Android App

[loneranger1982]

HI everyone,

Got to say I absolutely love frigate and having been using it for several months now,

I have created a Android app to work along side the web version, Not sure if this is something the community is interested in or have a use, i am looking for a few beta testers to test the app out.

The app is still in very early stages but happy to hear some feedback or criticism.

[Minglarn]

Holy Bananas... This is what my wifey would love!
Please add me to beta testing..

[NickM-27]

That's funny, I recently started working on something similar: https://github.com/NickM-27/Frigate-Android

Yours seems farther along so perhaps I could help contribute.

[pjfian]

Add me to the list too please.

[loneranger1982]

just setting up on google play store will invite all once setup

[loneranger1982]

need email address to add people to the closed testing group.

[Firerouge]

Why not opensource and release apk here on github?

[loneranger1982]

not ready to release yet still testing want to ensure it will work on different devices and different frigate setups. Planning to release by end of March if I can get it fully tested by then.

[pcb1962]

happy to help with testing - [email protected]

[scooper1]

happy to test [email protected]

[gulo101]

Add me as tester please

[pcb1962]

Martin, shall we discuss feedback here or would you prefer email?
Very impressed so far 👍🏻

[loneranger1982]

Feature request ideas etc happy to discuss here bugs an errors if you can email as don't want to overload this discussion. Hope @blakeblackshear don't mind this discussion on here

[Minglarn]

Cool, how far have you come with the app, do you want my email so you can make some invites?

[loneranger1982]

Give me your email happy to give you an invite more testers the better,
App is almost at release state some tidying up and error checking before release, have some ideas for more function at future releases but for now can view camera feeds and see events and clips.

[Minglarn]

Great!
e-mail: minglarn at gmail.com

[gulo101]

Hi Can you add me to testing too? gulo101 gmail.com Thanks

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[Minglarn]

Okey, been testing briefly.. Been working like a horse :)
Anyway...
There are some "must-have"...

1. Ability to use WAN instead of LAN address. I'm using my frigate instance with my own domain protected with ngnix password.
2. Settings to go directly to EVENTS for all cams whenever you open the app.
3. Own GitHub, where ideas and bug reports are easy to follow and report.

Ideas:

1. Allowing the grid size eg 3 cams in a row.
2. Event list per object type, not only per event. Like: "animal", "person", "car" etc.
3. Ability to open the app from HA companion app. Example: Whenever I get a notification I would like to open the recording in FrigateCctv app.
4. Notifications directly sent to FrigateCCTV app? Dont know if this is possible but would be a GREAT thing to have!
5. Update snapshots every 30sec? Adjustable from settings menu would be a nice thing.

More ideas are on my list. Great job btw.. 👍
Looking forward to the next version.

[loneranger1982]

Email will be fine Get Outlook for Android

[scho0ck]

Would love to test the app as well

[loneranger1982]

Hi all, I have released this on google play store today, please check out ant enjoy. I plan to add some of the features requested by the end of march if there is anything else people want added please let me know link below for android, apple to follow shortly
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shenobis.frigatecctv

[Minglarn]

Nice work! Keep it coming...
Hope i'll contribute in some way. .. Just tell me how. :)

[PrplHaz4]

Hi all, I have released this on google play store today, please check out ant enjoy. I plan to add some of the features requested by the end of march if there is anything else people want added please let me know link below for android, apple to follow shortly https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shenobis.frigatecctv

It feels like this listing does not do enough to distance itself from the "official" Frigate and Frigate+ brand. Being closed source it also does not really seem aligned closely enough to the Frigate open source project to be using the brand directly.

Other apps I've seen adopt completely different naming and/or state that it is not affiliated in the description.

Frigate Viewer - unofficial app for viewing cameras on your Frigate NVR instance

[loneranger1982]

Hi all, I have released this on google play store today, please check out ant enjoy. I plan to add some of the features requested by the end of march if there is anything else people want added please let me know link below for android, apple to follow shortly https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shenobis.frigatecctv

It feels like this listing does not do enough to distance itself from the "official" Frigate and Frigate+ brand. Being closed source it also does not really seem aligned closely enough to the Frigate open source project to be using the brand directly.

Other apps I've seen adopt completely different naming and/or state that it is not affiliated in the description.

Frigate Viewer - unofficial app for viewing cameras on your Frigate NVR instance

Hi
You are correct I should clearly state this is an unofficial app and will do this on the app page. I am not trying to take away from the hard work the community has put into this project

[gulo101]

Hi I just installed it (updated the testing version) and it keeps crashing, it wont even open. I did try to reinstall from scratch and cleared data/cache. Then the app opened, however after I entered my server IP it crashed again and won't open again. I sent crash report thanks

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[loneranger1982]

OK will look at this not sure why it has crashed as nothing has changed from testing. Will look at the crash report see what's going on thanks for the feedback

[loneranger1982]

@gulo101 update has been approved, this should fix your issue

[gulo101]

Ok it's opening now. However I can only see one camera now without paying? I have no problem buying the app (thanks Google Opinion rewards!) , but I feel like little more testing/ features would be nice before having to buy. Thanks!

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[pcb1962]

Same for me, not crashing after the update. I'll be happy to buy it when I can give it the public URL (and user/pass) of my frigate instance - ie https://frigate.mydomain.net (I reverse proxy frigate via nginx) - is this in the plans? I don't need the app at home, I have plenty of other ways to view the cameras at home already but this app would be very useful away from home. Thanks, Peter

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On Tue, 1 Mar 2022 at 23:50, gulo101 ***@***.***> wrote: Ok it's opening now. However I can only see one camera now without paying? I have no problem buying the app (thanks Google Opinion rewards!) , but I feel like little more testing/ features would be nice before having to buy. Thanks! On Tue, Mar 1, 2022, 14:48 loneranger1982 ***@***.***> wrote: > @gulo101 <https://github.com/gulo101> update has been approved, this > should fix your issue > > — > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > < #2788 (reply in thread) >, > or unsubscribe > < https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACX7KHMAHKQGB4XFOPBBXQTU52GCBANCNFSM5OBZS7TA > > . > Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS > < https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1477376905?ct=notification-email&mt=8&pt=524675 > > or Android > < https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.android&referrer=utm_campaign%3Dnotification-email%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dgithub >. > > You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: > ***@***.*** > com> > — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#2788 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABIEDDAJTHP6AT4X6VX6JR3U52UKTANCNFSM5OBZS7TA> . Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS <https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1477376905?ct=notification-email&mt=8&pt=524675> or Android <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.android&referrer=utm_campaign%3Dnotification-email%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dgithub>. You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.*** com>

[loneranger1982]

Hi,
Will make this a feature request which I should be able to get sorted quickly, will probably send you a update on the test stream later this week. I am planning loads of new features over the coming months. I am also planning to donate some of the revenue to this project to support the great work blakeblackshear is doing.

[loneranger1982]

i have pushed an update to the testing group you should see this now link below if needed

https://play.google.com/apps/internaltest/4698765315468366664

[pcb1962]

Hi, I've given that some testing.
If I disable http Auth on the proxy it works, but only if I connect initially on port 80, then nginx sends you a 301 response with the https address and you reconnect on port 443. If I enter port 443 in the app config it doesn't connect, returning you HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request (The plain HTTP request was sent to HTTPS port). It doesn't allow me to enter the frigate address as https://frigate.mydomain.net so that the initial connection can be made with encryption.
So that works for me (without Auth), because the app connects first on port 80 and allows nginx to force the redirection, but not everyone would have that redirection set up and may require to hit port 443 with an https connection from the outset.
However the Auth isn't working, I think because you're sending the auth data on the initial connection to port 80, where it's ignored, and not after the redirection to port 443.
Hope that makes some sense, this isn't really a field in which I have much expertise!
In general I really like the app, it's very fast and responsive and I really like being able to scroll through a whole day of events, unlike the HA app where I can only see the past few hours of events without further narrowing things down. Will be happy to buy it, an absolute bargain at the price you have set, if you can sort out the https auth thing.

[loneranger1982]

another update pushed to testing couple more features add which I have been working on should be be fully working now, you will need to allow port 1935 in your firewall to see livestreams

[Minglarn]

Ehhh? Just updated the app, and now there is only ONE cam and option to upgrade to PRO for 3 bucks..
Did I miss something?

[gulo101]

Thanks, can you check formatting?

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On Tue, Apr 5, 2022, 12:57 loneranger1982 ***@***.***> wrote: More improvements made, fixed a few issues as well as adding new features, you can now drag down to refresh. There is also a page to show you the HDD space used. Is there any other must have features people would like to see in this app. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#2788 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACX7KHJEPMF3SUZVNENDXXTVDSEKRANCNFSM5OBZS7TA> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.*** com>

[loneranger1982]

Evening all,
looking for some feedback I have currently been looking into notifications and currently the only was i can see this working is if i host the MQTT server or bridge the events to my hosted MQTT server. I have the testing app setup to send notifications with a bridge MQTT server this would require the end user to add a few lines of config to the Mosquitto MQTT broker to forward events to my server to then allow notifications.

Would people be happy to change the config for notifications?

Any better ideas?

iI should have the next release with notifications available by the end of may and for the PRO users at the beginning of May

Many Thanks

[camnop]

Please, make this work on Android TV!! Would be fantastic!!

[loneranger1982]

Once i have figured out the notifications will definitely get this working on Android TV

[snickers2k]

+1 for androidTV
i dream for years of a picture-in-picture window that pops up as soon as someone shows up on the camera's

[Buster14]

Hi, any chance to implement timeline?

#2830

Big names like milestone xprotect have this feature, and I'm keeping a windows VM just for this feature.
Would be great if frigate can do this on android, most non tech savvy people (my wife, parents) relies on android for cctv footage. And they prefer timeline over event based GUI like blue iris.
Thanks

[mdezzi]

Hi, just installed this app and i am trying to get it connected to Frigate installation. I have Frigate reverse proxied and sitting behind an Authelia 2FA SSO login. After i entered my server address (https://frigate.domain.tld) the app force closes each time i update it.

I assume the 2FA login is causing the app to crash. I disabled authelia and was able to log in, then re-enabled authelia. This should keep me active for 30 days until i have to do it again. It would be nice to catch that error and open the page in a web browser to allow to enter the 2FA.

Edit: i take that back, once Authelia restarted and enabled the 2FA again the app crashes upon startup consistently.

[loneranger1982]

Thank you for highlighting the issue will investigate and try to catch the error and apply the 2fa.I don't know aithelia very well is there any options to add an exception to allow the app without?Get Outlook for Android

[mdezzi]

I'm not sure, but there appears to be a lot of discussion around the HA companion app and trying to get through Authelia 2FA as well: home-assistant/android#1438

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On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 3:19 PM loneranger1982 ***@***.***> wrote: Thank you for highlighting the issue will investigate and try to catch the error and apply the 2fa.I don't know aithelia very well is there any options to add an exception to allow the app without?Get Outlook for Android — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#2788 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AMONUPFO3BCSBH3AQQASZ4TWDWRCZANCNFSM5OBZS7TA> . You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.*** com>

[guerrilladynamicsinc]

Please sign me up as a tester

[papka1974]

Installed app. Configured Nginx reverse proxy with https, added auth. Opened port on router. Checked that could connect and view interface from outside. Set all parameters within app and getting "Connection error: socket timeout.". Same moment everything working from web. What i'm doing wrong?

[n8091977]

I am struggling with one camera out of 5, I can not get live stream working via the app. All works ok via Home Assistant app. Is there a way to debug / look at logs for the app itself as the server side seems ok. I do get sound on live stream, just no video (its a doorbell camera). I can view events and recorded video for all cameras without issue.

[k-brok]

Hi, I like frigate a lot and wanted to use the app. Willing to pay for the pro version with my opinion reward. However apparently i'm not able to do so. You know why?

[Alby247]

Installed app, connected to my frigate server via nginx proxy and ssl. I can see the events for my camera, but no live view, and no video of the events (just the thumbnails). Juts get a black screen, no error messages. Cameras are all working fine on PC via web browser and nginx proxy.

Is there an error log somewhere?

Happy to pay for the app if it works.

Motorola MotoG 82 5G with all latest updates.

[pcb1962]

I found the same, couldn't get it working via my nginx https proxy, only when connected directly to the frigate host.

[MRobi1]

Would love to try this out, but play store won't let me install as it says it's for an older version of Android.

[Systemedic]

Is this still active? If yes can I be included in the test?

[dnestico]

Would love to be included too! Thanks

[KickingAss2024]

Well is this becoming Open source?