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TV Remote 1.7

Web remote control for Android TV — no cloud, no account, LAN only

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About TV Remote

TV Remote turns your Android TV into a self-hosted web remote that any device on your local network can control — phone, tablet, laptop — without installing any app on the controller device.

HOW IT WORKS

The app runs a tiny HTTP server (port 8080) directly on your TV. Open [link removed] in any browser and you get a full remote control interface. Input is injected via ADB loopback — the app connects to the TV's own ADB daemon at 127.0.0.1:5555, so no root is required.

FEATURES

• D-pad navigation (up, down, left, right, OK/Enter)
• Back, Home, Menu buttons
• Volume up / down / mute
• Power / sleep toggle
• Channel up / down rocker + numeric keypad (0–9)
• Keyboard text input — type into any focused field on the TV
• Google Assistant launch
• Works from any browser on the same LAN — no app needed on the controller

PRIVACY

Completely local. No data leaves your network. No accounts, no telemetry, no analytics, no ads.

REQUIREMENTS

• Android TV or Google TV device (Android 8.0+)
• Developer Options enabled on the TV
• ADB over network enabled (TCP/IP mode, port 5555)
• Both the TV and the controller must be on the same LAN

The app starts automatically on boot and runs as a foreground service to stay alive when the TV is in use.

Open source (MIT) — source code at [link removed]
Release info Update on Nov 09, 2026
Release notes Makes the app harder to install in the wrong place and easier to use with only a remote, and fixes two ways the Start/Stop state could go wrong.
o Install it on the TV, not on your phone (#8). Phones can install the APK, and there the TV screen used to look broken. On a device that is not a TV, the app now shows a note: it belongs on the Android TV / Google TV, and the phone only opens http://:8080 in a browser. TV boxes that do not report themselves as TVs can ignore it. The screen also scrolls now, so nothing ends up off-screen on small displays, and on a 960x540dp TV the Start/Stop buttons and the hint are no longer squeezed.
o -/+ buttons for the HTTP port (#7). The port can be changed with the D-pad, without an on-screen keyboard. Useful when Kodi's web server already uses 8080.
o Start Server has focus by default, also on devices that start in touch mode.
o Stop no longer freezes the app while the "Allow USB debugging?" prompt is still unanswered.
o A server already starting in the background shows as starting/running, and keeps the port it runs on, instead of showing Stopped and letting Start save a different port.
o The service notification is visible again on Android 13+ (the app now declares POST_NOTIFICATIONS; it still does not prompt for it), and the status broadcast stays inside the app.
o README: setup steps and a troubleshooting list (missing debugging prompt, missing on-screen keyboard, "HTTP unavailable on port 8080").

Tested on emulators only (Pixel_10, API 37, phone and TV-sized). Not yet run on a physical TV.

Signed with the same upload key (SHA-256: 4e2335afa65e6a6f0b42a30ef91f32fcad61c95d8ae153696f3293fdf8cbf563).
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