Hello all! I just setup Docker and Portainer on my Ubuntu Server and am having a lot of fun playing with containers. I just setup HA and got a few things added. I love the idea of being able to control my Amazon Fire Sticks from the HA app but am really struggling. I was able to connect via the android debug bridge but that only gives me start/pause, power, rewind/fast forward. Is there a way I can get at least the direction buttons, OK and back? I could probably live with just that at least. I’ve been searching for hours and I really hope I’m not limited because I’m using Docker with Portainer. Thank you!!!
I’m pretty sure it has nothing to do with the HA version you are running (HA Container).
I think what you want is to use the new “Android TV Remote” integration:
Definitely works for my Shield, so I guess it should work for AFS as well
[...]
- service: androidtv.adb_command
target:
entity_id: media_player.shield_atv
data:
command: CENTER
[...]
- service: androidtv.adb_command
target:
entity_id: media_player.shield_atv
data:
command: BACK
[...]
- service: androidtv.adb_command
target:
entity_id: media_player.shield_atv
data:
command: UP
[...]
- service: androidtv.adb_command
target:
entity_id: media_player.shield_atv
data:
command: DOWN
[...]
- service: androidtv.adb_command
target:
entity_id: media_player.shield_atv
data:
command: LEFT
[...]
- service: androidtv.adb_command
target:
entity_id: media_player.shield_atv
data:
command: RIGHT
@finity I’m pretty sure the “Android TV Remote” is limited to Google’s Android TV, so not Amazon Fire, but I could be wrong.
I thought Android TV remote would work with all android tv’s. I think that the Firestick is an Android TV version.
Of course I could be wrong as well. The docs don’t specify either way whether it’s only Google’s version or others too.
No. Although they are both meant for TVs and both based on Android, “Android TV” is google’s OS and “Amazon Fire TV” amazon’s, but they have nothing in common besides those 2 points, really