This is a simple toy project used to quickly control a chromecast dongle via system tray icons (play, pause, stop).
The software was created because sometimes it is very frustrating pause or resume a video via an IOS mobile app (eg. YouTube or Netflix). Sometimes it takes a lot to reopen the app and wait until the app connects to Chromecast to, finally, being able to control it.
Future improvements:
- Add more buttons (fast forward and rewind);
- Implement Arduino support (to control Chromecast via an IR remote control).
Please, feel free to fork this repo, propose changes or tweaks.
The chromecast system tray remote control (need to think a better name) is built using gradle, so to build just type:
gradle compile
To execute, type:
gradle execute
Just in case, you are using OSX, you can also package the chromecast... as a Mac App by typing:
gradle macAppBundle