cyb3rko / logviewer-for-openhab-app

Simplified mobile access to the log of openHAB running frontail

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logviewer-for-openhab-app's Issues

Improve Auto Scroll feature

Currently the log is jumping multiple times per second to the bottom if Auto Scroll is activated.
Deactivating the ability to scroll if Auto Scroll is activated could solve this problem.

About page with some errors

The Instagram redirection doesn't work. If you click it nothing happens. It's the same for the YouTube redirection.

Portrait orientation layout

I was wondering if you are planning a horizontal version of the app. I think this would be a great addition however getting long log messages on a horizontal view might be hard.

I think even the original log viewer on Android looks quite okay... Maybe this could be improved upon

Implement dark theme for menu (for using dark frontail theme)

There is the option to change the frontail theme to dark (see here), so the option to also make the LogViewer menu dark would be nice.

Btw, the dark frontail log looks like this:

App force closing on restart

Describe the bug
When is installed new Version (Clean Install) I set the necessary IP. port is Normal 9001. When I check connection its Ok. But then when ot tries to get into "normal" mode the app is force closing.

With 1.2.3 no issues.

Have to say I appreciate your work and effort nevertheless.

Smartphone:

• Device: [Pixel 4]
• OS: [Android 10]
• App Version [1.2.4]

Icon Descriptions are missing

Version 2.0.0-beta1

Tutorial on how to change appearance of log

Describe the solution you'd like
Implement / Link tutorial on how to change appearance of log.

Buttons not centered

Version 2.0.0-beta1

start page: connect and edit button are not centered horizontally

Wrong initial auto update settings value shown

Describe the bug
The settings entry for auto update shows wrong initial value when auto update gets disabled in AppIntro.

Beta version not recognized as newest version

Describe the bug
The auto update feature does not recognize that a beta version is newer than a stable version.

Screenshots

Center Buttons in the Log Viewer mode

Version 2.0.0-beta1

I'd suggest do center the the "view lock" and "text size" button vertically so the space in between them is in the center of the screen on the y-axis.
Or maybe remove the back button and move one of the other two buttons to the left.

Simplify port selection

You could take the default value "9001" for the port if the user doesn't enter anything.
This would make the usage of the app easier if you didn't change the standard port.

Change website dimensions (in layout)

If you use the app on smartphones the orange bar at the top is too wide.
Maybe there is a possibility to change the dimensions of the different elements on the logview.

Fix weird button corners on webview

As I experienced this weird bug only appears on larger screens like on my tablet.

Give example for hostname

I'd suggest to add an example for a hostname before the suggestion for an IP (192.168.178.10)
like e.g. openhab or 192.168.178.10

Auto enable checking for updates

Version 2.0.0-beta1

I'd suggest to set the automatic check for updates to enabled on first setup. This way it is the recommended way and the user can change it if he wants so. Furthermore the users are always up-to-date

Multiple Text sizes

I'd love it if there was a text size for portrait mode which would get saved and one for landscape mode. So the text could have different sized depending on the rotation for optimal reading possibility. This variable should get saved. When I now change the text size and switch the rotation the text size gets set to the default 60

Remove first back arrow

Describe the bug

On the first screen when the app starts there is an unnecessary back arrow on the bottom on the left that does nothing. The arrow should only be visible starting at the second screen

Smartphone (please complete the following information):

• Device: OnePlus 7T Pro
• OS: Android 11
• App Version: 2.0.2

Add error message when the host cant be reached

Make the screen look nice, when the host cant be reached:

First: check wifi
example screenshot from openhab app

Second: ping ip/hostname to determine if host is unreachable or there is just an error with frontail
Then: Show error message depending on the problem

Improve "back button" to not hide parts of log

I will try to find a solution for the currently not optimal position of the back button because it hides part of the code.
Maybe a complete new approach will be better, we will see...