In-app Search on Android TV application One of the biggest difference between Android phone & Android TV is their input method. Since TV does not support to...
Recommendation Android TV’s home, LeanbackLauncher has a recommendation row at first row. Any application can suggest recommended contents for users. ...
GuidedStepFragment to show Settings display Leanback support library offers a Fragment. Especially, it is useful to use in settings display. Official doc&n...
I’m testing Google’s sample app https://github.com/googlesamples/androidtv-Leanback. After start playing video and go back to Leanback Launcher home displa...
Android TV is of course Android, so we can enable developer mode in the same way with Android phones & tablets. Go to “Settings” at the bottom of LeanbackLa...
[2016.3.13 added] This post explains sideloading apps via USB. It is also possible to transfer file via Wifi. See Install Android phone’s app on Andro...
Video Controls implementation with MediaSession The sample implementation is done in Google’s latest sample Android TV application. AOSP sample applic...
USB debugging doesn’t work on Sony Android TV. Here’s a alternative solution to use local network for connecting adb to SONY Android TV [Android Dev Tips] How t...
Video Controls minimum implementation Video is streamed in VideoView. * I referred Google’s latest sample Android TV application. AOSP sample applicat...
PlaybackOverlayActivity & PlaybackOverlayFragment – Theory I will explain about only UI part in this chapter, video control is explained in next chapter. We...