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homieiot / homie-esp8266

💡 ESP8266 framework for Homie, a lightweight MQTT convention for the IoT
http://homieiot.github.io/homie-esp8266
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Configurator, better use IP than `homie.local` ? #25

Closed enavarro222 closed 8 years ago

enavarro222 commented 8 years ago

I just test the configuration app (both as a webpage/or "native" app) with a pretty old android phone. It didn't work :( I guess there is a issue "homie.local" with mdns resolution...

Anyway, in the configuration tool it may be preferable to use the default ip ?

I have to fix my phone screen before to test on a more recent android device :/

marvinroger commented 8 years ago

The configuration app makes use of the fetch API, which is only available in Android WebView >= 42. Don't you have a Play Store update for the Android System WebView or something?

Anyway, there is no mdns resolution, it is normal dns (dns server built in the configuration mode), so this is not the issue. A solution to this would be to use a more recent web runtime, like Crosswalk, but the app will take much more space.

enavarro222 commented 8 years ago

Ok thanks ! So update in progress...

marvinroger commented 8 years ago

When you say update in progress, do you mean the Android System WebView update? Does it work?

If I embed the Web runtime, the apk will be 20MB instead of only 1MB... But if it's needed, why not, after all.

enavarro222 commented 8 years ago

Here is a more informative report. I'm not familiar with android "internals".

I test with two phones.

One run android 4.1.1. I can't find any "Android System WebView" in application list. Only a "visionneuse HTML" (in french) in version 4.1.1. Here the app doesn't work. No error msg. It just get stuck in "Waiting for the device..." screen. Same when tested from android navigator. However it works with Chrome v48 (didn't test yet with FF).

Then a second phone android 5.1.1 (Cyanogen) with "Android System WebView" version 39. Same issue than above. Here I test with FF and it works (v 41.0.2).

So yes clearly it needs a recent Android WebView (as you say >= 42). At least it could be nice to have a version checking during install...

marvinroger commented 8 years ago

Could you please test with the latest APK? It's 20 MB but I can't do otherwise.

enavarro222 commented 8 years ago

It works ! nice :) (and the page layout is ok, it was not in the 1st version)

So now the only problem may be with some browser...

marvinroger commented 8 years ago

About the layout, this is because of flex.

Most people are using modern browsers, so it should not be a problem. Especially devs!

enavarro222 commented 8 years ago

For sure. So I close the issue for now. Thanks again !