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[APP] AirStream - AirPlay your Music from your Android

Hi all,
I know there are several apps who allow you to emulate the AirPlay function on your android device, but I was rather surprised to see that this one wasn't mentioned anywhere on the forums. Basically in 1 step you can use the AirPlay from your Android device.
I use Spotify a lot and after buying a Sony CMT-BT80WB which has Bluetooth®, NFC, Wi-Fi, DLNA and AirPlay it was very disappointing to find out that the new Spotify Connect feature doesn't work with it. However with this app it works like a charm I've been using the app for a couple of days and it works so well that I paid for it right away - yes, you can pay for it if you don't want interruptions, but for making AirPlay possible straight from my Android it's well worth to pay a couple of bucks.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kineticgamestudios.airtunes.android
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Needless to say that it's not my app - just wanted to share with anyone who had the same issues as I had.

Great that you wrote this thread! Im about to purchase a LG G2. I now have a iphone and ipad plus two airport express'es that I Airplay to without any trouble. And i want to keep using airplay when i purchase an android phone, as bluetooth sucks in comparison.
I havent found any video at all showing how well AirStream or AirAudio works. Could anyone please record a video that shows how it works. Is it as easy and as good as on an iOS-device? Any hiccups?
How do you control volume? How do you activate Airplay? Like slide down the top bar and activate it?
Please show it off before i go buy myself an lg g2 and start rooting to notice it doesnt work as i expect it to!?
Thank you!

I've been playing with all of these apps over the last week or so but am hitting some problems. I used something called AirAudio to stream ANY sounds playing on one device to another (This is perfect for things like Spotify etc.). I massively recommend AirAudio as an app to test out.
I have a couple of old android phones setup around my house which have speakers connected to them. I run Bubbleupnp on each of those devices which then effectively sets them up as DLNA libraries and renderers. I have two other devices setup - an android tablet and a QNAP NAS. My QNAP NAS supports DLNA and this is where my music library is stored. The android tablet is used as a controller, again running Bubbleupnp, where I can choose the NAS as the library and either of the android devices as speakers. This works great.
One problem is that with Bubbleupnp, it is only possible to select one renderer which means it is not possible to stream to multiple speakers at the same time. E.g. I want to stream to my kitchen and my living room at the same time with the music completely in sync. Another problem is that when using Bubbleupnp, music sent to the renderer must be from a library and cannot be live streaming on the controller device (E.g. Spotify, Youtube etc.).
I then found AirAudio which actually fixed both of the issue (Sort of). Firstly, when running AirAudio on a rooted device, you can push any sounds from the controller device to any of the DLNA renderers (E.g. Spotify). Secondly, it is possible to stream to multiple DLNA renderers at the same time (Obviously, Bubbleupnp still needs to be running on these devices to make them DLNA devices). The only problem here is that when sending to multiple renderers at the same time, they are not in sync. The is due to the actual streaming being performed on the individual devices and therefore they all perform differently.
I emailed the AirAudio development team and they were extremely helpful in explaining the details of this to me and even recommended some other apps to try which might help. The apps which they recommended were Android HiFi and AirBubble where it is possible to set different delays for the different renderers. I am yet to actually try this yet as I imagine that the delay is not exactly the same each time I try and play music and therefore the delay will need to be altered regularly (Bit of pain).
This whole problem is a limitation of DLNA - you cannot synchronise multiple devices. Apparently you can synchronise multiple AirPlay devices?
So, after all of that, my question is, 'Is it possible to turn an Android device into a AirPlay device?' The developers at AirAudio seemed to think that audio synchronisation of AirPlay receivers for Android is not supported, if this is true, does anyone know why? Seems mad that something as powerful as an Android phone can't be an AirPlay device.
Thanks in advance,
Regards,
Dan

[APP][4.0+] Spoticast - Spotify for Chromecast

I just decided to release this to the public. It uses your credentials to make a separate connection to Spotify while listening to media broadcast events sent from the android Spotify client. When one is received it makes a request via the connection for the required metadata and track data. It is then forwarded to your Chromecast to be played. There is a slight delay and a few bugs here and there but overall should be stable enough for a public release. Keep in mind it has not been tested externally until now. You must have a Spotify premium account and you must enable "Device Broadcast Status" in Spotify!
I have no affiliation with Spotify. I think they are a great company who provide a great service but I do not approve of their choice to exclude support for Chromecast. So here it is.
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You can find the application in the Google Play store under the name Spoticast.
You can find a post with information FAQ, issues and other discussion on reddit in /r/Chromecast
Enjoy
Link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nop.spoticast

I've added a link. I will also feature it in the portal. Good job

eagleeyetom said:
I've added a link. I will also feature it in the portal. Good job
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Thanks

Brilliant! Been waiting for an app like this, over the moon it's finally here.
One question - Spotify on my device continues to play the tracks, and having to turn the volume down/off is less than ideal... any suggestions?

darkness_sam said:
Brilliant! Been waiting for an app like this, over the moon it's finally here.
One question - Spotify on my device continues to play the tracks, and having to turn the volume down/off is less than ideal... any suggestions?
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ATM there is no real solution as we can't control Spotify to mute just it. So you must turn down the volume on the media channel of your device.

Thank you, it works like a charm
Just the problem with the phone playing the song but it is not so annoying.
Great app.

Doesn't seem to be working for me.
Using a Google Nexus 5 (EU)
All I'm seeing after login is:

ShadowAS1 said:
Doesn't seem to be working for me.
Using a Google Nexus 5 (EU)
All I'm seeing after login is:
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Your screenshot doesn't show up for me. If you have G+ you can get quicker responses over at "Spoticast Support" community rather than here. Sorry, I don't check the thread that often.

Do you plan to release the source code of Spoticast?

I started Spoticast and my RAZR Maxx (4.1.2) immediately rebooted. I did not have a song playing at the time though. I tried it again with a song playing and it did not reboot the device. Thank you for your work on this application, it is wonderful!

It's a really nice, the app, but unfortunately it doesn't play continuously on my phone.
It's intermittent, sometimes after one song, 2, 3... I notice that the spotify keeps playing the next music but the chromecast stucks on the art album of last music and doesn't plays anything.
So I need to switch back to spoticast, it shows "loading" I select my chromecast again, it connects, switch back to spotify and play any song of the list.
So it seems that the spoticast looses the connection witht the chromecast for any reason.
Don't know if this matters, but just in case, I use a xperia zl.
Regards

I installed this on my Nexus 5 yesterday and have been using it without any problems. Went to install it on my Nexus 7 tonight, and it's not available in the Play Store (USA) any longer. Checked again on my N5, and no results either. The link in the OP goes to a page saying the item doesn't exist any more. So it was taken out of the Play Store between yesterday and today?

+1
Same result here searching the app with my N5

Same thing -- gone from Play Store

Same here.. Great app... I assume Spotify have been moaning

https://plus.google.com/u/0/s/spoticast
Pulled and (at least for the time being) dead

nightfishing said:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/s/spoticast
Pulled and (at least for the time being) dead
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https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0AtFOUlHEGxeldwVDdERFlRUHc/preview?pli=1

Thanks for that link. I too was attempting to download it the very day it was taken down, talk about bad timing.

Is Spoticast still working properly? Mine gets stuck on a "Ready to cast..." message on the Chromecast, as of yesterday.
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billerr.g said:
Is Spoticast still working properly? Mine gets stuck on a "Ready to cast..." message on the Chromecast, as of yesterday.
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Ditto for me

[APP][4.0+] CellCB - Talk with people nearby just like a CB radio

I recently put up a new app on Google Play called CellCB and thought I would post here to try and get some feedback on it. CellCB is an app that is meant to behave just like a CB radio in that it will allow you to talk with people within range of your phone. Unlike a traditional CB radio it does not operate on the 27 MHz band, so sorry to the folks who were hoping to use it as an alternative to the bulky unit they may have installed in their car or truck. What it actually does is use the GPS system on your phone to figure out what other CellCB users are in range on your phone and list/broadcast to them over the Internet. Right now it is set to a range of 4 miles but I may make this more/less in the future depending on usage.
CellCB is meant to be simple to use and closely simulate the behavior of a CB radio as much as possible:
Launch the app - Like turning a CB radio on it will immediately start listening for people broadcasting nearby
Hold the "Transmit" button - Like holding down the button on a handset it will broadcast your voice to people nearby
I hope to implement other features such as multiple channel selection, probably 40 like CB radios have, as well as some extras like making recordings and such. For the time being I just have the basic functionality with a single channel to see what people think and understand how well the core of it works. My goal is to keep things as simple as possible and therefore there is no type of registration needed before using it and no special configuration is needed like other apps that perform walkie talkie functionality over wifi or bluetooth.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.binaryroad.cellcb
Feel free to let me know if you have any questions/comments. Since this is a pretty new app you will probably need to find someone else to use it with, otherwise the chances of hearing someone broadcasting nearby your position at random are quite low.
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Hello, it says " waiting for GPS location" for about 10min now.
ENABLED GPS, Google location service, GPS Satellites, Location & Google search
Device: Alcatel OT Idol 6030x Stock ROM 4.1.1 JB Rooted

Mine is saying that failed to connect to cb server
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Hello, it says " waiting for GPS location" for about 10min now.
ENABLED GPS, Google location service, GPS Satellites, Location & Google search
Device: Alcatel OT Idol 6030x Stock ROM 4.1.1 JB Rooted
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If you go into Google Maps does it give you a fix on your location? Were there any messages about permission for location services?

halrulez said:
Mine is saying that failed to connect to cb server
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Looks like the server crashed. I restarted it so give it another try. Looks like I still have some bugs to work out. I appreciate the help in giving it a try.

CellCB said:
If you go into Google Maps does it give you a fix on your location? Were there any messages about permission for location services?
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it does not fix it too on google maps. no messages about permission something too. is the problem on my end?

pcwalker said:
it does not fix it too on google maps. no messages about permission something too. is the problem on my end?
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If Google Maps doesn't give your position either then it sounds like a problem with your phone in general and not CellCB. If your aren't able to get your location on Google Maps after a while you might want to contact the phone manufacturer about getting GPS working on your phone.

Thanks for everyone who has been using this so far. I found a bug that would happen with people who were on flaky connections and have fixed it now. Hopefully that was it and things should run smoothly now.

I have made a couple more fixes to deal with some issues for how location updates are done for certain phones. If anyone encounters any trouble with the current system, please let me know.

Nice idea.
Review:
* High battery use as reported by Android.
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Found a few Easter eggs

It has an fm radio, temperature, and humidity from what I found so far.
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What fm app is that?

Thanks, I didn't know about the FM radio. Just downloaded the next radio app to try it. I wonder why they didn't mention it in the specs like Motorola does.

cz829x18 said:
Thanks, I didn't know about the FM radio. Just downloaded the next radio app to try it. I wonder why they didn't mention it in the specs like Motorola does.
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I don't know either
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JCBomb said:
What fm app is that?
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Nextradio
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next radio is streaming over cell/wifi not over fm.

JCBomb said:
next radio is streaming over cell/wifi not over fm.
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Next Radio does FM, but yes, it will stream if there is data. I tested Next Radio myself about a month ago briefly. I disabled data and wifi and picked a station -- a station came in. However, others tried to replicate it and even tried a different app and found it did not work. So I was left scratching my head.

On my HTC 10 which does have a FM tuner, nextradio will only work with headphones plugged in because it uses it for the antenna.

I tried NextRadio again (as I had last month with success) and found something interesting. Short answer is no... FM radio does not seem to be enabled.
Disable data AND WiFi prior to launching NextRadio -- radio comes in fine. However, I have a network traffic monitor screen overlay and I saw data still coming through despite no cellular data or wifi being enabled.
Turn on Airplane mode prior to launching NextRadio -- the app prompts me that it can't work while in airplane mode due to the radios being disabled.
Turn off Airplane mode, leaving WiFi and cellular data turned off, then launch NextRadio -- prompted with a message to enable data, indicating FM radio is not supported.
What I take from this is that WiFi and/or cellular data doesn't actually get turned off when you turn them off. Perhaps a bug?

Tried using this app on my PH-1 with the latest updates and no joy in finding anything with the Wifi and cell data off.

Isn't there an FM radio built into most (if not all) Qualcomm SoC's? I remember reading something a couple months back during of the of the hurricanes about enabling it/having a preinstalled app for it.

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Isn't there an FM radio built into most (if not all) Qualcomm SoC's? I remember reading something a couple months back during of the of the hurricanes about enabling it/having a preinstalled app for it.
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Yea, it's on nearly every device with a SOC. It just needs to be activated by the OEM.

Not So Pro said:
Isn't there an FM radio built into most (if not all) Qualcomm SoC's? I remember reading something a couple months back during of the of the hurricanes about enabling it/having a preinstalled app for it.
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Yes, it's pretty much there by default. But I had read in some teardowns that some OEMs don't physically connect the FM antenna, so even a software update wouldn't fix it. Unclear if that's the case on the Essential phone or even true anymore. I'm sure things are integrated more than they used to be.

gk1984 said:
Yes, it's pretty much there by default. But I had read in some teardowns that some OEMs don't physically connect the FM antenna, so even a software update wouldn't fix it. Unclear if that's the case on the Essential phone or even true anymore. I'm sure things are integrated more than they used to be.
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Originally you need to connect to data but after you turn off data it works
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Jonathanlc2005 said:
It has an fm radio, temperature, and humidity from what I found so far.
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That's cool. Verizon never gave access. Glad I bought from Essential.

Question which app is yellow-box?

long pressing on yellow box then settings it said Google Play Services
Strangely, I get this notification when I connect my Sony bluetooth earbuds.
I don't get this notification when I connect my newer Bose bluetooth earbuds.
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Sony WF-1000XM4 Industry Leading Noise Canceling Truly Wireless Earbuds.
It's showing case and buds charge levels.

blackhawk said:
Sony WF-1000XM4 Industry Leading Noise Canceling Truly Wireless Earbuds.
It's showing case and buds charge levels.
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Not the green box.
The yellow box.
If I long press on the green box, it opens the Sony app. Thats fine.
The yellow box appears to be a google play services app.
Question is, why don't I get the yellow box when using my Bose bluetooth headset.

Try temporarily disabling Google play Services and see what happens. Does the Bose have software loaded, an app, like Wearables?

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Try temporarily disabling Google play Services and see what happens. Does the Bose have software loaded, an app, like Wearables?
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Yes, the Bose does have an app like the Sony one.

CorruptedSanity said:
Yes, the Bose does have an app like the Sony one.
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Is it loaded with all permissions enabled?
Some special permissions maybe needed in Settings>Accessibilities.
Or Android 12 or 13 may not be playing nice... so much security bs now it's more of a menace* than malware. See if there's an updated version. Contact Bose tech support if all else fails.
I just play with it and do Google searches, Samsung members forum has solutions sometimes too. Eventually I sort issues out. There's a sort of rythm and reason to Samsung Android, most times it's not as hard as it seems at first.
Google apps though can be invasive bloody little nightmares. I normally keep Google play Services disabled unless needed... and gain at least 1%@hr SOT, it adds up. Samsung apps and system apps run fine without it, at least on my N10+'s Android 9 and 10.
*scoped storage especially. Click something once why do it again?! Very annoying.

blackhawk said:
Is it loaded with all permissions enabled?
Some special permissions maybe needed in Settings>Accessibilities.
Or Android 12 or 13 may not be playing nice... so much security bs now it's more of a menace* than malware. See if there's an updated version. Contact Bose tech support if all else fails.
I just play with it and do Google searches, Samsung members forum has solutions sometimes too. Eventually I sort issues out. There's a sort of rythm and reason to Samsung Android, most times it's not as hard as it seems at first.
Google apps though can be invasive bloody little nightmares. I normally keep Google play Services disabled unless needed... and gain at least 1%@hr SOT, it adds up. Samsung apps and system apps run fine without it, at least on my N10+'s Android 9 and 10.
*scoped storage especially. Click something once why do it again?! Very annoying.
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Nothing in accessibilities to give Bose.
Went into Bose app, it had access to:
location
nearby devices
notifications
didn't have access to :
music and audio (because I use the bose for calls only - not for audio)
photos and videos
For sake of trying, i gave Bose access to both above
Lets see

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Nothing in accessibilities to give Bose.
Went into Bose app, it had access to:
location
nearby devices
notifications
didn't have access to :
music and audio (because I use the bose for calls only - not for audio)
photos and videos
For sake of trying, i gave Bose access to both above
Lets see
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It certainly doesn't need access to photos...
However Samsung Wearables would run unless you grant all its many permissions. Something that's invasive and shouldn't be necessary.
Bose may be the same way... not good.
Bixby is by far the worst offender, who in their right mind would trust Samsung servers now? They can't even protect their own company files

It is Android communicating to you the battery level of the Bluetooth connected devices. Bose don't use the standard protocol...and therefor don't show up. With Bose...you use the app.

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It is Android communicating to you the battery level of the Bluetooth connected devices. Bose don't use the standard protocol...and therefor don't show up. With Bose...you use the app.
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thats what I thought
Sony applied the tech to speak with android while Bose did not
thank you!

It is probably beacuse that information / notification is being OS fetched.