How to see current mode? Android

[Paul_Haskins]

More for trouble shooting - is there any ez way to see the current mode?

[destructure00 (Chris)]

From the app, click the Menu button (top right corner), and you’ll see the mode there.

From IDE, go to My Locations, then you’ll see it about halfway down.

[Paul_Haskins]

DUH thanks, I’m blind… Looked right at that page and never saw it. Knew where it was in the IDE.

Too bad one can’t add it to rooms or something so one could see it as you trouble shoot.

Maybe I’ll run 2 droids to watch.

[AlmostTan (Justin)]

There’s also a pretty nice widget that you can install in your home screen that shows the mode and allows you to trigger routines. It does need to be manually refreshed periodically though (there’s a button to do that on the faceplate)

[Paul_Haskins]

Loaded it - trying real hard to not use SHM - but can use that widget.

[gkl_sf (George)]

Something like this?

Mode Switch device/app

I put together a very simple virtual device and helper app in order to quickly switch modes (and see which mode is active). The modes are hard-coded in the device, since can’t change the UI dynamically. Devices can’t do setLocationMode, thus the need for the helper. The one I’m posting here has Home, Away, and Night as the modes. The screenshot has Office instead of Home. Thought somebody might find it helpful. [image] Installation Instructions Install the DH in the IDE click “My Device Handlers” click “Create New Device Handler” click “From Code” paste the code for the device click “Create” click “My Devices” click “New Device” enter “Name” enter “Device Network ID” (any number, I recommend > 991) choose “Type” “Mode Switch” choose “Location” click “Create” Install the SmartApp c…

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@AlmostTan

There’s also a pretty nice widget that you can install in your home screen that shows the mode and allows you to trigger routines. It does need to be manually refreshed periodically though (there’s a button to do that on the faceplate)

@gkl_sf

Something like this?

Thanks for the tip on the SmartApp. I’m going to check it out.

However, I think they were referring to the native widget available from within the SmartThings mobile app (both Android and iOS the last time I checked)…

https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/article_attachments/201786013/Screenshot_2015-10-14-13-36-09.png

For more info on that…
https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/articles/206145893-Is-there-a-SmartThings-widget-