Great Project. U8G partially works.

[mannyman]

U8G
AndroidTV
Python 3.7-64 / 3.9-64
hisensetv-0.2.0.tar.gz

[--key {,exit,ok,volume_up,volume_down,channel_up,channel_down,fast_forward,rewind,stop,play,pause,mute,home,subtitle,,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,source_1,source_2,source_3,source_4,source_5,source_6,source_7}]

Steps to Reproduce

The following does not work , (the TV stays on the home screen):
--key netflix
--key youtube
--key amazon

Other commands such as power, back, etc. work fine

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> hisensetv 192.168.86.98 --key youtube
[2022-03-08 12:11:27,082] [INFO ] sending keypress: youtube <--- Does nothing

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> hisensetv 192.168.86.98 --key back
[2022-03-08 11:50:26,050] [INFO ] sending keypress: back <--- Works as expected

[newAM]

Yikes. I am not sure what steps to take with debugging this. This is probably something going wrong in the TV, and that's pretty much a black box.

[mannyman]

Opening apps uses launchapp mqtt message instead of sendkey. To emulate power button: /remoteapp/tv/remote_service/XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XY$normal/actions/sendkey -m KEY_POWER To start netflix: /remoteapp/tv/remote_service/XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XY$normal/actions/launchapp -m {"appIcon":"","appId":"","has_detail_page":0,"isLocalApp":1,"name":"Netflix","storeType":0,"type":0,"url":"com.netflix.ninja","urlType":0}

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[newAM]

Opening apps uses launchapp mqtt message instead of sendkey.

Yup. That is the current behaviour:

hisensetv/hisensetv/__init__.py

Lines 389 to 392 in 25e00da

	@_check_connected
	def send_key_netflix(self):
	""" Sends a keypress of the Netflix key to the TV. """
	self._launch_app("netflix")

hisensetv/hisensetv/__init__.py

Lines 242 to 270 in 25e00da

	def _launch_app(self, app: str):
	"""
	Sends a launch command to the TV, as if it had been pressed on the
	"remoteNOW" app.
	Args:
	app: Name of the app to launch
	"""
	if app == "amazon":
	launch = {"name": "Amazon", "urlType": 37, "storeType": 0, "url": "amazon"}
	elif app == "netflix":
	launch = {
	"name": "Netflix",
	"urlType": 37,
	"storeType": 0,
	"url": "netflix",
	}
	elif app == "youtube":
	launch = {
	"name": "YouTube",
	"urlType": 37,
	"storeType": 0,
	"url": "youtube",
	}
	else:
	raise ValueError(f"{app} is not a known app.")

Is that not what you expected?

[mannyman]

the mqtt topic
/remoteapp/tv/remote_service/XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XY$normal/actions/launchapp
with message
{
"name": "Netflix",
"urlType": 37,
"storeType": 0,
"url": "netflix",
}
Does not work for me in hisensetv nor testing it in MQTT Explorer

But, the following works in MQTT Explorer when I change message to:
/remoteapp/tv/remote_service/XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XY$normal/actions/launchapp
{"appIcon":"","appId":"","has_detail_page":0,"isLocalApp":1,"name":"Netflix","storeType":0,"type":0,"url":"com.netflix.ninja","urlType":0}

When I use RemoteNow app on Note 10+ android phone and press the Netflix logo it also works:
MQTT Explorer shows:
launchapp = {"appIcon":"","appId":"","has_detail_page":0,"isLocalApp":1,"name":"Netflix","storeType":0,"type":0,"url":"com.netflix.ninja","urlType":0}

[mannyman]

This home assistant community post looks accurate for the latest Hisense AndroidTVs in case that's the difference between our TVs:
The author and I believe your code uses ui_service instead of remote_service (which also worked for me).
https://community.home-assistant.io/t/hisense-tv-control/97638/95

"For app launching, here’s an example MQTT publish and the JSON for it. This launches the app immediately, from every screen and input I could try.

/remoteapp/tv/ui_service/XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XY$normal/actions/launchapp

{
  "appIcon": "",
  "appId": "",
  "has_detail_page": 0,
  "isLocalApp": 1,
  "name": "Plex",
  "storeType": 0,
  "type": 0,
  "url": "com.plexapp.android",
  "urlType": 0
}

"
I also think this would be useful for your code:
"
This will return a JSON response with all installed apps, makes it easy to format the app changing commands above.

/remoteapp/mobile/XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XY$normal/ui_service/data/applist

"

[newAM]

Ah, that makes sense - they changed the API. I originally accepted a pull-request for the netflix/youtube/amazon keys - I never got those to work on my TV myself.

If you want to send in a pull-request for that update I am happy to review it, but I would rather not develop features myself without a mechanism to test them.

[mannyman]

Sound good, But I've never done that before.
Do I just replace

{
"name": "Netflix",
"urlType": 37,
"storeType": 0,
"url": "netflix",
}

with

{
  "appIcon": "",
  "appId": "",
  "has_detail_page": 0,
  "isLocalApp": 1,
  "name": "Netflix",
  "storeType": 0,
  "type": 0,
  "url": "com.netflix.ninja",
  "urlType": 0
}

and then click save or something?
Going to click on Pull request button and see what happens.

[mannyman]

OK tried pulling and forking. Not sure what to do now.
added the following to init and main:
Added more apps
"disney+",
"hulu",
"peacock_tv",
"tubi",
"pluto_tv",
"vudu",
"hbo_max",
"youtube_music",
"iheartradio",
"pandora",
"TIDAL",
"Spotify",
"TuneIn Radio",
"Plex",
"MrMC",
"Stadia",

[mannyman]

Holy moly. It worked!
Thanks for this project.
Here's video of it.
https://youtu.be/v3QqIyN58ns

[ersan]

Sorry to revive this, but does this project still work on the U8H? Trying to decide if I should buy one.