Android tv support

hgvyas123 · April 2015

is it possible currently if yes please point me towards tutorial or link if not then also please reply that it is not supported

ar2rsawseen · April 2015

I think @MobAmuse have published apps there.

But well, Gideros supports Android, so Android TV support is the question of modifying the exported Android project.

Additionally you can use Controller plugin to support controller, or listen to input directly using Key up and key down events

ar2rsawseen · April 2015

I think this should sum it up:
https://developer.android.com/training/tv/games/index.html

modifications to Androidmanifest etc

SinisterSoft · April 2015

@hgvyas123 I have FireTV, Ouya and Nexus Player (Androdi TV) support in my program. I'll put together some info for you.

SinisterSoft · April 2015

Here is the mods to my manifest, you might not need all of these, I have ads, iap, controller, media and facebook additions.

SinisterSoft · April 2015

Here are the initial mods to activity - follow the controller lib to add the other additions later in the script.

SinisterSoft · April 2015

This is what is in the src folder - you might not need everything, but you should add controllers.

SinisterSoft · April 2015

Here is my libs, pt1 (this includes chartboost and applovin ads)

SinisterSoft · April 2015

Here is my libs, pt2 (you might need everything here) - this is just the first arm lib, the other arm and x86 are the same filenames.

SinisterSoft · April 2015

You also need to include a 320x180 banner image - it has to be set to 24 bit (not 32bit) colour. Put this in res\drawable.

SinisterSoft · April 2015

To tell what device you are on in your program put this at the beginning of your code...

If on TV then don't use ads, make sure also you create a touch interface - but also use the controllers - this will make your game run on the most devices.

Facebook works on everything I've tried - but the user can find it difficult to login to facebook depending on the system. Facebook scores leaderboard works across everything.

The code also sets a flag if the device is known to be slow. I use Ouya as the benchmark for the Fastest 'slow' system - it really isn't that slow though.

hgvyas123 · April 2015

Thanks Ar2rsawseen and sinistersoft for your great help

SinisterSoft · April 2015

I forgot you also need this in your manifest:

simwhi · August 2016

I've just bought an Android TV. Is it possible to detect whether it is a TV or a mobile/tablet. I'd like to exclude some cross promotional adverts on the TV version as they are not supported yet. What's the best way to do this? I can get the device info, but I would need to include a list of all the Android Manufacturers.

SinisterSoft · August 2016

This is how to check with android, I think it should be added to the Gideros getdevice info - with a similar check for AppleTV...

I don't know the Gideros source well enough to add this, but I'm sure one of the others could. ( @ar2rsawseen, @hgy29, @john26 )

public static final String TAG = "DeviceTypeRuntimeCheck";
 
UiModeManager uiModeManager = (UiModeManager) getSystemService(UI_MODE_SERVICE);
if (uiModeManager.getCurrentModeType() == Configuration.UI_MODE_TYPE_TELEVISION) {
    Log.d(TAG, "Running on a TV Device")
} else {
    Log.d(TAG, "Running on a non-TV Device")
}

simwhi · August 2016

@SinisterSoft Great!! If this could be added to getDeviceInfo that'll be fantastic. I've only just got the TV so just experimenting at the moment. I think this would open up a new market.

simwhi · August 2016

So, I tested our games on Android TV, and all is well. Can we add the above as a feature request for a future Gideros build?

SinisterSoft · August 2016

You need to put this request on github...

simwhi · August 2016

@SinisterSoft I don't know how to do that.

SinisterSoft · August 2016

Join github, then click here and add an issue...

https://github.com/gideros/gideros/issues

simwhi · August 2016

@SinisterSoft Done.

simwhi · August 2016

Sorry. Something went wrong with my browser. I was getting XML parsing errors.

antix · August 2016

@simwhi nah I have been getting that too, I just didn't click the "post comment" button over and over

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