Keyboard with REST API

Replacement keyboard app with REST API listening for network control commands

Keyboard with REST API - Control Your Android TV

"Keyboard with REST API" is a modified Android TV keyboard app that enables direct commands from smart home devices through a REST API. With ready integration for Samsung Smartthings, it supports various commands like sleep, home, volume control, and more. Simply install the app, set it as your active keyboard, and manage your Android TV effortlessly using HTTP requests or Smartthings for enhanced connectivity.

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By: DiF Aktuna

Users: 21,999

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Version: 4.3 (Last updated: 2024-08-15)

Creation date: 2019-06-05

Email: il*****@gmail.com

URLs: Privacy policy

Permissions

Device & app history: retrieve running apps

Phone: read phone status and identity

Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Microphone: record audio

Device ID & call information: read phone status and identity

Other:

view network connections
full network access
close other apps
run at startup
draw over other apps
prevent device from sleeping
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This is a modified Android TV keyboard which also hosts a REST API listening for certain commands from network.

The main purpose of this application is to enable direct commands from smart home devices to your Android TV. Supported commands are listed below.

There is also a ready groovy device handler for easy integration with Samsung Smartthings platform at my github repository : "ilker-aktuna/androidTV_keyboard_withRestAPI"

Usage for Smartthings:
1. install this keyboard on your Android TV and select it as the active keyboard from settings. (input/keyboard)
2. create a device handler on your Smartthings platform with the groovy code from my github repository.
3. create a device with the new device type (created in step 2)
4. set "Device Network Id" in hex format (example "c0a8fe27:1388" for "192.168.254.39:5000")
5. set IP address of your new device (IP address of Android TV device)
6. set PORT of your new device as 5000
7. save your device and use through Smartthings

Usage for any other environment:
1. install this keyboard on your Android TV and select it as the active keyboard from settings. (input/keyboard)
2. you may call following commands using any HTTP client with this format:
http://IP_ADDRESS_OF_ANDROID_TV:5000/[command]

Supported Commands:
/sleep
/home
/back
/search
/up
/down
/left
/right
/center
/volumeup
/volumedown
/rewind
/ff
/playpause
/previous
/next