Homey Dashboard without Homey app ? (possible?)

[JonE]

hi there, I have a very old Android tablet (android 5) collecting dust and I’d like to use it as a Homey dashboard (mainly to check the dynamic electricty prices and some other very light stuff.

Installing the homey app isn’t possible since it requires Android 7+.

But using the Homey web-app seems not to be possible either, since it doesn’t have the ‘dashboards’ feature available. Is there any one who has an idea on how to make this work?

[Paul_H]

Two options that spring to mind, and by no means are your only options. Someone may have another option for you

Search the apps store for ‘dashboards’
Theres a few that would help you out in creating something of your own from scratch
for example, ‘Dashboard Studio’ effectively makes your homey instance a web server that you can browse in a web browser that displays your dashboard

Alternatively, push your metrics out to an influxdb instance and then use another tool called Grafana to create a web based dashboard

both options perhaps need a bit of tinkering, but definitely possible

[smarthomesven]

There is HDashboards, though that requires a subscription

[Niklas70]

Maybe my webapp could work for you, read more here:
(However, you cannot use the apps that can be run inside the Homey app, but you can still get a long way with my built-in features, and it runs in the webbrowser)

[WEBAPP][Pro] StartPanelApp – Combined start page and a Homey dashboard directly in the browser

[StartPanelScreenshot] I created a start page for my browser where I could collect the links and widgets I use daily. After a while I thought it would also be useful to integrate support for Homey Pro, and the project gradually grew into a combined start page and Homey dashboard that runs directly in the browser. It can be used directly from GitHub (or hosted locally on your own server). Maybe others might find it useful as well. Features: Works directly in your web browser, making it easy…

[Andi]

Try my app: Shelly Wall Display Dashboard | Homey

[JonE]

Does it work on any. Android tablet as well, @Andi ?

[Andi]

In any Browser in the same home network, yes.

[JonE]

hi @Andi, hats off for your app, it really looks clean and nice. Definitely one of the better dashboards, in simplicity to configure it and look at it visually.

However, a few questions:

• I have added the page on my tablet’s Chrome browser to home screen (to mimic it as an ‘app’). Normally when I do this, I can then click on it and it opens without the address bar. But in this case, it keeps showing the address bar. Is there something in the page source code (manifest file e.g.) to make the address bar disappear so it really looks like a native web app?
• quite a few device tiles don’t seem to work. E.g. I have a nuki door lock. When clicking the tile it doesn’t do anything, also longpressing doesn’t trigger it. Unlike lights, that have a toggle/switch which works. Clicking the same Nuki device tile in the Homey lets me control the lock.

• one of the main reasons for needing such a dashboard is to see my energy app, the dynamic prices. The ‘SlimLaden’ app (https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-slimladen-voor-thuisbatterij-marstek-sessy-homewizard-indevolt-victron-alphaess-en-nexus-zonneplan/) has a widget showing the charging strategy and the dynamic electricty prices throughout the day. Is there a way to show these widgets in your dashboard too?

[Andi]

Nuki is implemented in the next version:

For the other request it would be great if you could open an issue as this looks difficult to implement: Issues · andiwirz/com.walldisplay.dashboard

[JonE]

Cool!

I have added them both to the Github page! thanks so much!