Chromecast intro

An intro to Google cast and Google Chromecast from June's Swmobile meetup ooooo shiny shiny.

x2 of the how it works diagrams as from Sebastian Mauer's GDG talk here http://www.slideshare.net/mauimauer/chromecast-cheapcast-and-tv-devfest-bru

Transcript

1. Chromecast #swmobile
2. Agenda • What is it • How it works • Cast dev 101 • Design • Notable apps • Demo #swmobile
3. Me: Scott Alexander-Bown • Senior Android dev at Intohand* (Bath) • Co-author Android Security Cookbook • Co-founder SWmobile #swmobile *Current vacancies for iOS and Android developers
4. Who’s heard of Chromecast? #swmobile
5. History lesson #swmobile
6. Anybody??? #swmobile
7. So what is it? • ~3 inch remote controlled embedded web browser • Plays HD content via interweb • It’s not based on ChromeOS • It’s based on Android and Chromium #swmobile http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Chromecast+Teardown/16069
8. Chromecast #swmobile
9. How it works! #swmobile
10. How it works! II #swmobile
11. Senders SDK - Not just Android #swmobile SDK developers.google.com/cast/docs/developers
12. Getting started – Create an app • Cast Developer console cast.google.com/ publish • $5 sign up fee • Register your chrome cast device • Create an Application (get App Id) • Point to custom receiver HTML file (this can be hosted in google drive) http://goo.gl/c31tkH ! ! • Helloworld sample https://github.com/ googlecast/CastHelloText-android ! ! ! ! #swmobile
13. *From Google DevBytes Youtube video
14. Sender app lifecycle *From Google DevBytes Youtube video
15. Developers – Getting started II ! “CastCompanionLibrary-android is a library project to enable developers integrate Cast capabilities into their applications faster and easier.” https://github.com/googlecast/CastCompanionLibrary- android ! Google Cast Developers G+ https://plus.google.com/communities/ 115742157569103585450 #swmobile
16. UX: Cast button #swmobile
17. UX guidelines: Receiver • No interactive elements • Interaction is on the sender app • UI elements should not interfere with content (in the middle of screen) • Not ‘feel’ like computer • Idle screen e.g app logo #swmobile
18. UX guidelines: Sender • Reflect the state info (if paused show paused) • Portrait • Quick / Loading indicators • Showcase view when adding to current app • Notification/player controls (android) • https://developers.google.com/cast/ docs/design_checklist #swmobile
19. Notable apps • BBC iPlayer • Netflix • Plex • Google Music • AllCast • Google Photos • BT sport #swmobile
20. Google Cast (official Chrome ext) ! ! ! ! ! ! ! • https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-cast/ boadgeojelhgndaghljhdicfkmllpafd?hl=en #swmobile
21. Shiny shiny and cheapooooo <£30 #swmobile
22. Thanks Sebastian Mauer GDG Aachen #swmobile
23. Questions/Demo #swmobile