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Questions tagged [google-cast]

Questions related to the Google Cast screen-sharing technology. Includes questions about creating a Receiver (a HTML5/JS/CSS3) app that runs on the Chromecast device, and about creating a Sender on their Chrome browser and / or iOS and Android devices.

Google Cast is a technology suite that brings TV's into the multi-screen era. In simpler words, Google Cast is a screen-sharing technology that lets a user send and control content like video from a small computing device like a phone, tablet, or laptop to a large display device like a television.

Developers will need to create a Receiver (a HTML5/JS/CSS3) app that runs on the Chromecast device. They also must create a Sender on their Chrome browser and / or iOS and Android devices.

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Cast image (photo) to Chromecast

I'm following these (1, 2) guides to create a sender Android application for Chromecast and I'm only interested in sending pictures. There are a lot of informaton and samples how to cast Text, Audio and Video. But not a single word how to that with…
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Sending messages from Sender to Custom Receiver with Chromecast receiver API V2

I've looked high and low for an answer and I can't seem to find anything, Google's Docs seem incomplete to the matter of message sending to a Custom Receiver. Also previous answers on StackOverflow seem to only be using the V1 Receiver API which…
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ChromeCast background video playback support iOS

I have a problem that when I my application goes in background the GCKSocket of chromecast iOS api closes and I get this typr of error from api -[GCKCastSocket socketDidDisconnect:withError:] socketDidDisconnect:withError: "(null)" and then if I…
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Why is Chromecast unable to stream this HLS video? "Neither ID3 nor ADTS header was found" / Error NETWORK/315

I'm trying to stream some URLs to my Chromecast through a sender app. They're HLS/m3u8 URLs. Here's one such example URL:…
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Detecting GooglePlayServices availability does not work

UPDATE: Probably fixed in GPS v12 but some people still report that nothing has changed. See this thread on google issue tracker. I have encountered a problem with detecting Google Play Services availability. I enable GoogleCast feature in my app…
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Unable to debug Whitelisted device / ApplicationSession failing to start

I am not able to connect to my Whitelisted Chromecast through the given address (ip.address:9222) as mentioned here: https://developers.google.com/cast/developing_your_receiver#debugging When attempting to test my Android sender implementation, my…
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Google Cast button not showing in Android

Trying to use Google's cast SDK v3 in my project, the cast button is failing to appear even though I have cast receivers active near me I have added the Google cast button to my project layout like so:
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Style dialog after click on MediaRouteButton

Hi can someone help me with styling dialog that appears after clicking on MediaRouteButton? There is a white text displayed on gray background which doesn't look good. android.support.v7.app.MediaRouteButton is wrapped in parent with…
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Custom notification with Google Cast SDK v3

Ever since the new Google Cast SDK v3 has been out, I've been thinking about migrating to it, as it has a few features I need and I'm always interested in keeping everything as up-to-date as possible. My previous setup used Google Cast SDK v2 + Cast…
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Can I cast on portrait mounted screen?

I'm using chrome API and Default Media Receiver. Is it possible to use some parameters to display media on a portrait screen?
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Not seeing Google Play Services rev 15 in SDK Manager (yet) for Google Cast SDK

As per the Cast SDK Docs, to use Cast SDK in Android I need, Google Play Services Revision 15. I dont see Rev 15 in my SDK Manager. Can anyone else see it yet? or know by when we can expect to start developing for Android with rev 15? Is there an…
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How do I detect a chromecast device in Javascript

The app I'm writing will behave differently if it detects that its host is not a chromecast device. What javascript code would determine whether or not it is running on a chromecast device?
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Chromecast: How to clear receiver cache

How do you ensure that the receiver is using the latest code deployed to the whitelisted url? Sometimes it appears to be using cached code.
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Does the content stream from WiFi directly to Chromecast, or from WiFi to Android to Chromecast?

Does the content stream from WiFi directly to Chromecast, or from WiFi to Android (or any other device) to Chromecast? I know that the other devices can be used to control the Chromecast, but I just want to know whether say you can stream directly…
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How to capture UIMediaController clicks via casting control interface

I've built a custom cast sender in my app that works perfectly - the only feature I need to add is a way to listen for the 'Play/Pause' and 'Skip' buttons, but Google's documentation (as far as I've been able to search for) doesn't give any clues,…
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