Do I need to develop Android TV Receiver App to cast from existing sender app to "Chromecast with google tv" device?
I thought just web receiver app would be okay for casting without registered android TV app just like Chromecast.
You do not need to developer an Android TV receiver app to cast to the Chromecast with Google TV. A standard web receiver will work on this device the same as a typical device running the Android TV OS. The main reason to use the Cast Connect library to build an Android TV receiver app is if you already have an Android TV app and want to give a more robust casting experience (e.g., allowing users to control playback with their remote control or providing a UX that's easier with native Android code).
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I would like to detect if Android TV is being video casting (connected from phone (sender) ).
Android TV has the system app (Chromecast build-in) pre-installed. I would like to know if there is events that a phone is connected or just disconnected for video casting.
Or do I need to develop custom Chromecast receiver app just in order to catch those events?
Found this https://stackoverflow.com/a/58655387/1099884, but it is not what I needed. I would like the opposite usage. (My device is receiver while the others are sender)
I have a CAF receiver and would like to utilize some of the Android TV buttons on it. Is it possible?
Also, I can't get to the debug console of the CAF receiver when using Android TV. I have an ADT-2, what serial number should I be entering on the Google Cast Developer Console?
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If you go to https://cast.google.com/publish/#/overview and cast to the device(You can see cast option on Chrome browser), you can get the serial number, it will show the serial number on the tv.
On the second question regarding registration of an Android TV device, there was a similar question asked on stackoverflow here (although not ADT-2 specific, but I suppose it applies to ADT-2 too).
I fail to cast my custom receiver app to an Android TV device though. Having registered the serial number in Google cast developer console, I get a session_error without details when trying to setup a cast session. On a second generation chromecast dongle, or a chromecast ultra, it works fine.
I am using eddystone beacons to transmit my business url. How can I make the url notification received to alert thru sound on the users device? Any idea?
Understand that Eddystone-URL beacon advertisements don't automatically do anything on a user's phone unless they have an app installed to detect them.
Chrome for iOS and Android (installed on many newer Android devices, but very few iOS devices) will automatically detect Eddystone-URL advertisements and display a notification from Chrome if the user has opted-in. However, no sound is played. Bottom line: on a phone without a custom app, detecting an Eddystone-URL will not cause a sound to play.
If you build a custom app and get it installed on users' devices, you can certainly make it play a sound on Android devices when the beacon is detected. On iOS devices, you could also display a local notification on the device that will play a sound, but only if the user has the volume turned up on the device, does not have do not disturb on, and has opted-in to receiving notifications from the app.
I'm developing an app which casts a screen of android device with Chromecast. but, I don't know how to cast the screen to a monitor.
How does Chromecast App cast the screen to a monitor?
Please note, the following way requires the Chromecast app running on Android 4.4.2 or greater.
Check this
https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/6059461?hl=en
In Android Wear it shows the notification and we can reply back through wearable device. But how to start any app from the Wearable device like voice input("Ok Google") or tap on the icon. Action should start from the wearable device not from mobile.
For Example to start my mobile's camera through Android Wear Device i will give voice input as "start Camera" and camera should start.
With the current preview-version of the SDK, this is not possible yet.
But looking at http://developer.android.com/wear/design/user-interface.html tells you, that this will possible using the "Cue Cards".
You can do this now! :)
With the release of the Wear SDK (API Level 20, Android 4.4W), you can now develop Wear applications with very much the same stack as standard Android apps (i.e. Activities, Services, Layouts, Views, &c).
There is also an API for communication, which for example Google Play Music uses to control media playback from the watch.Therefore, you could develop an application, installed both in the Wear device and in the handheld, to launch the phone's camera when started (by sending the command from the Wear activity).