Cast icon not showing

[hoanganhtuan95ptit]

I have run your project in Release, but it did not show the cast icon. Can anyone explain to me why this is so ?, and is there a way to solve this problem? Thank you so much

[NoRulesJustFeels]

You need to make sure that your devices are registered in the Google Cast Developer console.

[rjkolli7]

As I have tested, CastVideos-Android demo which is working perfect. Cast button is Showing on ActionBar and playing over TV everything is perfect.

But when I have integrated it in my app, Cast button is not showing on ActionBar. As per the debugging what I found is, CastListener is not calling in my project which is calling in CastVideos-Android demo.

FYI: I have registered my device in the Google Cast Developer console. And I am inflating Cast button menu in fragment as I have another menu to show in my activity with different options.

What might be the issue? What I have missed?

[NoRulesJustFeels]

You need to make sure the Cast SDK is initialized before your fragment instance is created.

[rjkolli7]

@entertailion Yes thanks it is working now. But for that I have to move Cast SDK initialisation code (CastStateListener, CastButtonFactory.setUpMediaRouteButton() and IntroductoryOverlay initialisations and) to FragmentActivity.

But Here I have a question: I have video inside the fragment so inside the fragment I am initialising the Cast SDK, so if my fragment instance is created then only I can initialise the Cast SDK.

Questions is, If I do not have any Cast SDK related callbacks or initialisations in the FragmentActivity. So in this scenario how can I initialise the Cast SDK? How can I get call backs to the CastStateListener? How can I get the CastSession?

I hope if this repo have fragment demo it would be helpful for developers.

[harshiddhmania]

@entertailion, I am also not seeing the cast icon on my Sender App. So do i need to register the device on which Sender App is running? Google Cast Developer console registration is required for receiver app or device, right?

[NoRulesJustFeels]

The Google Cast Console is for registering your cast devices (not sender devices). If you are still experiencing discovery issues, try to toggle airplane mode off and then on again.

[aman01894]

I have run your project , but cast icon is missing. Can anyone please help me to explain why this is so ?, and is there a way to solve this problem? Thank you in advance.

[NoRulesJustFeels]

Make sure you have the latest version of Google Play services installed.

[sorrybeman]

@entertailion Yes thanks it is working now. But for that I have to move Cast SDK initialisation code (CastStateListener, CastButtonFactory.setUpMediaRouteButton() and IntroductoryOverlay initialisations and) to FragmentActivity.

But Here I have a question: I have video inside the fragment so inside the fragment I am initialising the Cast SDK, so if my fragment instance is created then only I can initialise the Cast SDK.

Questions is, If I do not have any Cast SDK related callbacks or initialisations in the FragmentActivity. So in this scenario how can I initialise the Cast SDK? How can I get call backs to the CastStateListener? How can I get the CastSession?

I hope if this repo have fragment demo it would be helpful for developers.

I have encountered the same problem, how do you solve it?

[rangav]

I also have the same problem on Android, cast icon is missing. But its working on ios

[enaamr]

I have the same problem and they mention that it is not necessary to register the app in google console any help?

[Jiyupeng334]

@entertailion Is it necessary to register?CastMediaControlIntent.DEFAULT_MEDIA_RECEIVER_APPLICATION_ID doesn't work. Do I need a can be connected device to display the icon?

[Purvik]

Facing the same problem here with code of one of the Google Cast Codelab final app. In screenshot they are displaying it clearly but in our app, it's not there.

[AdeelTariq]

The button will only appear once the receiver device is detected in the same network. You can see the same behavior on youtube app.

[GeekAashish]

I am using your Google Chrome cast video demo but I can not see the cast icon in the demo app

https://github.com/googlecast/CastVideos-android

I am using the same wifi on both my mobile device and Mi TV

I am using the latest version of Android studio with updated dependency.

I am able to cast a YouTube app on my Mi TV. I can see the cast icon in the youtube app but not in the demo app.

Please solve this issue ASAP I want to implement this feature in my client app. Before implementation, I want to check the demo of how it works...

[fmatosqg]

I had same problem with v19 of play-services-cast-framework and when downgraded to 18 it worked. I can't use v20 yet because of some issues with android:foregroundServiceType, I'll deal with that later or never at all.

[Ram81455]

I have run project , and getting same issue cast icon is missing. Can anyone please help me to explain why this is so ?

[hannesa2]

I run into this issue only in Fragment