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layout: page
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title: "Getting started on Android"
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description: "Android instructions to add Home Assistant to your homescreen."
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date: 2015-03-08 21:36
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---
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Home Assistant is not available on the Play Store. Instead, Home Assistant leverages the new [manifest.json support](https://w3c.github.io/manifest/) to allow Android devices to add the web application to your homescreen as if it was a native application.
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1. Open Chrome
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2. Navigate to your Home Assistant instance
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3. Click on the menu icon (three vertical dots)
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4. Click on Add to Homescreen
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5. A dialog will popup, click on Add
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<p class='img' style='width:500px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;'>
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<img src='/images/screenshots/android-homescreen-guide.gif' />
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</p>
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Some internet service providers will only offer dynamic IPs. This can cause you to be unable to access Home Assistant while being remote. You can solve this by using a free Dynamic DNS service like [No-IP](http://www.noip.com/).
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api_password: YOUR_PASSWORD
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```
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<p class='note'>
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You can append <code>?api_password=YOUR_PASSWORD</code> to any url to log in automatically.
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</p>
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### {% linkable_title Adding devices and services %}
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Home Assistant will be able to automatically discover and configure any Google Chromecasts, Belkin WeMo switches and Philips Hue bridges in your network if you have [the discovery component]({{site_root}}/components/discovery.html) enabled (which is by default).
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* [Intruder alerts]({{site_root}}/components/simple_alarm.html) (built-in component)
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* [Setup your own automation rules]({{site_root}}/components/automation.html) (using configuration file)
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* [Create your own automation component]({{site_root}}/developers/creating_components.html) (writing Python code)
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### {% linkable_title Setting up your phone or tablet %}
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Home Assistant runs as a self hosted web application. Home Assistant contains support to be added to your homescreen. If you're on Android you can follow [the visual guide]({{site_root}}/getting-started/android.html). For other devices, open Home Assistant on your mobile browser and click on the add to homescreen option.
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