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Google TV integrates Google’s Android operating system and the Linux version of Google Chrome browser to create "a new experience for television". - Wikipedia

Google TV combines Android with unique TV applications (Google Play, Chrome, TV search, and others) to open the living room to the web, making all television content more relevant and engaging.

With Honeycomb (Android 3.1), this is an opportunity to create an application for multiple devices. With minimal adjustment, you can build an app for Google TV as well as for Android tablets and phones.

Google TV has been surpassed by Android TV

Resources: (2012) Google TV Site. http://www.google.com/tv/publisher/develop/android.html

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Can the Anymote protocol get the current channel from the Google TV device?

Given that Google TV is going to be integrated into some sets, I'm assuming that the current channel is stored somewhere that the GTV OS can retrieve it. If that is the case, I'm wondering if there's a request that the Anymote protocol can make upon…
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Google TV VideoView playing YouTube rtsp videos

I am accessing a video link via the YouTube API thusly: JSONObject(videoString).getJSONObject("entry") .getJSONObject("media$group").getJSONArray("media$content") .getJSONObject(0).getString("url"); Which gives me a…
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How to implement a backend with AJAX, PHP, and MySQL for dynamic video sources when using Google TV Templates?

For people interested in doing web apps for Google TV, especially those with video content, the easiest way is use Google TV Templates: https://developers.google.com/tv/web/docs/gtv-templates. The original Google TV Templates were developed with…
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Google TV audio tag support

What formats Google TV browser(Google Chrome) html5 "audio" tag supports? I have an issue with playback of streaming links. I have already seen this link(http://code.google.com/p/googletv-issues/issues/detail?id=5) but is there official approving…
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Can an app resident on Google TV determine what other apps are resident on the platform

Hello I'm looking for some insight as to how an application I create and install on Google TV can determine what other apps are on the platform. If my app determines what other apps are on the box can my app launch them? Can my app be instructed to…
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MonoDroid 4.0.6+ on GoogleTV?

I've been trying to find out if MonoDroid can run on the GoogleTV as it uses an Intel Atom x86 CPU instead of a ARM CPU. I came across:: http://docs.xamarin.com/android/Releases/Mono_For_Android_4/Mono_For_Android_4.0.6 The release notes quote:: "It…
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Sony TV web application development (Google TV or Yahoo Connected TV widgets?)

Our customer asked us for the web application demo on Sony TV. I quickly found that for Sony the situation is a bit different then on LG, Samsung or Panasonic and seems to be much worse. There is no Sony web SDK for TV developers - there was a…
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Is there a way to enable hardware acceleration in the Google TV Emulator?

I have a Logitech Revue running Google TV 3.1 and I've just finished setting up my build environment to develop for it. So I boot up the emulator to see what it can do and to my surprise it can barely draw two untextured cubes (I ran the…
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How to play the video which is stored in directory cache in Google TV device

I am downloading video and image files,and storing that files into the cache memory of the device. i.e like String RootDir = getCacheDir() + File.separator + "FirstData"; RootFile = new File(RootDir); RootFile.mkdir(); But while using…
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How to link to a website in Google TV?

In my preference activity I have one preference that links to a website (eg. stackoverflow.com). The code works fine in everything EXCEPT a Google TV emulator. On the Google TV emulator clicking the preference creates a Force Close. Log Cat…
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Is there a way to figure out which channel the user is on Google TV player app?

Is this possible with GTV 2.0? There used to be a permission VIEW_HISTORY that appears to no longer be accessible. Thanks!
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Launch Browser Home Page or Bookmark When Screen Turns On

I'm looking to run a slideshow from a web page on an Android Google TV. I want the browser to launch and point to a bookmark every time the TV turns on. Since this is a Google TV there are no worries about the lock screen or what not. Is this even…
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MP4 Video Format is not supporting by Google TV

I am developing a Google TV application, and I have downloaded a mp4 format video from the server and stored in app data. I am trying to play that video inside the Google TV from video view, but it showing the alert like "Can not play the…
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focusing the clicked Button in an Android Activity

I have multiple buttons in an Activity. Each button opens a separate AlertDialog. When the app starts and i CLICK on a button through mouse, i want the clicked button to get focus .. so i can navigate through D-Pad buttons too afterwards. But it…
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How to animate left bar menu in android (shrink effect)?

I have the following view: ------------------------------------ o Menu1 | @ Menu2 | # Menu3 | CONTENT | | ------------------------------------ And I want to create an animation that shrinks the menu bar to show just the…
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