tkashkin / boiler

Another useless project. Even more useless than my previous projects.

Boiler

Simple app to control Redmond Skykettle RK-G200S/RK-G210S/RK-G211S (and probably similar devices)

Supported devices:

• Redmond Skykettle
  • RK-G200S, RK-G210S, RK-G211S (tested)
  • other 2nd-gen devices (RK-G2xx) (not tested)

Runtime dependencies

• bluez

Note: Bluetooth 4.0 adapter with BLE support required.

Installation

Prebuilt releases can be found on releases page.

Building

Debian/Ubuntu-based distros

Build dependencies

• meson
• valac
• libgranite-dev
• libgtk-3-dev
• libglib2.0-dev
• libgee-0.8-dev

Building

git clone https://github.com/tkashkin/Boiler.git
cd Boiler
debuild

Any distro, without package manager

git clone https://github.com/tkashkin/Boiler.git
cd Boiler
meson build --prefix=/usr
cd build
ninja
sudo ninja install

Screenshots

boiler's Issues

More supported devices

It should not be too hard to add support for new similar devices from Redmond or other companies if they are using similar protocols (BLE and GATT).

Required info:

• Bluetooth HCI traffic dump or protocol description
• [optional] Device icons

Capturing Bluetooth traffic (can be captured on Android 4.4+, may require root access):

• Enable Enable Bluetooth HCI snoop log in developer settings
• Interact with device using its app
• Pull log from Android device, usually located at /data/misc/bluetooth/logs/btsnoop_hci.log
• Log can be analyzed with Wireshark

Package as Flatpak for elementary OS 6

As you might have heard, AppCenter is going Flatpak! For elementary OS 6, we will not longer be accepting Debian packaging, so your app will need to be updated.

We have documentation on our developer guide for writing your Flatpak manifest here: https://docs.elementary.io/develop/writing-apps/our-first-app/packaging#flatpak-manifest

Also, in case you missed it, elementary OS 6 beta 2 is now available. This is a great time to get your app packaged up as Flatpak and test that everything is working before the final release. AppCenter submission for OS 6 will be open soon, so don't delay :)

Update screenshot in appdata

Boiler/data/com.github.tkashkin.boiler.appdata.xml.in

Line 38 in 137735c

<image>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tkashkin/Boiler/master/data/screenshots/1.png</image>

It looks like names of screenshots have changed :)