Make volume sensors update instantly by subscribing to a broadcast #4162
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Summary
Audio volume sensors weren't updating instantly, so a new broadcast Intent subscription has been introduced in this PR to improve this.
How I tested these changes:
Enabled all audio-related sensors, and tried modifying the volume on the device several times, and the new values were reflected nearly instantly on the server. I did this testing for both the Android and Wear OS apps.
Screenshots
Link to pull request in Documentation repository
Documentation: home-assistant/companion.home-assistant#1025
Any other notes
The broadcast is
android.media.VOLUME_CHANGED_ACTION
, and it is undocumented. No official Android documentation mentions it.