jxlarrea/kiosk-satellite v0.3.0-beta

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What's new in Kiosk Satellite v0.3.0-beta

Plain HTTP Home Assistant instances are now first-class citizens. If your instance has no SSL certificates, this release is for you.

Secure context proxy

Browsers withhold the microphone and every other HTTPS-only feature from plain http:// pages, which silently crippled Voice Satellite on http-only instances. Kiosk Satellite now routes the dashboard through a loopback proxy inside the app, making the page a genuine secure context: the microphone and the full voice pipeline work on plain http, with no certificates or reverse proxy to set up.

• The setup wizard enables it automatically when your Home Assistant URL is http.
• On existing installs, find the toggle under Settings -> Home Assistant Configuration, below Validate connection. Validating an HTTP URL offers to turn it on and explains why.
• The proxy listens on the tablet's loopback interface only. Nothing new is exposed on your network.
• Heads up: the dashboard's origin changes when the proxy turns on, so you will be asked to sign in to Home Assistant again and will also need to reconfigure Voice Satellite.

Real screen power controls

Screen on and Screen off (remote admin, JS API) now control actual display power instead of tricking the brightness.

• Screen on wakes a sleeping panel, including one turned off with the power button.
• Screen off truly powers the display down. Android requires a one-time "device admin" permission for this: the setup wizard now requests it (Screen control), and pressing Screen off without it walks you through the grant with a Retry flow.

Web console, now a real console

• Type JavaScript directly into the web admin's console (Enter to run, Up/Down for history) and into the on-device console panel. Commands and results flow through the same stream the Copy and Share buttons capture.
• Copy buttons on both the Web Console and Logs tabs.
• New App Logs section in the device settings, mirroring the remote Logs tab.
• The About section moved above Web Console, and the wizard's selection lists use proper radio controls.