opt in now in 0.93 ;-) Instead of making this a "hard" configuration via .json, how about making it a "soft" configuration via MQTT/HTTP api?

This would allow the user to turn the animation on or off and more animations could be added over time. Like:

• off
• snow (falls vertically, as it is now)
• snowstorm (falls almost diagonally and maybe more and faster)
• rain (like snow but faster blue drops and maybe more)
• rainstorm (like rain but almost diagonally)
• thunderstorm (like rain/rainstorm but with occasional flashes)

just venting ideas here. The user could connect to his preferred weather service and set the animation accordingly.

Happy new year everybody

[MGKQB]

Imho an option in the smartphone app would be a nice solution. Doesn't require resources on the AWTRIX, easy to use and encourages people to buy it 😉

[golles]

I think it was a good decision to make it opt-in instead of opt-out, but I wonder if the snow effect couldn't be added as a real effect? In that case, it can be used as a background in apps or notifications through the API

[Blueforcer]

Imho an option in the smartphone app would be a nice solution. Doesn't require resources on the AWTRIX, easy to use and encourages people to buy it 😉

It would require the same resources, because the App only communicates with the official API wich needs to be developed in any way.

[Blueforcer]

@luebbe I also had a similar idea, but the question is if this overlay still needs to be in the foreground. When a thunderstorm is running, I imagine that you can barely see the actual content of the apps.

[luebbe]

I'd imagine the thunderstorm being mostly rain with the occasional random flash every 10-15 seconds. But maybe raindrops are already too distracting. The snowfall now ist just perfect 👌