Windows Mobile App 1.5.0 Released!

[tgauchat (ActionTiles.com co-founder Terry @ActionTiles; GitHub: @cosmicpuppy)]

@slagle

Limited, yes.

Agreed.

Thanks for the discussion, Tim…

The power of SmartThings is unrivaled. Exploring the edges and pushing the limits is where the fun is.

I shared this discussion here so folks in the Community can tell that a Windows Universal App is very tempting to try to write… But the complications are not all obvious. Let’s see what feedback comes from it…

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Gosh… looks like I was already talking about this stuff and questions nearly 3 years ago!

Missing API?

@dlieberman: SmartThings has been consistent about saying: The reasoning behind this architecture is that, like SmartApps that run entirely in the SmartThings Cloud, external web services should only have access to the explicit security context that is set up by the user. I am not sure I understand the motivation and limitations of this; but my experience with open API’s to proprietary web-services is limited. I can’t understand why “full” (or “nearly-full”) front-end API access can’t be granted, because other companies seem to be able to do this in other contexts: Examples (some of which may make no sense in this context, but I’m grasping…) – as done through access tokens: Login/authentication services from Facebook, Google, etc. API's to access GDrive, Dropbox. Use of GTalk (goo…