Install Android TV On A Raspberry Pi And Sideload Apps

3 responses to “Install Android TV On A Raspberry Pi And Sideload Apps”

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   ompster

   June 12, 2016

   This is so exciting, at present it’s not great though. When it works properly (able to use play store ,etc..and less crashing) then it’s going to be awesome but until then if you really need to run android there are plenty of other boards that can run android out of the box. eg an orange pi or something?
   The reason (for me anyway) that putting android on one of these DIY boards is that currently android would be the only way to use streaming services like netflix. it’s because of the DRM netflix uses, and no you can’t just use a browser in raspbian. It’s not just netflix though, others like stan i think it was? uses silverlight and using a microsoft made browser addon under debian is troublesome to say the least (if you can even get it working…. i was able to get silverlight vids to run in the browser but any streaming site was a no deal

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      xqx

      June 13, 2016

      I use a Raspberry Pi 3 (OpenELEC) for all local content, and a chromecast for Netflix. It’s easier to change the source on the TV than switch apps on the Raspberry Pi.

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         ompster

         June 13, 2016

         agreed! right now that is definitely the best option! a chromecast or roku ,etc. That’s why i posted! All i want is a micro PC DIY board like a pi that can do it all! currently it’s not possible 🙁

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