I have been researching on this issue for a long time now. I am looking to develop a set-Top-Box like functionality for my app. Like a video is running on a TV. I want to add an image as an overlay on this video just like a ticker.The problem is my research so far shows that to overlay a view I need to play video in my app and then I can do overlay on video and this is what I have achieved till now. My app is supposed to run on an Android set-Top-Box and the video is not being played in my app its being played on TV. Is there any technique I can render that image as an overlay on video in TV. I have tried approaches like Including a view inside another and then using alpha property I can give it an overlay effect and I have even tried ticker examples. Any approach/technique to show image on video as an overlay or ticker being played outside my app?? Forgive me if it seem a little complicated to understand lemme Know if any clarifications required..
Yes, it's possible. This is the way to do it:
https://github.com/entertailion/Overlay-for-GTV
Overlay Effects for Google TV
Live TV effects for Google TV. Configure various effects to be displayed periodically when watching live TV on your Google TV device. You can choose to see the effects every half hour or at the top of the hour.
If you change the configuration and then go to live TV, you should see a preview of the effects after a few seconds.
This app is available for free in the Google Play Store.
Developers:
- The code is released under the Apache 2.0 open source license. The source code is commented to explain the design.