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Implement relative volume adjustments for the command_volume_level
notification command
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Implement relative volume adjustments for the command_volume_level
notification command
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@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ class MessagingManager @Inject constructor( | |||
const val HIGH_ACCURACY_UPDATE_INTERVAL = "high_accuracy_update_interval" | |||
const val PACKAGE_NAME = "package_name" | |||
const val CONFIRMATION = "confirmation" | |||
const val RELATIVE_VOLUME = "relative_volume" |
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Which parameter name do you think is the best?
relative_volume
relative
adjust
delta
What is the use case behind this change? I thought that relative was part of |
Sorry, I forgot to write down the most important part in the description 😅 I extended the Summary section, please take a look.
No,
No, I didn't base my implementation on another integration, I just went after my intuition when making these changes. But I'm not exactly sure what you meant with this 😄 |
ok it does make more sense but I am honestly still not sure how many other users would find it useful and if a more generic approach to the issue is better to consider. Do you think a better fix would be to just update the sensors anytime we get this command called? That would solve your issue of not having an immediate update after the command was received as mentioned in point 4. |
I have to admit that I have another PR prepared that can provide an alternative and more general "solution". It will make the volume sensors update instantly by subscribing to a broadcast Intent sent by the Android system. (Here's the code, I just need to test it on Wear OS before opening a PR. This will certainly make the UX better in my use case because the automation doesn't have to send a However, I can imagine other users also wanting to set up automations to control media playback on their Android devices, including +/- volume control, and in that case, they'll run into the same limitation as me, and their +/- volume control can never be 100% reliable. |
I think updating the volume sensors immediately will be greatly appreciated by all users who use those sensors :) in all honesty I would've added that when the sensors were added but I missed this intent when adding them 😅 |
Hey @marazmarci did you still want to add this feature? I know we added instant updates in a different PR but given we just accepted another relative PR this one may still have some value? |
Summary
This PR enhances the
command_volume_level
notification command to support both absolute and relative volume adjustments. Introducing a boolean parameter,relative_volume
, allows users to specify whether the provided value is an absolute volume level or a relative adjustment to the current volume. Omitting or setting the parameter tofalse
preserves the original absolute volume behavior.The motivation behind these changes is to make changing the volume as responsible as possible. When I tried to set up an automation for a Zigbee music controller remote to control music playback on an Android device through HA using notification commands, I encountered some difficulties: the volume sensors don't update instantly, so if I wanted to handle multiple successive volume change actions from the remote, these steps were required in the automation:
command_volume_level
notification command with the new absolute volumecommand_update_sensors
notification command, so a potential successive volume change can be handled with the same steps.And the last step made it pretty slow. It can be much faster if the automation doesn't have to wait for the volume sensor to be updated.
This is how the YAML of a service call using this functionality looks like:
Link to pull request in Documentation repository
Documentation: home-assistant/companion.home-assistant#