This is somewhat of a general question but in this case my interest is around the Fire TV.
Samsung released their Homesync device some time ago (it's been a failure unfortunately) and it had a remote control screen mirrioring capability they referred to as "Mouse Mirroring" where you could see the display of the device on your own and interact with it as if you were actually on the device, touchscreen and all.
Does anyone know if there are any apps that might provide this kind of remote control for a Fire TV or other device like a Google TV? My goal is to use my Note 3 (or some other future device/tablet) to display what the media player device is outputting and in that way remotely control it.
Thanks for any responses.
I looked into building an app to do this, but from what I've found, code would need to run on FireTV and have root access and compiled with the system key. But I would love to be proven wrong.
-Gregg
santiagodraco said:
This is somewhat of a general question but in this case my interest is around the Fire TV.
Samsung released their Homesync device some time ago (it's been a failure unfortunately) and it had a remote control screen mirrioring capability they referred to as "Mouse Mirroring" where you could see the display of the device on your own and interact with it as if you were actually on the device, touchscreen and all.
Does anyone know if there are any apps that might provide this kind of remote control for a Fire TV or other device like a Google TV? My goal is to use my Note 3 (or some other future device/tablet) to display what the media player device is outputting and in that way remotely control it.
Thanks for any responses.
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This is a big lose on their side. Go with roku - they have a complete sdk that can allow you to control and directly launch any app via a simple ip command.
I bought the k400 keyboard, and seems to work pretty good, but I can't figure out how to left click (select) with the mouse on my fire tv. The obvious mouse button on the keyboard doesn't seem to do anything. I thought I remember seeing a post somewhere about having to use a different button for mouse clicking, but can't find it anywhere?
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I bought the k400 keyboard, and seems to work pretty good, but I can't figure out how to left click (select) with the mouse on my fire tv. The obvious mouse button on the keyboard doesn't seem to do anything. I thought I remember seeing a post somewhere about having to use a different button for mouse clicking, but can't find it anywhere?
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left click is working for me in apps that support a mouse.. maybe your app isnt mouse worthy?
Figured it out... I didn't realize the mouse function doesn't work on the main screen, but does on most apps.
There is in fact,four ways on my K400r to left click since Android hates right clicking.
The K400r is an update to K400 with Windows 8 control design,and the best part by chance is that it might relate to the ARM version of W8 as well.
The four ways are the top left button,left mouse click,right mouse click,and tapping the touchpad.
At least using "Complete Linux Installer" to run ubuntu 13.10 SMALL on my Fire TV proves that right clicking is fully functional on a Linux Distro.
Some VNC apps do not have support for right clicking,but bVNC does.
I need help getting Linux Deploy setted up so I can test the better refresh rate compared to VNC's choppy refresh rate.
Wouldn't it be hilarious to run Android within the linux vnc while Android is already being used on the device?
I can't find a damn armhf based Android runner for Linux,what sense make not!
How are we supposed to reverse engineer Android execution if there is no application for using it directly on Linux armhf?
I would figure that you would just mimic the original method,but using the Linux GUI in a window.
The reason I am so determined to get to this point is because Linux armhf lacks adobe flash player altogether while Android still has the last version.
Is there an old version of adobe flash player for armhf Linux,or can somebody miraculously port the Android Flash to Linux armhf?
Starting this thread to hopefully gather some steam for getting the TWC TV app working via sideload on the Fire TV and Fire TV Stick.
I've tried loading the most recent hacked version for Android, which was suppose to ignore the ADB request and also let you use the app away from home. It DOES sideload, but immediately alerts you that it's out of date. Then it takes you to the Amazon App store, and shows you the updated version of the app, but then says it's not compatible with the device.
I wondered if the version available for the Kindle Fire tablets is more compatible, but can't find the apk anywhere to test it.
I've also read it IS possible to sideload (not sure of what version) but requires root in order to use a keyboard/mouse (or emulator). That info was prior to the stick being offered AND the Fire TV Remote app being available. So I wonder if there's a way to use the keyboard option in the remote app instead of a USB mouse/keyboard IF we could get a working version of the app sideloaded at all?
Feel free to comment with other obstacles/possibilities/experiences. All the info I've found via MANY searches so far relating to this app and the AFTV specifically is spread among MANY different pages and threads - so I'm hoping we can at least aggregate that info here and save fellow AFTV users some trouble. Thanks in advance!
itbedave said:
Starting this thread to hopefully gather some steam for getting the TWC TV app working via sideload on the Fire TV and Fire TV Stick.
I've tried loading the most recent hacked version for Android, which was suppose to ignore the ADB request and also let you use the app away from home. It DOES sideload, but immediately alerts you that it's out of date. Then it takes you to the Amazon App store, and shows you the updated version of the app, but then says it's not compatible with the device.
I wondered if the version available for the Kindle Fire tablets is more compatible, but can't find the apk anywhere to test it.
I've also read it IS possible to sideload (not sure of what version) but requires root in order to use a keyboard/mouse (or emulator). That info was prior to the stick being offered AND the Fire TV Remote app being available. So I wonder if there's a way to use the keyboard option in the remote app instead of a USB mouse/keyboard IF we could get a working version of the app sideloaded at all?
Feel free to comment with other obstacles/possibilities/experiences. All the info I've found via MANY searches so far relating to this app and the AFTV specifically is spread among MANY different pages and threads - so I'm hoping we can at least aggregate that info here and save fellow AFTV users some trouble. Thanks in advance!
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I'd love to be able to sideload the time warner app, if you get any info about this let me know.
is the latest version 3.6.6.6 . I just installed via aptoide market store and it goes to login screen no probs. I have aptoide installed on my fire tv
Latest version works for me after side loading. I use an air mouse for navigation.
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Latest version works for me after side loading. I use an air mouse for navigation.
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is the air mouse an app or a real mouse? trying to figure out how to navigate.
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is the air mouse an app or a real mouse? trying to figure out how to navigate.
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F10 mele pro remote.
xQuestx said:
is the air mouse an app or a real mouse? trying to figure out how to navigate.
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Hey XQuest, would you mind elaboratinhg a bit on the integration with the FireTV, particularly with the TWC app? Also since you have it working, does the twc app output in dolby digital? thanks for your help
Buy this Airmouse, it works perfectly and is my primary remote now. Works perfect with the Twc app just that I also can't get the away from home to work.
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Thanks for the suggestion, awesome. Do you know if the twc app on fire tv will put out dolby digital?
ok so side loading works and app runs so far. im using the wukong remote app. its pretty awesome. I figured out how to get around and play on demand content, but live tv is another story, i can't seem to get the channels to scroll, i can click on the last channel on the bottom and it switches to that channel and then repeat to move the list until i get to the channel i want, but i cant scroll the list to get to the channel i want. any ideas?
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ok so side loading works and app runs so far. im using the wukong remote app. its pretty awesome. I figured out how to get around and play on demand content, but live tv is another story, i can't seem to get the channels to scroll, i can click on the last channel on the bottom and it switches to that channel and then repeat to move the list until i get to the channel i want, but i cant scroll the list to get to the channel i want. any ideas?
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I would like to know how to get scrolling to work also. I wish TWC would get this app working for Fire TV. If it can work for Roku, it shouldn't be that much for them to make it work on the Fire TV. The channels that show on the one page stream great.
You can scroll using a remote. That has mouse and a left click button.
Wukong remote's mouse or trackpad function does not behave the same as using an actual mouse (don't know about the remotes/keyboard/trackpad combos). When you use wukong, it shows an actual mouse pointer (traditional style), when you use an actual mouse, a yellowish circle shows up and it allows you to click and drag, best way I can describe it is that it mimics a finger tip.
It would be cool if wukong emulated this mode, but I don't know how to reach out to the developer, since its pretty obvious he's a native asian language speaker. I will say that the festure that allows you to launch any app on your firetv directly from the wukong app is awesome. My room mate thinks I'm crazy having 3 or 4 different devices to control my fire tv
anyone care to kinda give me a little bit of training as to how to remove all the checks like vpn, adb, etc. I had a working version which I could use over vpn, but now everytime I launch the app it tells me that I have to upgrade to continue. I imagine you have to decompile the code and modify code, which even though I'm not a programmer, I feel pretty confortable doing with my college programming classes. Any help or pointers is appreciated. Or if someone has the latest working version even better. Thanks.
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You better think a litle to my old question: can be mortscript ported?
Why do you think it's "better"? I don't need that mortscript and don't care about it at all.
All I need is to find incompatibility between my "Cast to" app and LG smart TV's
Lg is miracast capable. And i guess, your app is aircast.
My app is DLNA and Miracast capable and perfectly works with most of TV brands except LG. My goal is figure out why.
Its complicated... http://www.lg.com/ca_en/support/product-help/CT20098023-1348676620463-file-sharing-dlna
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Its complicated... http://www.lg.com/ca_en/support/product-help/CT20098023-1348676620463-file-sharing-dlna
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No, it is not. By customer reports, app crashes right after (or before) displaying the very first picture on the LG smart TV. All you need is start solution under VS debugger, connect to TV, try to display first picture, get an exception and tell me what is going on. But the key point is LG TV, I can't buy TV set just for testing.
But looks like we have a lack of developers or LG TV's here (or both )
I am looking for the easiest way to add voice control back to the Shield 2017 now that I am using a Harmony hub remote. I would mainly just use it for the voice search feature on apps like YouTube and such. Would something like Alexa or Google Home be the best way, or can it be done from an Android phone? Thanks.
The Android TV Remote android app is one option for sure.
google home app on phone