Immich Android TV

Immich is a self hosted backup solution for photos and videos. Current features include:

• Upload and view videos and photos
• Auto backup when the app is opened
• Selective album(s) for backup
• Multi-user support
• Album and Shared albums

More info here: https://github.com/immich-app/immich

This Android TV app will allow you to view those uploaded photos and videos. Current features include:

Features	Status
Sign in by phone (https://github.com/giejay/Immich-Android-TV-Authentication)	Done
Sign in by entering API key	Done
Demo environment	Done
Album fetching + Lazy loading	Done
Showing the photos inside an album	Done
Slideshow of the photos and videos with a configured interval	Done
Setting the app as the screensaver	Done
Setting the albums to show in the screensaver	Done
Configure the interval of the screensaver	Done
Add generic sorting of albums and photos	Done
Add sorting for specific album (select last item in row and press right again)	Done
Showing the 4K thumbnail instead of the full image to speed up loading	Done
Showing the EXIF data and improving the slideshow view	Design phase
Configure whether to play sound with videos	Not started
Casting capabilities	Not started
Searching in and for albums	Not started
Dependency injection with Hilt/Dagger	Not started

Build steps

1. Clone project with git clone --recurse git@github.com:giejay/Immich-Android-TV.git
2. Create an account at firebase and create a google-services.json file, or cp apps/google-services.example apps/google-services.json
3. copy app/src/strings_other.xml.example to app/src/main/res/values/strings_other.xml and modify the address and API keys for your demo server.
4. Build apk with ./gradlew assembleRelease

Support the project

You can support the project in several ways. The first one is by creating nice descriptive bug reports if you find any: https://github.com/giejay/Immich-Android-TV/issues/new/choose.

Even better is creating a PR: https://github.com/giejay/Immich-Android-TV/pulls.

Lastly, if you feel this Android TV app is a useful addition to the already great Immich app, you might consider buying me a coffee or a beer:

FAQ

I'n not able to set the app as a screensaver

1. Enable development mode on the device (click the build number or "Android TV OS Build" 7 times in the System->About settings).
2. Go to System -> Developer Options and enable USB Debugging.
3. If you don't have ADB installed on your PC, follow these instructions: https://www.xda-developers.com/install-adb-windows-macos-linux/
4. After downloading/installing ADB on the PC, connect to the device using it's IP: adb connect 192.168.xx.xx.
5. Once you are connected, execute the following command: 'adb shell settings put secure screensaver_components nl.giejay.android.tv.immich/.playback.ScreenSaverService'
6. Done!