New Chromecast out today... ScreenCasting works with SM-T800 - Galaxy Tab S Themes and Apps

Chromecast update pulled today at APKMirror works like a boss with our little baby... Screencasting right now as i type this on my 40 inch monitor with Bluetooth keyboard and mouse... ahhhh it's a good day!!!
DOWNLOAD HERE AND SIDE LOAD UPDATE

That's awesome. Looks like I need to get me a chromecast. I have one saved up in my drawer as a Christmas gift for my dad....so tempted to open it myself!

Awesome. Even my old S3 can screencast too with this new version. Thanks!

Works on Galaxy tab s 8.4 t700

Played with it for an hour last night; works like a charm on the T-800. Although it's funny - I thought the Tab S was the same aspect ratio as my TV, and it appears not, so we're stuck with the black bars. Maybe Google will let us change the aspect ratio at some point.
--Databoy2k

Hate the black bars. No black bars on my Note 4 but there is on my tab s t700.
Screencast is not working with cm12 Rom I'm using tho for some reason ?

Sorry I'm new to the Tab S and I'm not home now to test this new chromecast support, but what exactly does this mean? That the tablet sees chromecast when trying to mirror screen? What is the update to so I make sure to install it.

postulio said:
Sorry I'm new to the Tab S and I'm not home now to test this new chromecast support, but what exactly does this mean? That the tablet sees chromecast when trying to mirror screen? What is the update to so I make sure to install it.
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The update is to the actual chromecast app itself... once updated it gives the option to "cast screen" from within the chromecast app.

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[Q] Splashtop question

I have a question regarding the stock splashtop app installed on the prime. I didnt know this was on here at first (Asus does a good job at hiding it) and downloaded the non-HD splashtop app that is free on Amazon market today. First off, the HD version looks much, much better. Its quicker too. All around more awesome.
Except... the version on the market has a menu that pops up with some really simple but great buttons. You can bring up a scroll bar, switch between screens if your computer is running a dual monitor configuration and a few other nifty things. All of these can be handled with annoying gestures (really? a three finger tap? Am I the only one who doesnt have three fingers of the same length on a hand?) does anyone know of a way to get that pop-up window back or why its missing?
The market version also has a cursor mode. For some things, this is pretty useful as well. Anyone know if thats hidden somewhere too?
In the screen where you pick what computer you want to connect to, there is a button on the top right most spot that you can tap to and go to the settings. The first option in there is to turn on the hint screen.
Not sure about the cursor mode. I don't think it is in the included version.
Where is this located on our prime, I couldn't find it!
indiscriminant said:
Where is this located on our prime, I couldn't find it!
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schelfho said:
I have a question regarding the stock splashtop app installed on the prime. I didnt know this was on here at first (Asus does a good job at hiding it) and downloaded the non-HD splashtop app that is free on Amazon market today. First off, the HD version looks much, much better. Its quicker too. All around more awesome.
Except... the version on the market has a menu that pops up with some really simple but great buttons. You can bring up a scroll bar, switch between screens if your computer is running a dual monitor configuration and a few other nifty things. All of these can be handled with annoying gestures (really? a three finger tap? Am I the only one who doesnt have three fingers of the same length on a hand?) does anyone know of a way to get that pop-up window back or why its missing?
The market version also has a cursor mode. For some things, this is pretty useful as well. Anyone know if thats hidden somewhere too?
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i think i read a comment on the HD version's android market page that the feature is missing in the HD version. I don't have my prime yet but it should be here next week from BB! (Fingers crossed!!).
Post back if you do find it though!
Anyone know if the version bundled includes internet discovery?
EDIT: Found my answer - it does. User manual page 53 http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/EeePAD/TF201/TF201_MANUAL_en_20111206.pdf
Ok, so I was trying out the mycloud program and the version of splashtop on the prime seems to have VERY washed out colors. I then downloaded the HD version from the market and the colors seem to be better.
I opened a picture of my car which is red and compared it on both. On the mycloud program it was clearly orange and on the HD splashtop from the market it was a washed out red. Looking over at my desktop that the picture was coming from, it looks just like my car looks like in person.
I like the program but the colors look like 8 bit, how can we change this??
timgt said:
I like the program but the colors look like 8 bit, how can we change this??
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I have the regular version of Splashtop on my Bionic, and also had it on my original TF but got rid of that and installed the HD version (both from from the market). I never noticed any difference in pixel depth between the two, and neither looked like it was 8-bit. Are you sure it's not something on your host PC or an obscure setting somewhere that was changed by accident?
timgt said:
Ok, so I was trying out the mycloud program and the version of splashtop on the prime seems to have VERY washed out colors. I then downloaded the HD version from the market and the colors seem to be better.
I opened a picture of my car which is red and compared it on both. On the mycloud program it was clearly orange and on the HD splashtop from the market it was a washed out red. Looking over at my desktop that the picture was coming from, it looks just like my car looks like in person.
I like the program but the colors look like 8 bit, how can we change this??
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What is the color space of the image? It may be that the TF doesn't render that quite as well.
i'd never heard of splahtop before but i read about it on another forum, downloaded the streamer app to my home pc and i must say that the remote pc function works extremely well on the prime. i was streaming movies to my prime with virtually no lag or stuttering. freaking awesome.
I just wanted to say that I am able to streama full bitrate bluray rip to my prime via this app, playing on media player classic on the host PC...the host being an old athlon ii x2 240...I am amazed, to say the least, especially since the quality of the stream is not only watchable, it's what I would call very good. It works out just short of what you would expect from a 720p YouTube stream. I have yet to try over the net, but I'm likely to use pled for that.

Mirror screen (display) from S3 to Smart TV ONLY with wi-fi (wireless)

Hello there,
I am still looking how to mirror the screen of my S3, by mirror I mean to see what I am doing on my S3, not to stream videos, music or pictures..
For example if I play NOVA, I`d like to see on my Smart TV.
So we do have a Smart TV with wifi (wireless) incorporated, my model D6530 (D6500 series), but I cant find the option to mirror screen.
Is there a trick ??? Can somebody find out or make a software to do this..
Hardware both is all ok and accepted, only SW is missing or hide.
Thanks
Even I am looking for the same. But no luck yet.
There is a discussion on this thread about screen cast (screen replication on TV) : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1678135
Looks like its not yet released and will be available in late summer as per facebook sweden update (as per some user's comment in one of the threads)
With All share play app already available you can stream content(video/photos/music) to TV (same as other DLNA apps like iMediaShare).
The only part lacking and I am desperate is AllShare Cast app.
I thought you needed the dangle for all share cast to work? I its not cheap. Hope I'm wrong I've got a dlna Samsung 5series smart tv and use dlna all the time for porn Ammm I mean video viewing and it's great smooth and fast ^o^
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Looking for the same too. This what I found so far.
Google for xbounds.
If you got another android that can hook up to tv, you can install MirrorOp apps. Works well but framerate is limited.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
I dont need the dongle to carry all ****s with me, I already have a Smart TV with wifi.. dongle is for normal TV without wifi
Hope they will do something about this
yeah, dont really understand why this isnt already possible, the hardware is there, at present you'll just have to manage with your hdmi which makes gaming pretty much impossible comfortably.
This is probably my only gripe with this phone and my last the sgs2.
Hello folkz
Latest firmware I9300XXBLFB
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
It have ALLSHARE CAST, but is not working with my TV D6530.
Is using WIFI-direct, and I think this is the problem..
Also with WI-Fi connected doesnt work, allshare works.. but not Allshare Cast to mirror the screen
A solution ?
3dward87 said:
Hello folkz
Latest firmware I9300XXBLFB
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
It have ALLSHARE CAST, but is not working with my TV D6530.
Is using WIFI-direct, and I think this is the problem..
Also with WI-Fi connected doesnt work, allshare works.. but not Allshare Cast to mirror the screen
A solution ?
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I'm having a similar problem I see the device, it connects for a few seconds, my tv screen flickers and disconnects immeditately.
what model of Smart TV you have? I dont see my TV on the list at all...
And what country ? ( I think is related on country, from the answer of Samsung Romania support...)
3dward87 said:
what model of Smart TV you have? I dont see my TV on the list at all...
And what country ? ( I think is related on country, from the answer of Samsung Romania support...)
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NOTE: I think allshare only works with the 7000 / 8000 varieties, this was suggested in the sgs2 threads on the subject. I used to have an sgs2 but there was never an option to cast your phone screen without HDMI connection, have to wonder if this option is on the SGS3 at all.
da.trute said:
NOTE: I think allshare only works with the 7000 / 8000 varieties...
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Well maybe an official announcements or specification, will be good to solve our problem..
Somebody can confirm with new models if working or not ?
3dward87 said:
Somebody can confirm with new models if working or not ?
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I have a Samsung D8000 TV & it's not working with that yet.
Jcko1 said:
I have a Samsung D8000 TV & it's not working with that yet.
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Thanks, did you installed latest firmware from date 13 Jul, 2012 ?
3dward87 said:
Thanks, did you installed latest firmware from date 13 Jul, 2012 ?
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I tried it last sat on un65d8000 model. All share play worked, which just sends movies, but all share case, did not.
Software apparently needs work...
Ptrout said:
I tried it last sat on un65d8000 model. All share play worked, which just sends movies, but all share case, did not.
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After receiving the latest firmware update on my phone, it finally shows "AllShare Cast" as an option in settings. Unfortunately, it can not detect the UN60ES7500 I have on display in the showroom (or the PN51E8000), nor the BDE5700 and BDE6500 Blu-Ray players. Nothing shows as a "detected device". I just upgraded the firmware on the UN60ES7500 and no change. I tried connecting via our Wi-Fi network, as well as using "WiFi Direct"...still no dice.
Additionally, the "LiveView" Android app apparently isn't compatible with the Galaxy S III either...so no streaming video from the TV BACK to the phone either...grrr.
Samsung needs some software help, pronto!
@jnemesh
same for me what firmware on S3 you tested ?
Allshare Cast doesnt work yet but already has issues
Salut
I have a 7000 series smart tv + WiFi dongle. I can confirm that Allshare plays photos, music & videos from S3 to tv, but Allshare Cast is not working. also there is PIA bug with Allshare Cast on S3 running latest v.17 Omega rom, when disabled from settings it also disables WiFi Anyone saw this issue? The only option to get rid of that it could be re-flashing the Omega rom without the Allshare Cast.:silly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p6nOAcSUsE
so that isn't working now even if you have the dongle and a s3?
:/ did they disable the feature?
this is what i'm trying to figure out ..if you have a smart tv that can stream videos via allshare just fine..then shouldnt hardware wise you have all you need for allshare-cast to work too??
i have a UA46ES6200 and my s3 can not detect it when scanning for allshare-cast devices ...but allshare play is working just fine
but i want screen mirroring :/
this is really annoying, Samsung ever read here ?
or how we can get feedback on this..
I bought S3 for this option (like in commercials), otherwise I would stick with my S1 and S2..
Somebody managed to mirror screen without dongle ?

Screen Casting From Android Is Now Live w/ Chromecast

You can now mirror your screen when using a Chromecast with the Note 3 running 4.4.2. Go into Settings >More Settings >Screen Mirroring to enable screen casting through your Chromecast. You can also cast directly from the Chromecast app if screen mirroring doesn't work.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/07/09/screen-casting-with-sound-from-android-is-now-live-for-select-devices-running-kitkat-4-4-1-or-higher/
I must be doing something wrong because I can't get it to cast...
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Figured it out. Even though the app said it was updated today it was not the latest version. I side loaded the latest version and it works. It is too choppy though.
Sent from my Note 3
I have sideloaded 1.74 and when i press cast screen it tries to connect but nothing happened I have a note 3 with galaxy fre rom
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MeridianSun said:
Figured it out. Even though the app said it was updated today it was not the latest version. I side loaded the latest version and it works. It is too choppy though.
Sent from my Note 3
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It's working fine through the Chomecast app for me. I haven't tried any games but everything else is smooth including 1080p videos that were recorded on my phone.
I can get it to mirror my screen through the Chromecast (not through settings) but I get no sound. How do I get sound.
Note: My chromecast is plugged into my Onkyo receiver, does that make a difference?
TabGuy said:
I can get it to mirror my screen through the Chromecast (not through settings) but I get no sound. How do I get sound.
Note: My chromecast is plugged into my Onkyo receiver, does that make a difference?
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Probably so. I have screen mirroring working thru the Chromecast app as well and it does audio just fine. Might be something going on with that receiver. Can you remove it and try just a direct connect to the Chromecast on the TV? Haven't tried thru the Settings way.
christianpeso said:
Probably so. I have screen mirroring working thru the Chromecast app as well and it does audio just fine. Might be something going on with that receiver. Can you remove it and try just a direct connect to the Chromecast on the TV? Haven't tried thru the Settings way.
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Turns out that power cycling the Chromecast solved the problem. I now get sound.
Reboot of Chomecast worked for me to get sound working. Also games look great!
I see no option to Mirror in the Chromecast app. It says I have the latest version.
airmaxx23 said:
It's working fine through the Chomecast app for me. I haven't tried any games but everything else is smooth including 1080p videos that were recorded on my phone.
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Be cautious with games. My phone shut down several services and a warning screen appeared stating my phone was too hot.
Does that mirroring work directly from chromecast to phone or do you still need a wifi network to connect them both to?
Sent from my SM-N900V using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
blindside2171 said:
Does that mirroring work directly from chromecast to phone or do you still need a wifi network to connect them both to?
Sent from my SM-N900V using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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You still need to use Wi-Fi.
I'm on Android 4.3, Beanstown build 6, so I can't screen cast Is there an update path I can take (possibly new ROM) that will get me 4.4 and the ability to use this new feature? (I have Chromecast app ver 1.7.4)
Could people who have it working SMOOTHLY (to me not smoothly = not working) at 1080p please post the wifi setup they are using? (Router/AP model and 2.4 or 5ghz, is it in the same room, other devices connected, port forwarding or QoS or other router config, or anything else noteworthy)
I haven't touched my chromecast in 3 months because it basically didn't work for anything I wanted to do (main thing is playing photos/videos shot with camera on a bigger screen). Back then I was using a wired router and a Asus EAN66 as wifi AP (box-claim speed of 450 mbps) sitting within 10 feet of both phone and TV/Chromecast in the same room but it was horrible - I was lucky to get maybe 20 seconds of smooth video max. Then it would crash. Much faster to transfer files to computer via usb3 or sdcard then play on TV. Similar story on a Linksys E1000 but I forget which was worse.
True smooth 1080p screen mirroring... that would be nice. Truly something that would wow people. I now have Netgear R7000 (model name "Overkill") and it's 5 feet from the TV so it really better work now! I'll report tomorrow when I can mess with it.
I had it working smoothly. First I had to update to most recent chromecast app from google play in US, then once I tried screen mirroring option in the app, it would connect to my chromecast but show nothing. After doing this the chromecast then wanted to reboot and update itself to a later software build. While it rebooted rebooted note 3 and laoded up the chromecast app, option was there to mirror to tv so I chose it and it worked flawlessly and smooth even playing games. I was using stock android TW 4.4.2 and played trials frontier. I have a netgear WNDR 3700 V1 router using 54g (2.4) to connect phone and chromecast to. The tv was like 1ms behind what was displayed on phone but still worked flawlessly. I had my phone power saving mode on and cpu power saving checked. Even with this power saving it worked great for web browsing, videos, and games. Phone did get hot and battery drained quickly! I also use WPA 2 encryption and security!
badchorizo said:
Could people who have it working SMOOTHLY (to me not smoothly = not working) at 1080p please post the wifi setup they are using? (Router/AP model and 2.4 or 5ghz, is it in the same room, other devices connected, port forwarding or QoS or other router config, or anything else noteworthy)
I haven't touched my chromecast in 3 months because it basically didn't work for anything I wanted to do (main thing is playing photos/videos shot with camera on a bigger screen). Back then I was using a wired router and a Asus EAN66 as wifi AP (box-claim speed of 450 mbps) sitting within 10 feet of both phone and TV/Chromecast in the same room but it was horrible - I was lucky to get maybe 20 seconds of smooth video max. Then it would crash. Much faster to transfer files to computer via usb3 or sdcard then play on TV. Similar story on a Linksys E1000 but I forget which was worse.
True smooth 1080p screen mirroring... that would be nice. Truly something that would wow people. I now have Netgear R7000 (model name "Overkill") and it's 5 feet from the TV so it really better work now! I'll report tomorrow when I can mess with it.
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jengobengo said:
I'm on Android 4.3, Beanstown build 6, so I can't screen cast Is there an update path I can take (possibly new ROM) that will get me 4.4 and the ability to use this new feature? (I have Chromecast app ver 1.7.4)
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I was running CleanRom with 4.3, and swithched to BajaRom so I could use my chromecast screenmirroring. Baja is 4.4.2 snd it worked flawlessly. Problem for me is, I dont like Baja. Im gonna go back to CleanRom 4.3 jellybean. The trade just isnt worth it for me.
Hope that helps ya.

Can No Longer Cast Screen On My 2015 Chromecast

I apologize if this has been covered elsewhere but I recently upgraded my my Chromecast generation 1 to Generation 2 and my ability to cast my cell phone screen to my chromecast from my galaxy s6 has stopped.. it just says connecting and times out.. All apps with native chromecast support work as they should.. Only when I use the cast screen feature from within the chromecast app does this problem occur... Does anyone possibly have any idea on what could be causing this to happen?
Thank you in advance!
I'll have to test this for myself but casting the screen to my Chromecast 2 from my N7 2013 just stopped working all of a sudden the other day. It'll connect and then freeze up within a couple of seconds.
Will try to cast a specific program like YouTube tomorrow and see what it behaves like.
Same problem for me, in the beginning it worked fine, but after the automatic update it started to do problems with the mirror cast and the Google photos.
In the others app it is working good
I so that this is a common problem with the chromecast 2, in alot of phone models
KingKash420 said:
I apologize if this has been covered elsewhere but I recently upgraded my my Chromecast generation 1 to Generation 2 and my ability to cast my cell phone screen to my chromecast from my galaxy s6 has stopped.. it just says connecting and times out.. All apps with native chromecast support work as they should.. Only when I use the cast screen feature from within the chromecast app does this problem occur... Does anyone possibly have any idea on what could be causing this to happen?
Thank you in advance!
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I have almost the same problem, just purchased my chromecast. Everything works except the ability to cast my screen from withing Tablet using CyanogenMod using the Cast Screen option.
When I try it it goes through the process show the device found shows connected then instantly show disconnected. Works on my One Plus One running CM based ROM just fine. So it could be ROM version....
Since its a tablet have to use android Chrome so can't use extensions on it because the extension for Chrome Cast work on my laptop to do a cast screen.
Same problem here using slimkat rom
Updated the tablet to CM12.1 not same ROM but same version as my phone ROM made no difference. Also tried 2.4 and 5 GHz still no go from tablet. Interestingly annoying....
silvagroup said:
Updated the tablet to CM12.1 not same ROM but same version as my phone ROM made no difference. Also tried 2.4 and 5 GHz still no go from tablet. Interestingly annoying....
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i haves same problem in a lg g stylo i update android 6.0 now wrok fine
Just happened on an HTC M8 too. Everything was OK until now. I have it from December and was working on Android 5 and even on Android 6 until yesterday. Tried to reset it hard from button and soft, reconfigure it and happens the same issue: phone find it and when try to connect screen goes black on TV like trying to receive an image, then disconnects back to backdrop. On the phone sometimes the wifi disconnects from the router and reconnects back when Chromecast is trying to transmit the image on TV. I checked the compatibility phones on page and indeed M8 is not there, but it worked, so is not that.
There is any possibility to take an log on the Chromecast to see what is happening?
Sent from my HTC One_M8
Edit: Seems that the issue was the installation of the Viper4Android flashable zip. After replacing system image from twrp backup, everything is back to normal. It connects in no time.
What version of android do your phone use?
I use Galaxy Note 3 android 5.0 with Chromecast app to cast screen to TV attached with Chromecast 2015 device.
There is no default option for casting screen on android 5.0.
So I use Chromecast app to cast screen.
Everything is normal. I can cast phone screen to TV while I'm playing Asphalt 8.
I have switched phones to the Nexus 6P and for the first few months I was able to cast to screen again but now I lost that ability after experimenting with different roms.. yet I can still go to my friends house and cast my screen without any issues on his 1st gen chromecast.. what a strange issue
I switched back to the 1st chromecast, the new one would start overheating lol

Dish Anywhere App for Shield TV

Looks like there is already a thread on getting SlingPlayer working on Shield TV. Has anyone been able to get the Dish Network specific version Dish Anywhere App working on Shield TV?
Looks like it is working now with the latest Shield 5.2 update, and sideloading com.sm.SlingGuide.Dish.apk version 5.4.10.
It is a bit clunky where is starts running in portrait mode, and navigation works much better using a mouse. Still, it does seem to be working, and it will switch to full screen when playing.
Forcing HALauncher to Landscape mode and using the Shield Controller works better. So I'm set to go.
dabach-xda said:
Forcing HALauncher to Landscape mode and using the Shield Controller works better. So I'm set to go.
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How can you stand the interface though? It's so bad...
I agree that the application interface is a bit buggy. However it mostly works. So I'm quite pleased that I can now watch live and recorded shows on the second television using this method.
It would be great if Dish Network created a fully supported Android TV version of the Dish Slingplayer application, but I don't expect that to happen.
Frustrated that Dish does not support the Nvidia Shield.
Disk Anywhere on the Nvidia Shield
I can't seem to get this version of Disk Anywhere to work on my Nvidia Shield. It's strange that it runs well on my cheap $35 Amazon FireSticks but it is blocked on the Google Play Store and this workaround doesn't seem to work for me either on the Nvidia Shield.
Anyone tried getting the firestick version running on either the shield or a mi box? The remote would be sorta the same.
Dish Anywhere App for Nvidia Shield TV
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dabach-xda said:
Looks like it is working now with the latest Shield 5.2 update, and sideloading com.sm.SlingGuide.Dish.apk version 5.4.10.
It is a bit clunky where is starts running in portrait mode, and navigation works much better using a mouse. Still, it does seem to be working, and it will switch to full screen when playing.
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I can't seem to get it working at all. When I run the sideloaded app, I get the home/welcome screen. When I select the Ok/continue button on that screen, I get booted. Help please!
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I can't seem to get it working at all. When I run the sideloaded app, I get the home/welcome screen. When I select the Ok/continue button on that screen, I get booted. Help please!
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Did you find and specifically load version 5.4.10? I had the problems you described with older and newer versions of the application, but 5.4.10 seemed to work for me.
Of course it would be better if Dish directly supported an Android TV version of the application.
Dish Anywhere has finally officially launched for Andoid TV with the OS update to Android Oreo.

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