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I am trying to develop a multi-screen app for the Google TV platform using the Google TV emulator. So far, I have been unsuccessful in getting the Anymote connection to work.

The problem lies in the fact that every android emulator lies behind its own virtual firewall/router and is not on the same network as an external device/emulator. The multicast discovery phase in the protocol fails in such a situation. I have tried to use ADB redirections and have also tried multiple configurations such as using the remote control app on a device and even on an emulator on the same machine as the GoogleTV emulator but nothing seems to work and it fails to create a connection socket.

My question is: Has anyone successfully made a multi-screen app for the Google TV platform by using the GoogleTV emulator? If so, then please guide me in the right direction.

Sameer Mirza
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I could never get Anymote to work on the emulator. I did all of my development for my app, Able Remote, on the Google TV devices.

Leon Nicholls
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You may edit BroadcastDiscoveryClient to use unicast instead of multicast to do the discovery or you can even avoid the discovery completely and force your emulator address. Haven't tried it yet, but seems possible.

Diego Torres Milano
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  • Forcing the emulator address doesn't work quite nicely either since it is on a different subnet and redirections just don't work when doing the authentication bit. Thanks for the tip though. – Sameer Mirza Jan 31 '12 at 07:58
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The Google TV emulator does not broadcast an Anymote endpoint via mDNS, so it presently cannot be used for developing multi-screen apps using Anymote. If you can provide the Google TV team with some information about what you're developing, using the form at http://goo.gl/tVw4i, we may be able to help you find an alternative to using the emulator for development.

Feature request filed at http://code.google.com/p/googletv-issues/issues/detail?id=15. Pease star it if it's important to you!

saxman
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