I am creating a SmartApp Controller. I need to register custom child devices. For this, I need to have the hub selected in the preferences.
If I add input "theHub", "hub", multiple: false, required: true to the preferences section, the Simulator will not show the Preferences after the Location is select.
When I publish the app, the Preferences work correctly.
If I remove that line, the Preferences work in both the Simulator and in the App.
Just adding that one line input "theHub", "hub", multiple: false, required: true causes the Simulator to break.
Does anyone know why?
tgauchat
(ActionTiles.com co-founder Terry @ActionTiles; GitHub: @cosmicpuppy)
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The Simulator has a lot of bugs, so it is often necessary to rely on testing the published SmartApp on real devices.
Selection of a Hub is not a particularly common use case at this time, as a Location can only have one Hub (currently), and a SmartApp cannot run across more than one Location.
Still, I would detail this with the full source code and open a case with Support@SmartThings.com – they will take a while to respond, but the bug will be logged for eventual investigation.
Not a bug, but not a feature yet… from support on Oct, 9 2015:
Simulating a hub is not possible in our current simulator. A new simulator is in the pipeline though. Please continue to use the mobile app for your testing.