Casty is a small Android library that provides a simple media player for Chromecast. It's fully consistent with Google Cast v3.
Insert the following dependency to build.gradle file of your project:
dependencies {
compile 'pl.droidsonroids:casty:1.0.5'
}Casty requires Google Play Services and I assume that the target device has it installed (if not this example won't work). In a bigger project I suggest you check it using GoogleApiAvailability.
First, you need to initialize a Casty instance in every Activity you want to use it in:
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private Casty casty;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
casty = Casty.create(this);
}
}If you want to add a Mini Controller widget, you can do it like this:
casty = Casty.create(this)
.withMiniController();Alternatively you can place it in your layout XML, just like in the official Google Cast example (remember to change fill_parent to match_parent 😆).
To support device discovery, add a menu item in overriden onCreateOptionsMenu method:
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
casty.addMediaRouteMenuItem(menu);
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.your_menu, menu);
return true;
}You can also add a discovery button anywhere else by placing it in your layout XML:
<android.support.v7.app.MediaRouteButton
android:id="@+id/media_route_button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />And then set in up in your Activity:
MediaRouteButton mediaRouteButton = (MediaRouteButton) findViewById(R.id.media_route_button);
casty.setUpMediaRouteButton(mediaRouteButton);You can add the above functionality (except MediaRouteButton) simply by extending CastyActivity. It will add a casty field and set up the rest:
public class MainActivity extends CastyActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
if (casty.isConnected()) {
casty.getPlayer().loadMediaAndPlay(...)
}
}
}All media player actions are included in a CastyPlayer object, which you can access by calling casty.getPlayer().
When you are connected to the device, you can play media the following way:
MediaData mediaData = new MediaData.Builder("http://distribution.bbb3d.renderfarming.net/video/mp4/bbb_sunflower_1080p_30fps_normal.mp4")
.setStreamType(MediaData.STREAM_TYPE_BUFFERED) //required
.setContentType("videos/mp4") //required
.setMediaType(MediaData.MEDIA_TYPE_MOVIE)
.setTitle("Sample title")
.setSubtitle("Sample subtitle")
.addPhotoUrl("https://peach.blender.org/wp-content/uploads/bbb-splash.png?x11217")
.build();
casty.getPlayer().loadMediaAndPlay(mediaData);Alternativly you can use loadMediaAndPlay(MediaInfo, autoPlay, position) similar to Google Cast example.
To react on Chromecast connect and disconnect events, you can simply register a listener:
casty.setOnConnectChangeListener(new Casty.OnConnectChangeListener() {
@Override
public void onConnected() {
Log.d("Casty", "Connected with Chromecast");
}
@Override
public void onDisconnected() {
Log.d("Casty" "Disconnected from Chromecast");
}
});In case the library doesn't fit you, I left the possibility to change everything like in Google Cast v3.
You can set receiver ID or even the whole CastOptions in your Application class:
Casty.configure(receiverId); //or
Casty.configure(customCastOptions);Get CastContext by calling:
CastContext.getSharedInstance(context);Get CastSession (so RemoteMediaClient) by register OnCastSessionUpdatedListener:
casty.setOnCastSessionUpdatedListener(new Casty.OnCastSessionUpdatedListener() {
@Override
public void onCastSessionUpdated(CastSession castSession) {
if (castSession != null) {
RemoteMediaClient remoteMediaClient = castSession.getRemoteMediaClient();
//...
}
}
});