Case study

Remote for Apple TV: rebuilding Companion Link control on Android

Remote for Apple TV implements Apple TV control on Android through Kotlin modules for Companion Link pairing, encrypted OPACK commands, and an MRP-over-AirPlay media tunnel. Its protocol module and desktop CLI cover discovery, remote keys, text entry, and now-playing data; the project credits pyatv for protocol values and reference vectors.

Targets: Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 17
Last commit: 2026-09-13
Language: Kotlin
License (GitHub): Apache-2.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Android 8.0 or later and an Apple TV on the same Wi-Fi network; pairing uses the code shown on the TV.
Prerequisites: Building requires JDK 21 and Android SDK platform 35.
Testing evidence: The author reports end-to-end testing on Apple TV 4K running tvOS 26.6; other modern models are untested, and Apple TV 3rd generation or earlier is unsupported.
License: Apache License 2.0.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{apple-tv-remote-android-case,
  title = {{Remote for Apple TV: rebuilding Companion Link control on Android}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/msthind04/AppleTV-Remote}},
  url = {https://github.com/msthind04/AppleTV-Remote},
  urldate = {2026-11-08},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/apple-tv-remote-android-case/}}
}

Plain text

Remote for Apple TV: rebuilding Companion Link control on Android. https://github.com/msthind04/AppleTV-Remote (accessed 2026-11-08). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/apple-tv-remote-android-case/

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README.md GitHub · msthind04/AppleTV-Remote · Revision d72fd6d
THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md GitHub · msthind04/AppleTV-Remote · Revision d72fd6d
LICENSE GitHub · msthind04/AppleTV-Remote · Revision d72fd6d