A PeerTube client for Android TV.
Jeena
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Channels now render as SmartTube rows and scroll vertically (LazyColumn - the unscrollable Column hid rows 2+). Local channels group one row per ownerAccount, sorted by total video count, with all zero-video channels merged into a final 'No videos yet' row. Followed-instance channels group per platform. The channel card matches the video-card language: banner center-cropped, round avatar bottom-left, channel name, 'owner display name - platform display name' (instance names via /config, local cached at login; no domain strings), and an icon stat line (videos | subscribers | plays); counts load per channel in the background since the listing endpoint doesn't carry them (verified on the live API). Subscriptions destination switches to per-channel rows, matching the Home card size. |
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JTube TV
An Android TV client for PeerTube instances, inspired by how SmartTube works for YouTube. It talks to any PeerTube instance (the default is JTube — my own instance) over the PeerTube REST API.
Features (v0.1)
- Setup flow — enter instance URL, username and password once; the app exchanges
them for OAuth tokens via
POST /api/v1/users/tokenand stores only the tokens (never the password), encrypted with the Android Keystore (EncryptedSharedPreferences). - Local videos — list public videos of the instance (
GET /api/v1/videos?isLocal=true). - My videos — all of the logged-in user's own videos, every privacy level included
(private, internal, unlisted —
GET /api/v1/users/me/videos). Non-public entries carry a privacy badge. - Channels — list channels local to the instance
(
GET /api/v1/video-channels?search=…&searchTarget=local) and browse each channel's videos. - Search — search local videos by title.
- Subscriptions — the videos in the user's subscription feed
(
GET /api/v1/users/me/subscriptions/videos). - History — the user's watch history as tracked by the server
(
GET /api/v1/users/me/history/videos). - Playback — HLS (or progressive MP4 fallback) playback with ExoPlayer/Media3.
Viewing is reported to the server (
POST /api/v1/videos/{shortUuid}/watching) so it shows up in server-side history. Private/internal media is streamed with the OAuth token attached to every playlist/segment request.
Out of scope for now (see BACKLOG.md): uploading, editing, subscribing/unsubscribing,
deleting, creating anything other than history entries.
Build
Requirements: JDK 17+ (JDK 21 recommended), Android SDK platform 35.
local.properties with sdk.dir=… is picked up automatically if present
(standard Android Gradle Plugin behavior).
./gradlew :app:assembleDebug
Install on a TV device:
adb connect <tv-ip>:<port>
adb install -r app/build/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk
Building requires a JDK; the Gradle wrapper is checked in, so no local Gradle installation is needed.
Architecture overview
Single-module Android TV app (app/):
data/api— Retrofit interface + kotlinx-serialization DTOs for the PeerTube API.data/auth—TokenStore(EncryptedSharedPreferences), token acquisition/refresh.data/network— OkHttp/Retrofit wiring: dynamic base-URL interceptor, bearer-token interceptor, single-flight token refresh authenticator.data/PeerTubeRepository.kt— one suspend-call surface used by all view models.ui/— Compose for TV screens: Setup, Home (sidebar + list content), VideoList (local / my videos / subscriptions / history / search / channel), Channels, Player.MainActivityis the only activity.JTubeApp.kt— tiny service locator (AppGraph); no DI framework on purpose.
License
Not decided yet — TBD before first public release.