Media Remote for LG G Pad 8.3 using QPair SDK

[sourabh.coder]

Now with a sweet touch of Open Source​

Media Remote is an app to control your tablet's videos from your phone. There's also a media player companion for this app (which is planned to be upgraded using FFMpeg in the future). The app supports Play/Pause, seek ahead/behind in video, playing next/previous videos, volume and brightness control and displaying video thumbnail on phone app.

Both of the apps use only LG QPair SDK library and thus are very light weight. I plan to only use raw code in the app in future releases also. The apps don't need any special permissions.

This app is for LG's QPair Competition. If you like the app, please vote for "Media Remote" here

And as always, any feature request, bug report, review and constructive criticism is welcome!

I won't be updating the app for a while because of my college exams

Download Links
MediaRemote (Play Store) (Github)
MR Player (Play Store) (Github)

Apps are also uploaded to LG CMS, waiting for confirmation

Design/Interface:
(Attached Below)

Features:
- Play/Pause Video
- Seek Video
- Control Volume Level
- Control Brightness Level
- Play Next/Previous Video

XDA:DevDB Information
Media Remote, Device Specific App for the LG G Pad 8.3

Contributors
sourabh.coder, dhruvdangi

Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 1
Stable Release Date: 2014-12-18
Current Beta Version: 2
Beta Release Date: 2014-12-16

Created 2014-11-04
Last Updated 2014-12-27

 

[SPBoss]

Great idea I look forward to this
Maybe you could integrate qpair with it??

I will help with any beta testing if you wish! Good luck

 

[sourabh.coder]

Great idea I look forward to this
Maybe you could integrate qpair with it??

I will help with any beta testing if you wish! Good luck

I decided that it'll be best if I first make the media player and then use it to control video and access MediaStore Context Provider on the Tablet. Meanwhile, I am waiting for a bug fix in QPair's APK (which doesn't let the app start any service on peer)

Thanks for the offer. I'll be sure to contact you for beta testing when the time comes

 

[Dri94]

Adding a chromecast button would make it even more awesome. I could be super lazy and play all the videos from my tablet on my tv while controlling it with my phone. ya kno, cus why not?

 

[sourabh.coder]

Adding a chromecast button would make it even more awesome. I could be super lazy and play all the videos from my tablet on my tv while controlling it with my phone. ya kno, cus why not?

Hi Dri94,

That sounds like a great idea but unfortunately I don't have ChromeCast and its not supported in my country. Maybe someone else can add that feature later

 

[sourabh.coder]

Play/Pause is finally working. Now its a good time for designing. Any ideas/suggestions/contribution?

 

[jumpingbird]

Play/Pause is finally working. Now its a good time for designing. Any ideas/suggestions/contribution?

How about the screen capture and share a pic in both device?
in addition, does seek will work?

 

[sourabh.coder]

UPDATE: Almost done with the functionality. Now its mostly designer work, so again, any help is appreciated, I am not really a designer

How about the screen capture and share a pic in both device?
in addition, does seek will work?

Screen Capture and Picture Share are possible but I don't think they fall in the scope of this app. I'll give them a second thought in the morning (too sleepy to think )

Haven't implemented seek yet but I will add it. I'm not sure if it'll work just like a native seek and maybe I'd have to make the video on tablet change only when onStopTrackingTouch and not on onProgressChanged().

 

[sourabh.coder]

Beta Release Changelog

Phone:

1. Switch to QPair SDK r2.
2. New Layout/Design
3. Add Video Title (will add thumbnail in next beta release)

Tablet

• Remote player's rotation control, player now rotates according to device rotation.

 

[sourabh.coder]

Public Beta 2 is Live. Please review the app. The Final Release will be live by tomorrow on both Play Store and LG Store

 

[sourabh.coder]

Final Release

Application is uploaded to Play Store and LG Smart World Store. Please check the Original post for APKs/Play Store Links/LG World Links

Changelog

Phone:

- Removed Seekbar Jumping Problem
- Thumbnail now sent only on request
- Thumbnails are cached per session
- Added support for next/previous buttons

Tablet:

- A better looking grid view
- Video doesn't stop anymore on screen rotation
- Added support for next/prev for phone app

 

[SferaDev]

Hey buddy, who is the developer? @sourabh.coder or @dhruvdangi, I recall only one entry per person, no teams were allowed. It just shocked me while checking your entry.

 

[sourabh.coder]

Hey Mate
I am the main dev, @dhruvdangi only had bandwidth to help me with initial project setup. BTW, where did you read that contribution is not allowed? To my understanding, one entry per person means only one app can be submitted towards the contest by one person.