home-assistant / home-assistant/android
Allow for Android app to change OS background
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Description
**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
I am trying to replace the background of the OS using the Home Assistant companion. IFTTT can change the background (for example: Space image of the day) - but I would like to be able to provide the image which can be loaded by a HA automation. You could use this feature to change the background in case of an event/alert.
**Describe the solution you'd like**
Changing the background of the OS (what you see in the launcher) by calling the notify service to the device.
eg.
Remote image. This caches the image locally.
```
service: notify.mobile_app_samsung
data:
message: 'modify_background'
data:
uri: 'https://location.server.local/images/something.jpg'
```
Local image
```
service: notify.mobile_app_samsung
data:
message: 'modify_background'
data:
uri: 'internal storage/DCIM/family_photo.jpg'
```
**Describe alternatives you've considered, if any**
None. If this functionality is already available through the current notify service, there aren't any examples documented.
**Additional context**
The "remote image" could potentially be done via two automation: one that downloads the image storing it locally, and the other which modifies the background with the now local image.
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