Questions tagged [chromecast]

Questions related to Google's Chromecast device, a dongle that provides hi-definition audio/video on TVs via wifi streaming.

Development Links:

General info: http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/chromecast

List of Available Apps: http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/chromecast/apps.html

2028 questions
8
votes
4 answers

How to automatically chrome-cast a website or a tab

Is there a way to automatically google cast a chrome tab or a specific website everytime I visit the website URL ? Any command or function or script or bat file ?
8
votes
3 answers

Why does the chromecast client declare its height and width as 720p to the receiver app?

Why does the chromecast declare its client height and width to be 720p to the receiver app server? I am trying to display non-video content and assumed I would be able to use the full 1080p resolution. The device reports to the TV that it is in…
user2777115
  • 113
  • 2
  • 5
8
votes
2 answers

Open Chromecast YouTube video from my Android app

I'm able to use my own whitelisted url for feeding my chromecast videos, but can I make it stream a YouTube video directly from my app? I assume all I would need is to launch the YouTube app remotely and feed it a video ID somehow, but I can't find…
joaomgcd
  • 5,287
  • 4
  • 28
  • 39
8
votes
6 answers

How to debug whitelisted Chromecast

I have completed Google's form to enable my device to be whitelisted and have been provided with an AppID. I have followed the procedures outlined here to try and debug the device with no…
user995551
  • 401
  • 1
  • 3
  • 8
7
votes
1 answer

skipPrevious and skipNext buttons inactive even with items in queue Google Cast iOS Sender SDK v4.3.5 and above

I have an iOS sender application for video streaming that supports queueing and using the skipPrevious and skipNext buttons to skip forward and backward between videos in the queue. The app works with the google cast sdk v4.3.3 and v4.3.4 but I need…
myost
  • 79
  • 2
7
votes
0 answers

Extend Volume Panel in Android

I'm currently developing an app for casting video to Chromecast. I want to control the Chromecast volume by hardware buttons. Also I want to add my app volume seekbar to the Volume panel (where we have Ring, Media and Alarm seekbars). Actually all…
Taras Shevchuk
  • 326
  • 3
  • 14
7
votes
1 answer

Style the text color in the "Currently playing" cast screen

I cannot find a way to keep my application style below and display the text in the "Currently playing" popup screen. It's white on white as you can see in the following picture. It seems textColor is used for the text and colorPrimary for the…
Hrk
  • 2,725
  • 5
  • 29
  • 44
7
votes
2 answers

Chromecast v3: Mini Controller showing progressbar instead of Play/Pause button

I am using below way to integrate mini_controller in my chromecast app. However, I always seeing progressbar instead of pause/play button in mini controller.
Bhavesh Patadiya
  • 25,740
  • 15
  • 81
  • 107
7
votes
2 answers

Troubleshooting Styled Media Receiver css

I'm trying to implement styled media receiver, but for some reason, my chromecast won't show the graphics. I get only name of my receiver on black background. Preview in cast dev console looks OK though. The css I'm trying to use is this:…
matus
  • 73
  • 3
7
votes
3 answers

Chromecast support in PhoneGap / Cordova

This topic has been brought up in the past, but figured it's time to bring it to the forefront again. Are there any stable plugins out there to bring Chromecast support to PhoneGap / Cordova? Is a plugin still needed? Would love to get the…
7
votes
0 answers

Google-cast: Unable to white list app. Missing option for "Send this Chromecast's serial number when checking for updates"

This is a screenshot from my Mac's Chromecast app. As you can see the options to tick the "Send this Chromecast's serial number when checking for updates" is missing. I have another Chromecast device on the same wifi network and for that device the…
Dagligleder
  • 451
  • 5
  • 14
7
votes
1 answer

Leave receiver running after sender stop

I'm using a simple receiver based on the Google CastHelloText sample app. When the sender disconnects, I'd like to allow the receiver to continue display. I thought this could be accomplished by modifying the receiver's onSenderDisconnect function…
SeattleStephens
  • 587
  • 8
  • 20
7
votes
3 answers

Cast Button not showing up

I am trying to create a ChomeCast sender app with Android Studio. I have implemented all code need to be able to Add the Cast Button but it's not available Here is my Code. build.gradle apply plugin: 'android' android { compileSdkVersion…
Charles-Eugene Loubao
  • 1,080
  • 2
  • 12
  • 22
7
votes
5 answers

Can i programatically detect if there are any Chromecast devices on the current WiFi network?

Is it possible to detect if there are any Chromecast devices on the current WiFi network. I've seen that there's a Cast SDK but I couldn't find anything about searching for devices. Having never worked with this SDK before, it is possible that I may…
Mridang Agarwalla
  • 43,201
  • 71
  • 221
  • 382
7
votes
1 answer

Chromecast Sender App Doesn't Detect Disconnection/Reconnection

I previously developed an android sender app with the preview SDK and found that when a Chromecast was turned on or off, the app very quickly discovered this and changed the state of the media route button. However with the new SDK, if a Chromecast…
Alex Gilleran
  • 597
  • 3
  • 12