# Custom capabilities on device tile?

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/custom-capabilities-on-device-tile/48529>\
**Category:** Developers\
**Created:** [June 18, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/custom-capabilities-on-device-tile/48529 "2021-06-18T04:58:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![RonnyW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ronnyw/32/10879_2.png) [@RonnyW](https://community.homey.app/u/RonnyW)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/custom-capabilities-on-device-tile/48529/1 "2021-06-18T04:58:58Z")

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Is it somehow possible since SDK3 to show a custom capability on the tile in Homey app? Perhaps with settings in capability JSON?  
Or is it still only possible for system capabilities?

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**Author:** ![Adrian\_Rockall](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/adrian_rockall/32/13209_2.png) [@Adrian\_Rockall](https://community.homey.app/u/Adrian_Rockall)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 9:02am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/custom-capabilities-on-device-tile/48529/2 "2021-06-19T09:02:46Z")

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It’s still not possible.

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**Author:** ![RonnyW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ronnyw/32/10879_2.png) [@RonnyW](https://community.homey.app/u/RonnyW)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/custom-capabilities-on-device-tile/48529/3 "2021-06-20T14:46:40Z")

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One more question regarding the capabilities.

Athoms documentation says the following:

> **[Capabilities](https://apps.developer.homey.app/the-basics/devices/capabilities)**
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> A capability is a programmatic representation of a device's state.

> Device Indicators and Custom Capabilities  
> The Homey web app and mobile app can display indicators next to the device icons. This gives users the ability to view a specific capability, such as a temperature value or battery status, at a glance. **Custom boolean and number capabilities can also be shown as indicators as device indicators**.

So it shoudl be possible to add custom capabilities to the tile? But how? Regarding this documentaion ist should be possible with all alarm\* and numeric values (measure\*/meter\*).

Another point:

I have several custom capabilities names meter\* and measure\*.  
I have a capability (system capability) names meter\_water.remaining\_capacity, which uses the default capability settings (Athoms name/unit/icon settings).  
None of them is displayed in the tile.  
I have a alarm\* capability in addition, which is shown on the tile if it’s true.  
Is this alarm\_capability preventing the others to show on the tile? Isn’t is possible to add a numeric capability to a tile and show the exclamation mark only if the alarm it true?

Does anyone has some code on github with tile capabilities where I could take a look at?

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**Author:** ![JPe4619](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jpe4619/32/9017_2.png) [@JPe4619](https://community.homey.app/u/JPe4619)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/custom-capabilities-on-device-tile/48529/4 "2021-06-20T17:38:46Z")

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Athom sure can answer your questions.  
[suport@athom.com](mailto:suport@athom.com)