Support for "Play Media" via Android Intents

[jgeorge1983]

Description

First, thanks for the incredible work on the Jellyfin Android TV client.
I am currently building a physical 'NFC Jukebox' using Home Assistant, where tapping a card triggers a specific movie or TV show on the Fire Stick. Currently, to make this work, I have to:

1. Launch the app via an ADB monkey command.
2. Wait for the app to initialize.
3. Send a play_media command via the Home Assistant Jellyfin integration.
   The Request:
   Would it be possible to implement support for Android Intents that allow for direct playback? This would allow external tools (like Home Assistant or Tasker) to send a single command that opens the app and immediately starts a specific item.
   Ideally, it would look something like this:
   adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d "jellyfin://play?id=YOUR_ITEM_ID"
   Benefits:
   • Speed: It removes the need for 'sleep' delays in automations.
   • Reliability: It ensures the correct item plays even if the app was already open on a different screen.
   • Physical Media Simulation: It makes NFC-to-TV projects (like mine!) feel much more native and responsive.
   Thanks for considering!"

Disclaimer, I did you Claude ai for the request wording, but the request is mine!

[damontecres]

This is a good idea, but probably not at the top of my priority list.

There was a PR #738 proposed for this, but it needs some work and its pretty outdated at this point.

[jgeorge1983]

Ahhhhh ok, that does look promising though. I'll have a play with it. Thanks a lot!

[damontecres]

Implementing in #1688 now