Googlecast Custom Layout

Question

I'm planning to develop a googlecast application using android. But i'm wondering if we can use custom receiver that has a video and a layout that displays text from the android application, i have looked everywhere but i couldn't find anything related to my question. is this achievable:

1. is this achievable using android without using custom receiver.

2. is this achievable by only using custom receiver that displays lets say ( half of the screen video and the other half custom layout that receives data from android device) .

if there is any tutorial or any guide on how to implement this if possible please do point me to the right track.

P.S: i have searched for such thing but zero results i found.

thanks for your help.

Answer 1

You need to write a custom receiver; a custom receiver has some cast related stuff but it is simply an html page so you can layout the way you want. You can look at our documentations and samples.