Notifications for Android TV / Fire TV
Notification integration for Notifications for Android TV
The notifications are in the global scope of your Android TV device. They will be displayed regardless of which application is running.
When setting this up be aware, that there are two apps: one for your smartphone to send notifications (not required for this platform) and one for your Android TV device to receive the notifications. The app available in the store of your Android TV device is the one that is needed to display notifications sent from Home Assistant. The In-App purchases only apply to the client for Android smartphones, so there isn’t any limit when pushing notifications from Home Assistant.
Configuration
To add the Notifications for Android TV / Fire TV service to your Home Assistant instance, use this My button:
If the above My button doesn’t work, you can also perform the following steps manually:
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Browse to your Home Assistant instance.
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In the bottom right corner, select the
Add Integration button. -
From the list, select Notifications for Android TV / Fire TV.
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Follow the instructions on screen to complete the setup.
Actions
The following options can be specified inside the data field for the notify action:
Action notify.[name_of_your_tv]
This is a fully customized YAML you can use inside data to test how the final notification will look like (for using this inside an action look at the example at the end of this page):
fontsize: "large"
position: "center"
duration: 2
transparency: "0%"
color: "red"
interrupt: 1
Action data for sending images and icons
| Data attribute | Optional | Description |
|---|---|---|
image |
yes | Groups the attributes for image upload. It can take a url or path. It is optional unless you use authentication options. Then, either url or path has to be provided. |
icon |
yes | Groups the attributes for icon upload. It can take a url or path. It is optional unless you use authentication options. Then, either url or path has to be provided. |
path |
yes | Local path of an image file. Is placed inside image, icon, or both. |
url |
yes | URL of an image file. Is placed inside image, icon or both. |
username |
yes | Username if the URL requires authentication. Is placed inside image, icon or both`. |
password |
yes | Password if the URL requires authentication. Is placed inside image, icon or both. |
auth |
yes | If set to digest HTTP-Digest-Authentication is used. If missing, HTTP-BASIC-Authentication is used and is placed inside image, icon or both. |
Example action data for both image and icons:
# If your urls do not require extra authentication
icon: "http://[url to image file]"
image: "http://[url to image file]"
# Paths in most cases
icon: "/you/path/location"
image: "/you/path/location"
# Or alternatively
icon:
path: "/you/path/location"
image:
path: "/you/path/location"
# If your urls require extra authentication
image:
url: "http://[url to image file]"
username: "optional user, if necessary" # Optional
password: "optional password, if necessary" # Optional
auth: "digest" # Optional
icon:
url: "http://[url to image file]"
username: "optional user, if necessary" # Optional
password: "optional password, if necessary" # Optional
auth: "digest" # Optional
Example of an automation with an action, full configuration:
action: notify.living_room_tv
data:
title: "Thanks for the water!"
message: "Nigel is {{ states('sensor.nigel_moisture') }}% moisture"
data:
duration: 4
position: "bottom-left"
fontsize: "medium"
transparency: "75%"
color: "teal"
interrupt: 0
Please note that path is validated against the allowlist_external_dirs in the configuration.yamlThe configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI. [Learn more].