Presence Publisher

Features Presence Publisher

This free open-source app regularly publishes to a configurable MQTT topic wheneverconnected to a given Wi-Fi network or in proximity to a Bluetooth beacon.It can be used to integrate the presence of your phone in home automation.The app uses the built-in Android alarm manager, so notifications are senteven if the phone is in stand-by.
In addition to regularly scheduled checks,the app also reacts to changes in the network connection.The MQTT client supports anonymous and username / password authenticationas well as client certificate authentication.
For more details on how toconfigure certificate-based authentication, please have a look athttps://github.com/ostrya/PresencePublisher/blob/master/README.md.If you want to know more about how this app processes your location data,please have a look at the privacy policy at https://ostrya.github.io/PresencePublisher/en/PRIVACY_POLICY.html.Permissions• ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION: on Android 10+, necessary to retrieve SSID of connected Wi-Fi while running in background• ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION: necessary to discover beacons; on Android 9+, necessary to retrieve SSID of connected Wi-Fi• ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE: necessary to register network change listener• ACCESS_WIFI_STATE: necessary to retrieve SSID of connected Wi-Fi• BLUETOOTH: necessary to communicate with beacons• BLUETOOTH_ADMIN: necessary to discover beacons• INTERNET: only necessary if your MQTT server is not running locally• RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED: necessary to start service on start-up• REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS: on Android 6+, necessary to request disabling battery optimization• WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: only necessary if you want to export log files in Android 4.0 - 4.3