Dolby.io Realtime Streaming Monitor - Android TV App

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This project demonstrates what a simple Realtime Streaming monitor experience is like when built for an Android TV device.

Use cases	Features	Tech Stack
Monitor a video stream	Start a stream monitoring with a stream name and account ID pair	Kotlin, Android

Pre-requisites

This setup guide is validated on both Intel/M1-based MacBook Pro running macOS 13.2.1.

Android

• Android Studio Electric Eel | 2022.1.1 Patch 1
• Android/Google TV (4K) API 31 simulator
• Android/Google TV (4K) API 33 simulator
• Chomecast with Google TV 4K 2020

Other

• A Dolby.io account
• Start a video streaming broadcasting, see here
• The Stream name and Account ID pair from the video streaming above

How to get a Dolby.io account

To setup your Dolby.io account, go to the Dolby.io dashboard and complete the form. After confirming your email address, you will be logged in.

Cloning the repo

The Dolby.io Realtime Streaming Monitor sample app is hosted in an Android Studio project. There are two Swift Package libraries under it.

Get the code by cloning this repo using git.

git clone git@github.com:dolbyio-samples/rts-app-android-viewer.git

Setup

Add the following properties (with values) into your local.properties file under project root:

The username of a working GitHub account user.

githubUsername=[GitHub_username]

The GitHub's user's Personal Access Token (PAT) with the read:packages scope.

githubPat=[GitHub_Personal_Access_Token]

For more information on how to create and use a classic PAT

Info: Creating a personal access token and Working with the Gardle registry

Building and running the app

Start the Android Studio, and open the folder of the project root.

From the top of the Android Studio, click Build -> Select Build Variant, select the correct Active Build Variant for the app. The tvDebug is selected for the Android TV app target.

From the top of the Android Studio, select the actual target to be run on.

Click on the Start ► button on top of the Android Studio to start running and debugging the app.

Info: To run on a real device, you need to connect it to the Android Studio with the ADB

Connecting a real Chromecast device

• Power up the Chromecast device and connect it to a display unit.
• Navigate to "Settings > System > About > Android TV OS build" and click on this options 7 times to turn on "Developers option"
• You should see a "You are now a developer!"
• Connect your local host and chromecast device in same wifi network
• Navigate to "System > About > Status"
• Make a note of the Chromecast device IP address as "chromecast-ip-address"
• Open a terminal on your local host machine
• Enter the command "adb connect chromecast-ip-address:5555"
• Click "Yes" button in a pop up displayed to enable debugging of the chromecast using your computer
• Verify the chromecast device is connected using command "adb devices"

Known Issues

The known issues of this sample app can be found here.

License

The Dolby.io Realtime Streaming Monitor sample and its repository are licensed under the MIT License.

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