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cast.player.api.Host error: cast.player.api.ErrorCode.NETWORK/3018

I have an app which plays Live Channels over Chrome Cast. While most of the channels are played successfully on some channels I get cast.player.api.Host error: cast.player.api.ErrorCode.NETWORK/...
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Android app automatically casting without user interaction (CastCompanionLibrary)

I have an Android app using the CastCompanionLibrary v2.9.1, modified to use play-services-cast:10.0.1 (just a simple change to the gradle dependencies). Short version: The app is attempting to ...
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Any way to open googlecast minicontroller seekbar?

As you know while mini controller is open we can click and it opens the popup which includes seekbar. I have used the Cast Companion Library and other features works well. ...
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how do i change the applicationId dynamically for chromecast android

I want to change the applicationId, for the baseCastManager after it's been initialized? Is there a preferred way to do this? mApplicationId. @alinaddaff where are you :) I was just going to use a ...
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Get media current position before disconnecting from cast

Is it possible to get current playing media from VideoCastManager before disconnecting from the cast? I want to save the last progress of current media when the user manually disconnects from cast. ...
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Cast Companion Library MiniController rendering error

The MiniController button from the companion library works fine and does exactly what it needs to do, but in our project there is always a rendering error in the preview pane (in XML mode) in every ...
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VideoCastControllerActivity: ActivityNotFoundException

android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: Unable to find explicit activity class {com.newco.cooltv.qa/com.google.android.libraries.cast.companionlibrary.cast.player.VideoCastControllerActivity}; have ...
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Unable to stop casting on Chromecast after wifi interruption

I am implementing Chromecast feature with CastCompanionLibrary-android for an Android video app. And I found this bug at the final test: I am not able to stop casting after reconnecting to wifi and ...
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CastCompanionLibrary: listener on start/stop button

I successfully included the CastCompanionLibrary in my media app. I use the VideoCastManager class. Now I want to put a listener on the VideoCastManager's play/stop button to catch the stop event to ...
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How can I get Chromecast correctly display unicode characters using custom receiver?

I've setup a custom receiver application using CastHelloText-android as a base, and I'm trying to get it to correctly display certain unicode characters, however it is just displaying a blank space ...
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Disconnecting from ChromeCast doesn't stop the video playback

My users are complaining that when they click the disconnect after playing a video, it does not stop the video. Is that something the CastCompanionLibrary should be doing or do I need to trap the ...
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