The Chromecast is an amazing new devices that is changing the way users watch content from the Internet on their televisions and interact with media in general. As a website or application developer, you should explore integrating Chromecast functionality into your site. Fortunately, doing so is extremely simple and may only take an evening of your time. This book will walk you through the entire process, regardless of experience level, providing a step-by-step and line-by-line guide to complete Chromecast integration.
Topics:
- Introduction to Chromecast Development
- Preparing a Development Environment
- Very Basic "Hello World" First App
- Basic and Advanced Session Management
- User Interaction and Styling
- Casting Different Media Types (Images, Videos, Audio)
- Advanced Playback Control
- Custom Styled Media Receivers
- Custom Receiver Introduction
- And Much More!
Every chapter is ripe with complete code samples that have been tested for actual development. Each example is clear, concise, and follows the best practices of development. It also includes ample explanation so that even the very earliest of beginner's can easily work with the Chromecast.