Because my home is automated I don’t need my wall mounted iPad to control anything. So I decided to create an iPad app which you can use to display useful information at a glance. For example I push a message when it’s going to rain, my car starts charging according to low prices, charging finished etc.
At the photo I took you can see I pushed the current electrical price for the coming hour.
The app will spawn a http server where you can post the glances to. You will hear a whoosh should if there is a new glance. Also I’ve added a function call to light up the screen which I use when I approach the iPad.
Icon (limited set of icons)
- Icon Color
- Title
- Message
- Text Color
The messages are stacked, which means you can dismiss them by swiping them away.
Also at the bottom you can see the latest glances that were pushed. You can tap the icon to show the glance.
The particles in the background are animated and are adopted to the icon color.
I can roll this out for iOS and Android.
Anyone interested? Suggestions? Leave a comment.
