Questions tagged [television]
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How to allow Android app(TV-box) to recognize or access USB web camera?
I am currently trying to develop an Android video conference application on a Android TV set-top box. As all of us know, Android TV box does not have a camera and therefore I tried to use a USB web camera but the OS does not recognize the USB camera…

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AppCompat theme for android TV application
I'm new in TV layout design. According to reference, TV application use Leanback theme system wide and provide some widget and class specially developed for TV. But Leanback has very limited features.
I want to create a layout with TabLayout which…

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Gamepad required - android tv - releasing app
I have uploaded app on android tv which supports gamepad but it's not required. Unfortunately google play store shows that pad is required. I know it's something with manifest but it looks good to me.
This is important part i guess
uses-feature…

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Android tv notification Access
Me & another member of the Android TV dev community on Google+ were working on a project and it requires access to the notification access. ex:the permission pushbullet asks for so it can mirror your phone notifications. And when trying to execute…

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Is it possible for an input element to have a cursor without focus?
Okay so this is a unique scenario.
This is a web app that is not accessed anywhere but on a set top box. The peripheral for this application is a TV remote control.
i.e: NO keyboard, NO mouse.
Of course normally, when an input element is focused, a…

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All possible ways to detect TV as client side browser for CSS purposes
I have web application which follows responsive web design techniques. I'd like to serve different (bigger) font size for TV and different (smaller) for screen even when both have the same resolution. Why? Because when user uses 32" monitor as…

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Use Device Login on Smart TV / Console
I have noticed that Facebook seems to support Device Login with a token / PIN Code instead of user/login to be used on devices like TV or console:
https://www.facebook.com/device
In the search of the dev page I can see there was an article related…

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How can i test samsung smart TV app?
I developed a samsung smart TV app, tested it in samsung emulator, it works fine.
Now how will i test it in a TV, with out uploading it to samsung app store.

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How do I add a text input to a Samsung Smart TV app?
I'm trying to add a text box to an app for Samsung Smart TV. I'm following Samsungs dev guidelines but the following fails because IMEShell is undefined.
new IMEShell(this._INPUT_ID, this._imeReady.bind(this), "en");
I have the following in the…

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Can we build Flutter apps for Samsung TV?
Can we make Flutter apps for Samsung TV? If yes, from where to start, I mean is there any documentation available? If any demo flutter app for Samsung TV available on internet please share the link.

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HDMI CEC command for shutdown not working on Android
I am sending HDMI CEC command to Power on and Standby my LG LED TV 2015 make. The device is a Amlogic S922x based SBC running Android 9. The Power On commands work but the Standby commands don't. Can someone tell me what is wrong with this?
Power ON…

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How can I debug a LG Webos Chromium browser? (emulator)
I'm stuck trying to debug the LG TV Webos browser which is a chromium browser (chrome version 38) i've tried Ghostlab, weinre but they dont show any errors in console.

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The method nextPage() and previousPage() in PageController doesn't work sometimes
Here is my code:
I response key event in Android MainActivity, and use BasicMessageChannel to post key message:
public class MainActivity extends FlutterActivity {
private static final String CHANNEL = "scroll";
private static final String KEY_LEFT…

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Background service java.net.SocketTimeoutException: failed to connect after 10 minutes
(sorry for bad english) I'm developing app for android tv/set-top box (STB). I have problem with some devices, others work fine. I hope that someone encountered something similiar or can point me in right direction.
I use background service to…

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What exactly is a "Surface" class in Android?
I have been trying for a long time to render a video on a "Surface" class using MediaPlayer class. It was playing audio, but not the video. Everywhere I search, people talk about SurfaceView and SurfaceHolder but I have only a Surface object. How to…

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