1*d353a188SXin Li# Sample for live TV Input Framework (TIF) on Android TV 2*d353a188SXin Li 3*d353a188SXin LiThis app is designed to show how to build live TV apps for Android TV. The sample is a service that once installed, it's recognized and run by the default TV app. 4*d353a188SXin Li 5*d353a188SXin LiIt consists of: 6*d353a188SXin Li 7*d353a188SXin Li* Simple TV input: 2 channels from local video files 8*d353a188SXin Li* Rich TV input: 4 channels served from Google Cloud Storage consisting of MP4 videos, HLS stream and MPEG-DASH stream 9*d353a188SXin Li 10*d353a188SXin LiUsers can set up these TV inputs using the Live Channels app. 11*d353a188SXin Li 12*d353a188SXin Li## Dependencies 13*d353a188SXin Li* ExoPlayer: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/exoplayer.html 14*d353a188SXin Li 15*d353a188SXin Li## Setup Instructions 16*d353a188SXin Li* Compile the project and install the app to your Android TV device. 17*d353a188SXin Li* Start the pre-installed system app Live Channels (which does not show up in Apps on Home screen until there is at least one TV input service or a physical input like HDMI1). 18*d353a188SXin Li* To set up the Rich TV input: 19*d353a188SXin Li - Either click Search upon starting Live Channels app to search for channels 20*d353a188SXin Li - Or when running Live Channels app, 21*d353a188SXin Li + Click ENTER to bring out Recent Channels 22*d353a188SXin Li + Click DOWN to enter TV options 23*d353a188SXin Li + Click RIGHT to Channel sources and select it 24*d353a188SXin Li + Click DOWN to select Rich Input and hit ENTER 25*d353a188SXin Li + Click ADD CHANNELS NOW to add 3 channels of MP4 videos, HLS stream and MPEG-DASH stream 26*d353a188SXin Li* To watch sample channels, simply toggle UP and DOWN to switch channels 27*d353a188SXin Li* Visit Channel Sources -> Rich Input -> Settings to see mock options for input settings. 28*d353a188SXin Li 29*d353a188SXin Li## References and How to report bugs 30*d353a188SXin Li* [Android TV Developer Documentation: TV Input Framework](http://developer.android.com/training/tv/tif/index.html) 31*d353a188SXin Li 32*d353a188SXin Li## How to make contributions? 33*d353a188SXin LiPlease read and follow the steps in the CONTRIBUTING.md 34*d353a188SXin Li 35*d353a188SXin Li## License 36*d353a188SXin LiSee LICENSE 37*d353a188SXin Li 38*d353a188SXin Li## Google+ 39*d353a188SXin LiAndroid TV Community Page on Google+ [https://g.co/androidtvdev](https://g.co/androidtvdev) 40*d353a188SXin Li 41*d353a188SXin Li## Change List 42*d353a188SXin LiVersion 1.0 43*d353a188SXin Li 44*d353a188SXin Li## Notice 45*d353a188SXin Li 46*d353a188SXin LiImages/videos used in this sample are courtesy of the Blender Foundation, shared under copyright or Creative Commons license. 47*d353a188SXin Li 48*d353a188SXin Li* Elephant's Dream: (c) copyright 2006, Blender Foundation / Netherlands Media Art Institute / www.elephantsdream.org 49*d353a188SXin Li* Sintel: (c) copyright Blender Foundation | www.sintel.org 50*d353a188SXin Li* Tears of Steel: (CC) Blender Foundation | mango.blender.org 51*d353a188SXin Li* Big Buck Bunny: (c) copyright 2008, Blender Foundation / www.bigbuckbunny.org 52