Chromecast Lightningbag – – Overview
Chromecast Lightningbag – – Overview
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Presentation on getting started with Chromecast DevelopmentOn Github tonybergeron / ChromecastBrownbag
Chromecast Lightningbag
Tony Bergeron
Overview
- Communication
- Creating an App
Communication
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Chromecast is the middle man between the Sender and the Receiver
- Communicates locally with device over wifi
- Fetches content from the cloud*
- Sender App
- Android, iOS or Chrome App
- Receiver App
- HTML5/JavaScript Webapp
Comparison to Other Products
- Chromecast
- Device tells Chromecast what to display
- Chromecast Streams/Fetches the content from the cloud*
- AirPlay
- Content is streamed through the device
- Display is Extended/Mirrored of the device
- Miracast
- Mirrors the display of the device
Communication Diagram
How we get connected: DIAL
DIscovery And Launch- Automatically hunts for available devices
- Handles the pairing process between sender/receiver app
- [2] Device clicks "Cast" from app
- [1] DIAL Receiver launches appropriate receiver app
Creating your first Castable App
- Create a Sender App
- Chrome
- Android
- iOS
- Create a Receiver App
- HTML5/JavaScript
- Publish your app: https://cast.google.com/publish/
Lifecycle
Cast Send App Info Get App Info App Location Initialize Receiver Connection
Debugging
- http://[chromecast-local-address]:9222
- Use Router or Chromecast manager to get the IP
- http://:9222
- Go