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Browsing and playing media files is frequently part of the user experience provided by a TV app.
Building such an experience from scratch while making sure that it is fast, fluid, and attractive
can be challenging. Whether your app provides access to a small or large media catalog,
enable users to quickly browse options and get to the content they want.
Topics
- Build UIs with Compose for TV
Note: The Leanback UI toolkit,
which uses views and fragments, is deprecated in favor of Compose.
- Implement a media session
- Use a
MediaSession to inform Android TV what's playing in your app and let
interactions from outside your app control media.
- Playback controls on TV
- Best practices for creating a consistent playback experience across Android TV
OS.
- Display a Now Playing card
- Use a
MediaSession to display a Now Playing card on the home
screen.
- Display video previews
- Render a preview video directly on a surface of the
home screen.
- Support Ambient Mode
- Save energy and avoid screen burn issues.
- Match content frame rate
- Manage frame rates using the frame rate API.
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Last updated 2024-06-20 UTC.
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