Playback sensor improvement

v.2.0.0-beta.4

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Fix playback and power cycle issue

1. Fix playback not triggered. Issue: #80
2. Fix power cycle causing sleep/awake status not updated.

Rewrite all ADB logic

No new features, just rewrite all logic from ground up to clean up previous messy logic. Feel free to test and submit issue.

What's Changed

• correct command to display version by @cokert in #77
• Bump minimist from 1.2.5 to 1.2.6 by @dependabot in #78

New Contributors

• @cokert made their first contribution in #77
• @dependabot made their first contribution in #78

Full Changelog: v.2.0.0-beta.1...v.2.0.0-beta.2

(Almost) Complete rewrite plugin code

Main features:

1. Rewrite main logic for detecting if accessory is On or Off to be more aware.
2. You can now configure every buttons in control center remote, power on/off, and volume buttons with either multiple Key Codes or Custom Shell Scripts.
3. Plugin will now create HomeKit accessory even when accessory is not detected.
4. Plugin will now sending less ADB commands but with faster* result.

Nice to know:

1. Default ADB Timeout and Polling Interval are adjusted with the best* configurations.
2. Fixing typo of node.js version in previous release 👀.
3. Plugins will now send On key code until accessory is On.
4. If you turn on More Debug, homebridge log will display more informative logs.

• Some android devices will have slower response, please make sure to configure ADB Timeout and Polling Interval accordingly

Improvement in power script and bug fixing

Some improvement:

1. Support WOL for turning on device
2. Improvement in how plugin connect to device
3. Timeout when running ADB command to prevent stalling.
4. Power ON/OFF using shell script.
5. Bug fixing where adb shell command in Input not executed.
6. Option to set path for ADB executable file
7. Various bug fixing

Side note:

1. Some android devices will have slower response, please make sure to configure ADB Timeout and Polling Interval accordingly.

Delay in playback sensor

1. Add delay option in playback sensor.
2. A better solution for issue #66, current app not detected in some device.

Better current app detection Latest Latest

Plugins will automatically choose between 2 dumpsys commands. Possible fix for issue #66

New adb command to detect current app on screen

• Possible fix for issue #66, a new adb dumpsys command to detect current app on the screen.

Bug fixing

• Possible solution for bug #49, for power are not properly sync with HDMI CEC. Also there's new option to use different keycodes.
• Another solution for issue #46 for playback sensor. Plugins still can't properly detect all playback from every applications.
• Solution for bug #51, regarding how the plugin will crash if there's no input. And now you can make the input completely disappear in your Home App.

Playback sensor, more options, and ADB command

• Initial support playback for FireTV #46 and #36
• More options to show/hide number, home input, and other input in Home App.
• Proper support for ADB command as suggested #45