If you've got an Android app or game, Android TV can bring it to your users in their living room. Android TV apps use the same architecture as those for phones and tablets. This approach means you can build new TV apps based on what you already know about building apps for Android, or extend your existing apps to also run on TV devices.
Documentation
- Design TV UI ⍈
- Get started with TV apps
- Build TV playback apps
- Help users find your content on TV
- Build TV games
- Build TV input services
- TV Apps checklist
- Android 12 for TV
- Android 13 for TV
- Android 14 for TV
- Accessibility best practices
- Supporting accessibility in custom views
- Adopting system caption settings in your app
- Distributing TV apps on Google Play
Additional resources
To learn more about Android TV, see the following additional resources.
Samples
This sample demonstrates how to implement an audio media app that works across multiple form factors. This sample app showcases different components that come with Leanback library. This sample demonstrates how to build live TV channel apps for Android TV using the TV Input Framework (TIF).Universal Android Music Player sample
Leanback Support Library Showcase App for Android TV
Android TV Channel app (TV Input) using TIF
Codelabs
Learn the basics of Compose for TV and create two screens that are commonly available in TV apps.Introduction to Compose for TV
Blogs
Updated May 15, 2024 Over the past year, we’ve seen significant growth of Android TV OS, reaching 220 million monthly active devices with a 47% year-over-year increase. This incredible engagement would not be possible without our dedicated developer community. A massive Updated May 14, 2024 AI is unlocking experiences that were not even possible a few years ago, and we’ve been hard at work reimaging Android with AI at the core, to help enable you to build a whole new class of apps. At this year’s Google I/O, we’re covering how new tools Updated May 10, 2023 Over the past year, we’ve continued to see significant growth on Android TV OS, now with over 150 million monthly active devices. In fact, according to Strategy Analytics, the Android TV streaming platform shipped on more devices worldwide than any Updated December 2, 2022 Here’s a look at some of what’s new in Android 13 for TV. Android 13 brings new APIs to the big screen that help developers deliver high quality experiences to users across different device types. Android 13 brings new features to make interacting Updated November 21, 2022 TLDR: Google TV and Android TV will be requiring Android App Bundles that are archivable starting in May 2023 to save storage for users. Over the past few decades, TV has transformed from linear channel surfing to on-demand content with multi-app Updated May 12, 2022 Shobana Radhakrishnan, Senior Director of Engineering - Google TV Paul Lammertsma, Developer Relations Engineer Today, there is more entertainment content available than ever before. In fact, our research shows a third of U.S. households now watch Updated May 11, 2022 There aren’t many platforms where you can build something and instantly reach billions of people around the world, not only on their phones—but their TVs, cars, tablets, watches, and more. Today, at Google I/O, we covered a number of ways Android Updated July 14, 2021 Alongside today’s Android 12 Beta 3 release for mobile, we’re also bringing the third Beta of Android 12 to Android TVs. We’re excited to bring new media features, UI improvements, and privacy controls to the experience with Beta 3 while we continueEverything you need to know about Google TV and Android TV OS
15 Things to know for Android developers at Google I/O
Building pixel-perfect living room experiences with Compose for TV
Android 13 for TV is now available
App Bundles for Google TV and Android TV
What’s new with Google TV & Android TV OS
13 Things to know for Android developers at Google I/O!
Android 12 Beta 3 for TV is now available
Videos
Updated November 10, 2022 Updated August 12, 2020 Updated August 10, 2020 Updated August 10, 2020 Updated August 9, 2020 Updated May 9, 2018 Updated May 20, 2017 Updated May 19, 2017Improving the TV user experience
Android development on Chrome OS
What’s new on Android TV
Cast Connect
Android Beyond Phones: Auto/Wear/TV/ChromeOS week preview
What’s new with Android TV (Google I/O '18)
Android TV: How to engage more users and earn more revenue (Google I/O '17)
Google I/O'17: Channel 2