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Knossos
Knossos

Reputation: 16038

Control and view of core TV functions

I am interested in Android TV.

I need to control core TV functions from an App:

  1. Live TV in the background of my App
  2. List the channels the TV knows of
  3. Selecting a channel on the TV

Is that possible with an Android TV through the SDK?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 205

Answers (1)

corochann
corochann

Reputation: 1624

I think it is not possible, if you are building third-party app.

> 1. Live TV in the background of my App

It is not recommended by TV App Quality, it says

TV-TR: App does not partially obscure other apps. App fills the entire screen and has a non-transparent background.

> 2. List the channels the TV knows of
> 3. Selecting a channel on the TV

Android TV provides a TV Provider platform which stores the channels and programs from TV inputs. However you need ACCESS_ALL_EPG_DATA permission to access other app's TV Provider database which is only available with signatureOrSystem app.
There is another related post here, Android Tv: get list of channels.

Upvotes: 1

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