Navigate and reload the frontend in place for the webview command

app/src/main/kotlin/io/homeassistant/companion/android/frontend/FrontendScreen.kt

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ import androidx.lifecycle.Lifecycle
 import androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleEventObserver
 import androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleOwner
 import androidx.lifecycle.compose.LifecycleEventEffect
+import androidx.lifecycle.compose.LifecycleStartEffect
 import androidx.lifecycle.compose.LocalLifecycleOwner
 import androidx.lifecycle.compose.collectAsStateWithLifecycle
 import androidx.lifecycle.repeatOnLifecycle
@@ -147,6 +148,8 @@ internal fun FrontendScreen(
     val keepScreenOnEnabled by viewModel.keepScreenOnEnabled.collectAsStateWithLifecycle()
     val improvScanRequested by viewModel.improvScanRequested.collectAsStateWithLifecycle()
 
+    FrontendVisibleLifecycleEffect(viewModel::setFrontendVisible)
+
     // The fullscreen View handed over by the WebView is Activity-scoped. Keep it in screen
     // state so it does not leak across configuration changes via the ViewModel.
     var customView by remember { mutableStateOf<View?>(null) }
@@ -425,6 +428,16 @@ internal fun WebViewStopLifecycleEffect(webView: WebView?) {
     }
 }
 
+/** Publishes whether the frontend is shown while the lifecycle is started. */
+@VisibleForTesting
+@Composable
+internal fun FrontendVisibleLifecycleEffect(setFrontendVisible: (Boolean) -> Unit) {
+    LifecycleStartEffect(setFrontendVisible) {
+        setFrontendVisible(true)
+        onStopOrDispose { setFrontendVisible(false) }
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * Calls [onLeavingApp] with the WebView's current URL when the host activity stops (the app leaves
  * the foreground). Uses the activity lifecycle — not the navigation back-stack entry — so in-app

app/src/main/kotlin/io/homeassistant/companion/android/frontend/FrontendViewModel.kt

@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ import io.homeassistant.companion.android.util.HAWebChromeClient
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.util.HAWebViewClient
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.util.HAWebViewClientFactory
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.util.LifecycleHandler
+import io.homeassistant.companion.android.util.ReloadRequestMediator
+import io.homeassistant.companion.android.util.WebViewNavigationMediator
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.util.hasSameOrigin
 import javax.inject.Inject
 import kotlin.coroutines.cancellation.CancellationException
@@ -129,6 +131,8 @@ internal class FrontendViewModel @VisibleForTesting constructor(
     private val improvHandler: FrontendImprovHandler,
     private val barcodeScannerHandler: FrontendBarcodeScannerHandler,
     private val matterThreadHandler: FrontendMatterThreadHandler,
+    private val reloadRequestMediator: ReloadRequestMediator,
+    private val webViewNavigationMediator: WebViewNavigationMediator,
     @NamedKeyChain private val keyChainRepository: KeyChainRepository,
 ) : ViewModel(),
     FrontendConnectionErrorStateProvider {
@@ -154,6 +158,8 @@ internal class FrontendViewModel @VisibleForTesting constructor(
         improvHandler: FrontendImprovHandler,
         barcodeScannerHandler: FrontendBarcodeScannerHandler,
         matterThreadHandler: FrontendMatterThreadHandler,
+        reloadRequestMediator: ReloadRequestMediator,
+        webViewNavigationMediator: WebViewNavigationMediator,
         @NamedKeyChain keyChainRepository: KeyChainRepository,
     ) : this(
         initialServerId = savedStateHandle.toRoute<FrontendRoute>().serverId,
@@ -176,6 +182,8 @@ internal class FrontendViewModel @VisibleForTesting constructor(
         improvHandler = improvHandler,
         barcodeScannerHandler = barcodeScannerHandler,
         matterThreadHandler = matterThreadHandler,
+        reloadRequestMediator = reloadRequestMediator,
+        webViewNavigationMediator = webViewNavigationMediator,
         keyChainRepository = keyChainRepository,
     )
 
@@ -306,6 +314,8 @@ internal class FrontendViewModel @VisibleForTesting constructor(
      */
     private var pendingMoreInfoEntityId: String? = null
 
+    private var isFrontendVisible = false
+
     /**
      * The user's "Autoplay video" preference.
      *
@@ -358,6 +368,25 @@ internal class FrontendViewModel @VisibleForTesting constructor(
             }
         }
 
+        viewModelScope.launch {
+            reloadRequestMediator.eventFlow.collect {
+                _webViewActions.emit(WebViewAction.HardReload())
+            }
+        }
+
+        viewModelScope.launch {
+            // Requests are only made for servers supporting navigate, no version check is needed
+            webViewNavigationMediator.navigationRequests.collect { target ->
+                when (target) {
+                    is FrontendTarget.EntityMoreInfo -> _webViewActions.emit(
+                        WebViewAction.OpenMoreInfo(target.entityId),
+                    )
+                    is FrontendTarget.Path -> externalBusRepository.send(NavigateToMessage(path = target.path))
+                    FrontendTarget.Default -> externalBusRepository.send(NavigateToMessage(path = "/"))
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         viewModelScope.launch {
             frontendBusObserver.messageResults().collect { result ->
                 handleMessageResult(result)
@@ -543,6 +572,9 @@ internal class FrontendViewModel @VisibleForTesting constructor(
         _viewState.update {
             FrontendViewState.LoadServer(serverId = serverId)
         }
+        if (isFrontendVisible) {
+            webViewNavigationMediator.setVisibleServer(serverId)
+        }
         loadServer()
     }
 
@@ -682,6 +714,12 @@ internal class FrontendViewModel @VisibleForTesting constructor(
         }
     }
 
+    /** Publishes the shown server while the frontend is visible so the webview command can act on it in place. */
+    fun setFrontendVisible(visible: Boolean) {
+        isFrontendVisible = visible
+        webViewNavigationMediator.setVisibleServer(_viewState.value.serverId.takeIf { visible })
+    }
+
     /**
      * Clears the WebView history and navigates the frontend to the server's default dashboard.
      *

app/src/main/kotlin/io/homeassistant/companion/android/frontend/WebViewAction.kt

@@ -77,6 +77,24 @@ sealed interface WebViewAction {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Reloads the current page ignoring cached resources, like a hard refresh in a desktop
+     * browser. The current document keeps being displayed and is destroyed once the reloaded page
+     * commits, which releases the native resources it holds, like WebRTC peer connections and
+     * camera streams. Nothing is released when the page cannot be loaded again.
+     *
+     * Note that [WebView.clearCache] clears the cache for the whole application, not only for the
+     * displayed page.
+     */
+    data class HardReload(override val result: CompletableDeferred<Unit> = CompletableDeferred()) :
+        AwaitableAction<Unit> {
+        override fun run(webView: WebView) {
+            webView.clearCache(true)
+            webView.reload()
+            result.complete(Unit)
+        }
+    }
+
     /** Perform haptic feedback on the WebView. */
     data class Haptic(val type: HapticType, override val result: CompletableDeferred<Unit> = CompletableDeferred()) :
         AwaitableAction<Unit> {

app/src/main/kotlin/io/homeassistant/companion/android/frontend/navigation/FrontendTarget.kt

@@ -28,10 +28,15 @@ sealed interface FrontendTarget : Parcelable {
          *
          * A `null` path maps to [Default].
          */
-        fun fromRawPath(path: String?): FrontendTarget = when {
-            path == null -> Default
-            path.startsWith(ENTITY_ID_PREFIX) -> EntityMoreInfo(path.removePrefix(ENTITY_ID_PREFIX))
-            else -> Path(path)
+        fun fromRawPath(path: String?): FrontendTarget {
+            val trimmed = path?.trim()
+            return when {
+                trimmed == null -> Default
+                // Matched ignoring case and surrounding spaces since the value is typed by hand
+                trimmed.startsWith(ENTITY_ID_PREFIX, ignoreCase = true) ->
+                    EntityMoreInfo(trimmed.substring(ENTITY_ID_PREFIX.length).trim())
+                else -> Path(path)
+            }
         }
 
         /**

app/src/main/kotlin/io/homeassistant/companion/android/notifications/MessagingManager.kt

@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ import io.homeassistant.companion.android.database.notification.NotificationDao
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.database.notification.NotificationItem
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.database.settings.SettingsDao
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.database.settings.WebsocketSetting
+import io.homeassistant.companion.android.frontend.externalbus.outgoing.NavigateToMessage
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.frontend.navigation.FrontendTarget
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.launch.intentLaunchWithNavigateTo
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.sensors.LocationSensorManager
@@ -96,7 +97,9 @@ import io.homeassistant.companion.android.settings.assist.AssistConfigManager
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.settings.assist.DefaultAssistantManager
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.util.FlashlightHelper
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.util.PermissionRequestMediator
+import io.homeassistant.companion.android.util.ReloadRequestMediator
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.util.UrlUtil
+import io.homeassistant.companion.android.util.WebViewNavigationMediator
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.util.sensitive
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.vehicle.HaCarAppService
 import io.homeassistant.companion.android.websocket.WebsocketManager
@@ -132,6 +135,8 @@ class MessagingManager @Inject constructor(
     private val textToSpeechClient: TextToSpeechClient,
     private val flashlightHelper: FlashlightHelper,
     private val permissionRequestMediator: PermissionRequestMediator,
+    private val reloadRequestMediator: ReloadRequestMediator,
+    private val webViewNavigationMediator: WebViewNavigationMediator,
     private val assistConfigManager: AssistConfigManager,
     private val defaultAssistantManager: DefaultAssistantManager,
     private val bluetoothSensorManager: BluetoothSensorManager,
@@ -142,6 +147,7 @@ class MessagingManager @Inject constructor(
         const val INTENT_PREFIX = "intent:"
         const val MARKET_PREFIX = "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id="
         const val SETTINGS_PREFIX = "settings://"
+        const val WEBVIEW_RELOAD = "reload"
         const val NOTIFICATION_HISTORY = "notification_history"
         const val NO_ACTION = "noAction"
 
@@ -816,10 +822,20 @@ class MessagingManager @Inject constructor(
             }
 
             COMMAND_WEBVIEW -> {
-                if (!Settings.canDrawOverlays(context)) {
-                    notifyMissingPermission(message, serverId)
-                } else {
-                    openWebview(command, data)
+                val isReload = WEBVIEW_RELOAD.equals(command?.trim(), ignoreCase = true)
+                when {
+                    isReload && isFrontendVisible(serverId) -> reloadRequestMediator.emitReloadRequestEvent()
+                    !isReload && canNavigateFrontendInApp(serverId = serverId, path = command) ->
+                        webViewNavigationMediator.requestNavigation(
+                            FrontendTarget.fromRawPath(
+                                command?.ifBlank {
+                                    null
+                                },
+                            ),
+                        )
+                    !Settings.canDrawOverlays(context) -> notifyMissingPermission(message, serverId)
+                    // A fresh launch is already reloaded, so reload falls back to the default dashboard
+                    else -> openWebview(title = command?.takeUnless { isReload }, data = data)
                 }
             }
 
@@ -1996,6 +2012,29 @@ class MessagingManager @Inject constructor(
         }
     }
 
+    private fun isFrontendVisible(serverId: String): Boolean {
+        val targetServerId = serverId.toIntOrNull() ?: return false
+        return webViewNavigationMediator.visibleServerId.value == targetServerId
+    }
+
+    private suspend fun canNavigateFrontendInApp(serverId: String, path: String?): Boolean {
+        if (!isFrontendVisible(serverId)) {
+            return false
+        }
+        val targetServerId = serverId.toIntOrNull() ?: return false
+        if (!NavigateToMessage.isAvailable(serverManager.getServer(targetServerId)?.version)) {
+            return false
+        }
+        return path.isNullOrEmpty() ||
+            (
+                !path.startsWith(APP_PREFIX) &&
+                    !path.startsWith(INTENT_PREFIX) &&
+                    !path.startsWith(SETTINGS_PREFIX) &&
+                    !path.startsWith(DEEP_LINK_PREFIX) &&
+                    !UrlUtil.isAbsoluteUrl(path)
+                )
+    }
+
     private fun openWebview(title: String?, data: Map<String, String>) {
         try {
             val serverId = data[THIS_SERVER_ID]!!.toInt()
@@ -2005,8 +2044,7 @@ class MessagingManager @Inject constructor(
                 context.intentLaunchWithNavigateTo(FrontendTarget.fromRawPath(title), serverId)
             }
             intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK)
-            intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK)
-            intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_EXCLUDE_FROM_RECENTS)
+            intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP)
             context.startActivity(intent)
         } catch (e: Exception) {
             Timber.e(e, "Unable to open webview")

app/src/main/kotlin/io/homeassistant/companion/android/util/ReloadRequestMediator.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package io.homeassistant.companion.android.util
+
+import javax.inject.Inject
+import javax.inject.Singleton
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableSharedFlow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.asSharedFlow
+
+/**
+ * Carries reload requests from the server commands to the frontend. Requests emitted while the
+ * frontend is not open are dropped since there is nothing to reload.
+ */
+@Singleton
+class ReloadRequestMediator @Inject constructor() {
+
+    private val _eventFlow = MutableSharedFlow<Unit>(extraBufferCapacity = 1)
+    val eventFlow = _eventFlow.asSharedFlow()
+
+    fun emitReloadRequestEvent() {
+        _eventFlow.tryEmit(Unit)
+    }
+}

app/src/main/kotlin/io/homeassistant/companion/android/util/WebViewNavigationMediator.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package io.homeassistant.companion.android.util
+
+import io.homeassistant.companion.android.common.data.servers.ServerManager
+import io.homeassistant.companion.android.frontend.navigation.FrontendTarget
+import javax.inject.Inject
+import javax.inject.Singleton
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableSharedFlow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableStateFlow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.StateFlow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.asSharedFlow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.asStateFlow
+
+/**
+ * Carries webview navigation requests from the server commands to the visible frontend.
+ */
+@Singleton
+class WebViewNavigationMediator @Inject constructor() {
+
+    private val _visibleServerId = MutableStateFlow<Int?>(null)
+
+    /** The server shown by the visible frontend, or `null` when no frontend is visible. */
+    val visibleServerId: StateFlow<Int?> = _visibleServerId.asStateFlow()
+
+    private val _navigationRequests = MutableSharedFlow<FrontendTarget>(extraBufferCapacity = 1)
+    val navigationRequests = _navigationRequests.asSharedFlow()
+
+    /** [ServerManager.SERVER_ID_ACTIVE] is normalized to `null` since it does not identify a server. */
+    fun setVisibleServer(serverId: Int?) {
+        _visibleServerId.value = serverId?.takeUnless { it == ServerManager.SERVER_ID_ACTIVE }
+    }
+
+    fun requestNavigation(target: FrontendTarget) {
+        _navigationRequests.tryEmit(target)
+    }
+}