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Sanders248
Sanders248

Reputation: 51

mirroring app chromecast

I'm developping an android App and now I would like to add a screen mirroring button which display the same screen on a tv equipped with a chromecast.

I found a way : chromecast remote but there given sample is in beta, crashing when I click on the button and the development seems to be hard time-consuming (because I don't need to create new view with 'presentation' if I just want to mirror).

A second way should be to launch the google home mirroring service, that just work really well. But I don't find a way to call it from my app..

In short, I have no more clue, if someone have any idea that would be nice.

Thanks for your answer !

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1701

Answers (3)

kPieczonka
kPieczonka

Reputation: 404

Resurrecting old question but for those who are still looking for a solution to mirroring activity directly to chrome-cast check out: castscreen I had to edit the library to enable initiation of the cast service from Activity A and keeping the connection through multiple activities(B,C,D). Tested on android 6.0 onwards

Upvotes: 0

Sreenu Yatam
Sreenu Yatam

Reputation: 166

This sample works for me. May be you might be missing to add your AppID. Based on setup instructions, you need to have your own AppID. Refer to below setup instructions copied from the example:

Setup Instructions:-

  1. Check out the code from GitHub
  2. Create a new app ID for a Remote Display Receiver using the Google Cast SDK Developer Console: https://cast.google.com/publish/
  3. Add the app ID to the resources strings.xml file
  4. Run the app on your mobile device
  5. Select a Google Cast device as a remote display by clicking on the "Play" button

Please share the error logs if you are unable fix it.

Note: The Remote Display API is compatible with Cast SDK v2 only, not v3.

Upvotes: 0

Sanders248
Sanders248

Reputation: 51

I have got an idea, but it's purely theoretical.

Is it possible to record the tablet's screen, encode this in a stream, make a server (with volley by example) and give the local ip adress to the mediaInfo of the chromecast receiver, so it can display my screen on a TV ?

Well, I hope you can see what I mean, I'm trying this idea until I have an answer.

Upvotes: 1

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