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AndroidTV as WebApp? - asdfgugus - 2023-10-22
Currently all the features need to be implemented for jellyfin-web and AndroidTV.
Wouldn't it be possible to integrate jellyfin-web to the AndroidTV app? Similar to the WebOS and Android clients.
RE: AndroidTV as WebApp? - niels - 2023-10-22
No plans for that
RE: AndroidTV as WebApp? - niels - 2023-10-22
To elaborate:
- We already have a fully native app that is actively being worked on
- A lot of Android TV devices don't get frequent update and thus have outdated webviews making it hard to support
- A lot of Android TV devices have low specifications making webapps slow
- The video/audio player still needs to be implemented natively to avoid transcoding as much as possible, this component is also the one that needs the most work.
- Eventually the mobile Android app will also be fully native
RE: AndroidTV as WebApp? - Ereb_Zx - 2024-01-20
That's such a shame. I've been using Jellyfin on my LG C2 with custom jellyfin-web to support skip intro plugin and grey subtitles, as well as some custom css with round corners, round icons, different font and a bit of blur here and there, and it's so nice to use, and works perfectly.
Compared to that, it's a completely different experience on my parents TCL Google TV. It looks and feels completely different, and not in a good way.
It would be nice to have an option to use jellyfin web ui on Android TV (maybe a switch in the settings or something) so people like me can have a coherent experience and design across different devices, while still keeping the native client as a default option, especially for lower specifications hardware.
RE: AndroidTV as WebApp? - umpa - 2025-06-02
This is so true, the Android TV GUI is terrible. No one I know likes it.
RE: AndroidTV as WebApp? - niels - 2025-06-02
What don't you like about it?
RE: AndroidTV as WebApp? - funkyfunked - 2025-06-03
I like it, and it's really stable thats the best part about it (auto-refresh rate and audio passthrough ftw).
But what I'm really missing is the ability to customize at least the homescreen to my needs without having to learn kotlin and android (studio) development. For example, an option to scale the whole homescreen is missing. With a 65" 4k TV, everything is just way to big, I can't zoom out like I'm used to with jellyfin-web. Other android tv apps, for example smarttube have this functionality and also can be customized big time, the ability to set the items on the homescreen and the order of them... just simple things, let me show specific collections or playlists as a homescreen widget (or at least a simple a combined FAVORITES tab), let me choose subtitle fonts, size, let me map remote keys (watched, queue, info, play random, with longpress actions), just let me set things as much as possible fit to my usecase and ui flow lol
I know, I'm dreaming. But it just shows there is a lot of things imo that can maybe improved.
But at the same time I'm to lazy to do anything about it, so I'm happy with the app in it's current state and am thankful for the developers!!
For anyone wanting to try something new, there are some forks of jellyfin android tv floating around that offer some sort of user customization, but may be not as stable as the official android tv version.
RE: AndroidTV as WebApp? - umpa - 2025-06-11
(2025-06-02, 12:37 PM)niels Wrote: What don't you like about it?
I can't have control over the filters like I can with the web gui. There are lots of things wrong with it. The LG TV uses the web gui and is much much better.
RE: AndroidTV as WebApp? - niels - 2025-06-11
What do you think is better about the web ui then?
RE: AndroidTV as WebApp? - Jolaru21 - 2025-06-11
Hi Niels,
First of all, thank you for all your work — the app is running really well.
I think what they're trying to say is that the way filters work on the Android TV app is different compared to the PC app (for example).
I know you're working on the "Intelligent View" feature (not sure if that’s the correct name in English), where you can filter by movie genre and other criteria. For me, the only thing we really need is the ability to choose a specific genre — for example, clicking on Horror, Drama, Romance, Action, etc. Also, I’d really like the genre page to let us sort movies in different ways, such as by recently added, random, name, etc.
If you're already working on this, could you please give us an ETA?
Thanks again!