The transfer of the app ownership is unrelated to starting from scratch to update to SDK3. I had already retrieved the code from the GitHub of version 3.0.5 and Maxmudjon now also send me version 3.0.8 through Telegram. So thanx to @Maxmudjon for that. The transfer of ownership to my (or any other developer that might step in) was needed to be able to publish any changes made to the app store.
But let me also be clear on my motives here and what you can and can not expect from me. I’m not doing this because I’m a nice guy (cause I’m not). I manage some other apps but still own a very old Homey Early 2016. I actually dont use Homey myself anymore as automation system. But I still like coding apps for Homey and some companies which apps I develop send me free devices to integrate which is a nice perk. It motivates me to spend quite a lot of my free time on these apps. This is how you treat the people that support developing your products on their free time, if you ask me. I asked Athom if they will be handing out Homey Pro 2023 devices to (certified) developers but they wont. They obviously dont know where their success depends on. Anyway, I still like to replace my Homey to keep developing the apps without having to spend €399,- on a device I wont be using myself. So I’m looking for other ways to fund this device through the people who actually benefit from it, and that is you, the end user. Athom could also have made the device €405,- and supplied free devices for developers which in my book would be a much better approach but as mentioned, they wont so I’m trying to get this done myself.
So what can you expect from me. I can upgrade my own code for the WiFi devices to a SDK3 app. This excludes the gateway with it’s Zigbee subdevices. I probably need some people to test this version as I dont have any Xiaomi devices myself anymore but it should be pretty straight forward. I already put a couple of hours into this and I think I’m at 20% now. I’m guessing the total effort for this is around 10 to 12 hours. The current bounty is €80 but I think that also holds donations that require me to migrate the gateway with it’s Zigbee devices. That’s at the least another 10 hours. So this comes down to about € 4,- for each hour of my free time I spend on this with the current bounty and not even close to the getting anywhere near a nice and shiny Homey Pro 2023 which I’m aiming for. I’m a realist though and I’d be surprised if that amount would actually be reached but I really need to see more donations then the current 4 donators to make this work. Did I already say I’m not a nice guy …
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Oh yeah, one last thing. If another developer is satisfied with the bounty and wants to pick this up I’m of course fine with that as well. I will transfer the app to that developer.
