ESP RainMaker Android App

This is the official Android app for ESP RainMaker, an end-to-end solution offered by Espressif to enable remote control and monitoring for ESP32-S2 and ESP32 based products without any configuration required in the Cloud.

For more details :

• Please check the ESP RainMaker documentation here to get started.
• Try out this app in Play Store.

Setup

To build this app, you will need a development machine, with Android Studio installed.

To get this app please clone this repository using the below command and open this project in Android Studio:

 git clone https://github.com/espressif/esp-rainmaker-android.git

You are now ready to run this demo.

Features

User Management

• Signup/Signin using email id.
• Third party login includes GitHub and Google.
• Forgot/reset password support.
• Signing out.

Provisioning

• Uses Provisioning library for provisioning.
• Automatically connects to device using QR code.
• Can choose manual flow if QR code is not present.
• Shows list of available Wi-Fi networks.
• Supports SoftAP based Wi-Fi Provisioning.
• Performs the User-Node association workflow.

Manage

• List all devices associated with a user.
• Shows node and device details.
• Capability to remove node of a user.
• Shows online/offline status of nodes.

Control

• Shows all static and configurable parameters of a device.
• Adapt UI according to the parameter type like toggle for power, slider for brightness.
• Allow user to change and monitor parameters of devices.

Local Control

• App uses ESP Local Control(esp_local_ctrl) component in ESP-IDF and Network Service Discovery APIs to search and manage user devices on local network.
• This feature allows user to control their ESP devices over local network by communicating over Wi-Fi + HTTP.
• Local Control ensures your devices are reachable even when your internet connection is poor or there is no internet over connected Wi-Fi.

This feature can be enabled/disabled by setting true/false value of isLocalControlSupported field in local.properties. This feature is optional but enabled by default. Add isLocalControlSupported=false in local.properties file to disable this feature.

Scheduling

Schedules allow you to automate a device by setting it to trigger an action at a given time on a specified day or days of the week. List of operations that are supported for scheduling :

• Add.
• Edit.
• Remove.
• Enable/disable.

Schedule can be enabled/disabled by setting true/false value of isScheduleSupported field in local.properties. Schedule feature is optional but enabled by default. Add isScheduleSupported=false in local.properties file to disable this feature.

Node Grouping

Node Grouping allows you to create abstract or logical groups of devices like lights, switches, fans etc. List of operations that are supported in node grouping :

• Create groups.
• Edit groups (rename or add/remove device).
• Remove groups.
• List groups.

Grouping can be enabled/disabled by setting true/false value of isNodeGroupingSupported field in local.properties. Grouping feature is optional but enabled by default. Add isNodeGroupingSupported=false in local.properties file to disable this feature.

Node Sharing

Node Sharing allows a user to share nodes with other registered users and allow them to monitor and control these nodes. List of operations that are supported in node sharing :

For primary users:

• Register requests to share nodes.
• View pending requests.
• Cancel a pending request, if required.
• Remove node sharing.

For secondary users:

• View pending requests.
• Accept/decline pending requests.

Sharing can be enabled/disabled by setting true/false value of isNodeSharingSupported field in local.properties. Sharing feature is optional but enabled by default. Add isNodeSharingSupported=false in local.properties file to disable this feature.

Additional Settings:

Settings associated with provisioning a device can be modified in the local.properties file.

Add below lines in local.properties and customize as per your requirement.

transport=Both
security=Sec1
POP=abcd1234
deviceNamePrefix=PROV_
isFilterPrefixEditable=true
isQRCodeSupported=true
isScheduleSupported=true
isLocalControlSupported=true
isNodeGroupingSupported=true
isNodeSharingSupported=true

Description of each key can be found below.

Key	Type	Description
transport	String	Possible values: Both (Default) : Supports both BLE and SoftAP device provisioning. SoftAP : supports only SoftAP device provisioning. BLE: supports only BLE device provisioning.
security	String	Possible values: Sec1 (Default) : for secure/encrypted communication between device and app. Sec0: for unencrypted communication between device and app.
POP	String	Proof of Possession. It's default value is empty string.
deviceNamePrefix	String	Search for BLE devices with this prefix in scanning. It's default value is "PROV_".
isFilterPrefixEditable	boolean	Allow users to edit the prefix used for filtering BLE devices. It's default value is true.
isQRCodeSupported	boolean	Allow users to connect with the device and start provisioning using QR code which has device information. It's default value is true.

Supports

• Supports Android 6.0 (API level 23) and above.

License

Copyright 2020 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) PTE LTD  
 
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you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.  
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