Support for Android TV remote control protocol

[Nikoichu]

Hey, I'm trying to find a FOSS app that will let me control my Android TV with my Android smartphone via keyboard and touchpad. This app seems to fit the bill perfectly.
Is there a way to run the .jar file for the server on Android TV and would it work as expected?

[schorschii]

Unfortunately, there is no way to execute this .jar file on Android and Android TV is currently outside the scope of this project. Android TV has an own protocol for remote controls which is partly reverse engineered. If you want to implement this, I'm happy about your pull request, but I currently don't have time for this, sorry.

Edit: you can use the Google Home or Google TV app to control your Android TV. These apps are not FOSS but officially from Google.

[Nikoichu]

Thanks for the info!
It's sad that nobody has made a FOSS implementation of this yet. Sadly I'm not a programmer so I can't be of any help there.
Seems like I'll have to use Goolag services then :/

[schorschii]

I transferred the issue to the RemotePointer Android app repo and reopened it as reminder. Maybe I'll implement this in the future.

[rajarshikhatua]

Is it impossible to do with the help of of shizuku.

[Nikoichu]

Huh, I had forgotten about this issue.
If anyone's interested, I solved my use case with this app, it works great for my needs:
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.atharok.btremote/

[rajarshikhatua]

very nice