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schorschii / RemotePointer-Android

Android app to control mouse and keyboard of your computer
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Support for Android TV remote control protocol #2

Open BloodRaven0 opened 9 months ago

BloodRaven0 commented 9 months ago

Hey, I'm trying to find a FOSS app that will let me control my Android TV with my Android smartphone via keyboard and touchpad. This app seems to fit the bill perfectly. Is there a way to run the .jar file for the server on Android TV and would it work as expected?

schorschii commented 9 months ago

Unfortunately, there is no way to execute this .jar file on Android and Android TV is currently outside the scope of this project. Android TV has an own protocol for remote controls which is partly reverse engineered. If you want to implement this, I'm happy about your pull request, but I currently don't have time for this, sorry.

Edit: you can use the Google Home or Google TV app to control your Android TV. These apps are not FOSS but officially from Google.

BloodRaven0 commented 9 months ago

Thanks for the info! It's sad that nobody has made a FOSS implementation of this yet. Sadly I'm not a programmer so I can't be of any help there. Seems like I'll have to use Goolag services then :/

schorschii commented 9 months ago

I transferred the issue to the RemotePointer Android app repo and reopened it as reminder. Maybe I'll implement this in the future.