Add chromecast support

[switz]

(For google home/etc)

[jemoll]

Would love this feature! 👍

[jmusits]

Hey all - what is the status of this request? This is something that I have been looking for on iOS and am willing to contribute some time in implementing. Don't want to step on any toes or re-invent the wheel if progress has been made.

[kmatthews812]

@jmusits Any progress here? I'm interested in helping out.

[jmusits]

@kmatthews812 My apologies for the extremely delayed reply, life has been a bit crazy lately and I haven't had time for OSS contributions. That being said I have some free time coming up over the upcoming holidays, so I think I'm going to take a stab at this now. Are you still interested in this feature?

[farktronix]

If you have time to implement chromecast that would be great! Relisten is building with the latest Xcode tools now. The setup.sh script should get you up and running with a working development environment. If you have any questions or problems compiling please let me know!

[jmusits]

Thanks! I'm new to iOS development, but I cloned the repo and got it building in XCode this afternoon. Looked through the Google Cast SDK documentation and it appears to be pretty straight forward. I will certainly reach out if I run into any issues.

[kmatthews812]

I just opened two pull requests that integrate google cast.

#207
alecgorge/AGAudioPlayer#25

I instantiate the cast framework in the main app, but display the cast icon in the mini player in the AGAudioPlayer pod, so this requires a new version of the AGAudioPlayer. The cast icon shows up and connects connects to my cast receivers fine, but ultimately doesn't stream music through them. This may be a DRM issue, or it may be a simulator issue. If anybody could help test it on a real device, or help me figure out how to get the build on my phone, it would be much appreciated.

Also, how can I be added to the beta testers group? The link in the readme is dead.

Looking forward to getting this over the line! Happy to keep working on it until it is of sufficient quality. Thanks!

[kmatthews812]

I just pushed an update that fixes a broken test. The tests fails on master for me too, so worth cherry picking this fix even if you don't merge the whole PR.

Also, I've posted on this thread and in the Discord and haven't heard any response. Should I keep working on this? Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks! (I really want to get Phish working on all my cast speakers at once!)

[mazznara]

Just posting here to let you know that there's definitely interest in this feature. I'm not a developer, but I'm happy to lend a hand in testing or anything else that'll help the cause.

[ericfrederich]

Would appreciate this feature. I like using chromecast so I can kick off some music and walk away without worrying about going out of Bluetooth range

[schomin0]

Also would love this feature. Makes it hard to use Relisten while at the house since all of my speakers are chromecast enabled.

[mazznara]

My offer to help in any way still stands. Not an engineer, but I have experience testing, launching & product managing iOS apps.