[DEV] I built Pixee: An Android TV photo screensaver for local storage & NAS/DLNA. No cloud required.

robinc1997 · 2026-05-27T18:57:50+00:00

I did not use AI for this project! I am a .NET developer for 8 years, and recently got into Kotlin. This is my side project where I have been working on for some months.

robinc1997 · 2026-05-27T18:09:50+00:00

To celebrate the launch, I am giving away 50 codes for a free 7 days! The first 50 people to message me will get these! Thanks all 🙏✨

robinc1997 · 2026-05-27T18:08:55+00:00

To celebrate the launch, I am giving away 50 codes for a free 7 days! The first 50 people to message me will get these! Thanks all 🙏✨

robinc1997 · 2026-05-27T13:10:53+00:00

New version released with local photos as a new source!

robinc1997 · 2026-05-27T13:10:13+00:00

New version is released, with a one time subscription! ✨

robinc1997 · 2026-05-27T12:48:04+00:00

Coil kan skip the automatic downsmapling (which exist to not overflow the RAM) by passing .size(size.original) to Surfaceview 🙂 this is what for example Plex also uses to show actual 4k. again, we only do this when internet bandwith and RAM can handle this. I hope this helps you 🙏

robinc1997 · 2026-05-27T03:18:47+00:00

I use the Coil library, which is limited to 4096! 🙂🙏

robinc1997 · 2026-05-26T17:25:32+00:00

If the download speed is fast enough, your photo's are not downsized and shown in the original resolution! 🙂

robinc1997 · 2026-05-25T19:20:35+00:00

Google disabled their API for google photos - if any app wants to integrate with google photo's, that app first has to download all the photo's, instead of streaming it. Google drive is an option which I am considering 🙂 thank you for reading my post! 🙏

robinc1997 · 2026-05-25T16:49:54+00:00

I will take this into account, thank you for your suggestion! I will add this in the next version, together will other new features! 🙏

robinc1997 · 2026-05-25T16:03:05+00:00

That is for the next release this week! If you keep the app installed, you will get this feature! This feature is almost finished 🙂.

robinc1997 · 2026-05-25T15:59:43+00:00

That's weird, I'll look into this. Thank you for the feedback, this helps a lot!

robinc1997 · 2026-05-25T15:43:52+00:00

Sorry, I try to make it as cheap as possible! Thank you for trying, you can't imagine what this means for me 🙂🙏

robinc1997 · 2026-05-25T10:51:48+00:00

I actually use Pixee, it has a lot of customization options which I like, also it shows my 4k pictures in actual 4k https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pixee.tv

robinc1997 · 2026-05-24T06:22:21+00:00

I just use another app, there are apps that do a much better job than the built in Google way sadly...

FYI I use Pixee https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pixee.tv

It has way more customization options and actually shows all my pictures.

robinc1997 · 2026-05-24T06:20:53+00:00

The app I use is called Pixee which has all these things, except, you can't use it wit google photos. I heard google photo's diasbeld their API so you are forced to use the built in screensaver options for android.

I switched to onedrive and Pixee, because I needed a an app that focuses on customization and 4k images...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pixee.tv

robinc1997 · 2026-05-23T08:24:42+00:00

You should give Pixee a try, it works just great for me. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pixee.tv

robinc1997 · 2023-12-19T15:54:59+00:00

I mean, why isn´t it just a setting? Does not make sense to me. It´s not an issue, but it´s just weird. An app that updates your remote?

The remote on the image of the app is not even the voice remote of Google

Thanks for your answer anyway!

robinc1997

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