An open Android remote control for Apple TV. It talks to the Apple TV directly over the local network using the Companion Link protocol, so no account, cloud service or extra hardware is needed.
One button from a dark living room to the Apple TV home screen. With an LG webOS TV the power button switches the television on over Wi-Fi, selects the Apple TV's HDMI input and wakes the Apple TV, even from deep sleep. No TV remote, no input menu.
- Finds Apple TVs on the local network and pairs with the PIN shown on the TV
- Siri Remote style layout with the controls placed near the bottom of the screen
- Touchpad, directional swipe and d-pad navigation modes; holding the pad opens the app options on the Home Screen for rearranging, foldering and deleting apps
- Play/pause, skip, volume, mute, back, home and power
- Text entry when the Apple TV shows a keyboard
- Playback controls in the notification shade and a Quick Settings tile
- LG webOS TV integration: one tap turns the LG TV on over the network, switches it to the Apple TV's HDMI input and wakes the Apple TV through HDMI-CEC
- Pairs with the LG TV once; the TV's Wake-on-LAN address is learned automatically
- Reconnects on its own when the Apple TV changes its address or port
- English and Finnish
An Apple TV in deep sleep does not answer on the network and ignores Wake-on-LAN packets, so the app wakes it through the television instead. In Settings, LG TV, enter the TV's IP address and pair with it (the TV asks for confirmation on screen). Pairing reads the TV's input list and selects the input the TV labels as the Apple TV; check it under Apple TV input. The TV must have "Turn on via Wi-Fi" (or mobile) and SIMPLINK (HDMI-CEC) enabled. After that the power button on the remote turns the TV on, switches the input and connects.
The TV's certificate is pinned on pairing; if the TV ever presents a different one, pair again.
Download the latest APK from the Releases page and open it on the phone. Android asks once to allow installs from the browser or file manager. Every release is also mirrored on SourceForge.
Requires Android 14 (API 34) or newer. On Android 17 the app asks for local network access, which it needs to discover and reach the Apple TV.
Registered with Google. The package name and signing key are registered in Google's Android Developer Console, so the app keeps installing as usual under Google's new sideloading rules.
Open the project in Android Studio or run:
gradlew.bat assembleDebug
Unit tests and lint run once with:
gradlew.bat :app:testDebugUnitTest :app:lintDebug --console=plain
A signed release needs a keystore.properties file at the project root with storeFile,
storePassword, keyAlias and keyPassword; without it assembleRelease produces an unsigned
APK. Neither the properties file nor the keystore belongs in version control.
GPL-3.0. See LICENSE.