ANDROID COMPANION APP

Every host.
Every door.
One app.

The Android client for OpenSesame — manage any number of hosts and doors, trigger over WiFi or BLE, keep firmware current, and pull it all up right from Android Auto.

Not yet published to Google Play. It's actively used and in testing — check back here for a link once it's live.
OpenSesame Android app Garage screen showing a door open for 54 minutes with a Close button
THREE SCREENS

Garage, Status, Settings

Everything the firmware exposes over HTTP and BLE, organized into three tabs.

GARAGE

Where the doors live

Every host you've added, and every door configured on it, shows up here — grouped by host, with the same trigger and lock controls the firmware exposes. Doors with an open/closed sensor wired up show their real state, not just whether a trigger fired.

STATUS

Host health, at a glance

Per-host connectivity and the running firmware version, with the ability to kick off a firmware update right from the app when one's available.

SETTINGS

Add and configure hosts

Add a host, choose WiFi, BLE, or both to reach it, and name each discovered door — the app reads back however many doors that host was provisioned with. Also where you tune notifications: get alerted if a door's left open (default or per-door timeout) or when a firmware update's available.

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Hosts supported
1–4
Doors per host
2
Connection paths — WiFi / BLE
QUICK WALKTHROUGH

Adding your first host

From a blank install to a working door, start to finish.

Start from Settings

On a fresh install with no hosts configured, the main screen prompts you straight to Settings. Already have one host and adding another? Open Settings and tap Add Another Garage Host.

OpenSesame Settings tab showing no garage hosts configured, with an Add Garage Host button and Global Notifications section

Name the host

Give it a name that tells it apart from any others — Home, Warehouse, whatever fits.

Host setup form with a Host Name field filled in as Warehouse, and a Save button

Pick an icon

Choose an icon for it, so it's easy to tell hosts apart at a glance on the other screens.

Device Icon selector with house, home, and car options

Choose how to reach it

Select WiFi, Bluetooth, or both — a host can be reachable either way, or both at once.

Worth knowing: a Bluetooth-only host still triggers doors fine, but firmware visibility and updates on the Status tab currently need a WiFi connection.

If you enable both, the app manages each independently but prioritizes WiFi — BLE won't connect on its own while WiFi is active, only if WiFi becomes unavailable or you connect it manually from Settings.

Connection Methods with WiFi and Bluetooth both checked

If WiFi: connection details

Choose HTTP or HTTPS, enter the hostname or IP address, then paste in the API key from provisioning.

WiFi Settings form with protocol, host address, and API key fields

If Bluetooth: connection details

Enter the BLE MAC address from provisioning.

Bluetooth Settings form with a BLE MAC address field

Label the doors

Once at least one connection succeeds, you're prompted to label each door the host reports — Main, Left, Door 1 — however many that host was provisioned with show up automatically.

These names live only on this phone, not on the host itself — anyone else's app can label the same doors however makes sense to them, and you can rename any door at any time.

Name Your Doors form listing 4 discovered doors with editable names

Done

That's it — the host and its doors show up on the Garage tab and are ready to use, as long as the app has a connection to the host. Doors with a sensor wired up show real open/closed status, not just whether a trigger fired.

OpenSesame Garage screen showing a door open for 54 minutes with a Close button, and other doors' lock states
ANDROID AUTO

Open it from the dashboard

Full Android Auto support — pull up your hosts and doors on the car's display and trigger them without touching the phone. Built for the moment you're already pulling into the driveway.

OpenSesame in Android Auto showing a list of doors for the Warehouse host, each with a lock/unlock toggle