I’ve seen people doing this on Amazon Fire Tablets and Android Tablets.
From what I understand, the basic concept is to use an automation app like AutomateIt (Fire OS) or Tasker (Android) to detect whenever a specific notification is received on the Ring App… then when that notification is received, automate clicking on the notification or opening the app.
Note: If I remember correctly, some people mentioned that the Ring app previously would launch the video stream right away when you opened the app (if a doorbell event was active), but Ring changed that in recent versions and it just loads the landing screen.
Others have mentioned that if you automate the clicking of the notification that is received, it will open directly to the video feed.
If you get it working let us know what approach you took!
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On a related note - since people may find this post while searching or may just want to manually be able to open the Ring app, the following post includes details on the “URL Intent” for the Ring App and the new Rapid Ring app: Ring Doorbell on dashboard - #2 by josh
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Note that the way things are working in @Kent’s setup is he has a Sage Doorbell sensor to detect whenever the doorbell is rung.
From what I understand, these sensors are discontinued, but there’s a ton of them that hit ebay recently for dirt cheap. As Kent noted, the Nexia DB100Z seems to be a reasonable alternative as well.
In Kent’s case, his porch camera has a stream that’s compatible with being displayed in a SharpTools dashboard directly, so he’s setup a rule that whenever the doorbell is rung, it uses the Fully Kiosk Browser Controller integration to change to a dashboard which is showing his camera full screen.