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The android_ip_webcam component turns an Android phone into a network camera with multiple viewing options.

It's setup as an MJPEG camera and all settings as switches inside of Home Assistant. You can also expose the sensors. If you have multiple phones, you can use all options inside a list.

To set it up, download the IP Webcam app, and add the following information to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
android_ip_webcam:
  - host: 192.168.1.10

{% configuration %} host: description: The IP Address of the phone on the network. required: true type: string port: description: The port the IP Webcam listens on. required: false default: 8080 type: integer name: description: Override the name of the phone. required: false default: IP Webcam type: string username: description: The username to access the phone. required: inclusive type: string password: description: The password to access the phone. required: inclusive type: string scan_interval: description: Defines the update interval of the phone. required: false default: 10 type: integer sensors: description: Conditions to display sensor in the frontend. See the list of supported sensors. required: false type: list keys: audio_connections: description: Audio Connections battery_level: description: Battery Level battery_temp: description: Battery Temperature battery_voltage: description: Battery Voltage light: description: Light Level motion: description: Motion pressure: description: Pressure proximity: description: Proximity sound: description: Sound video_connections: description: Video Connections switches: description: Conditions to display settings in the frontend. See the list of supported switches. required: false type: list keys: exposure_lock: description: Exposure Lock ffc: description: Front-facing Camera focus: description: Focus gps_active: description: GPS Active night_vision: description: Night Vision overlay: description: Overlay torch: description: Torch whitebalance_lock: description: White Balance Lock video_recording: description: Video Recording motion_sensor: description: Activate motion sensor if auto_discovery is disabled. required: false type: boolean {% endconfiguration %}

You need to enable logging in the Android app (`Data logging` > `Enable data logging`), if you wish to see the sensor states in Home Assistant. The sensor states stays as `unknown`, until it's enabled.

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# Example configuration.yaml entry
android_ip_webcam:
  - host: 192.168.1.202
    port: 8000
    sensors:
      - audio_connections
      - battery_level
      - battery_temp
      - battery_voltage
      - light
      - motion
      - pressure
      - proximity
      - sound
      - video_connections
    switches:
      - exposure_lock
      - ffc
      - focus
      - gps_active
      - night_vision
      - overlay
      - torch
      - whitebalance_lock
      - video_recording
  - host: 192.168.1.203
    port: 8000
    sensors:
      - light
    switches:
      - torch