[Fire TV General] sublimnl:
So, my household was 100% chromecast until I plunked down on 2 Fire TV's recently. My wife KEEPS using the chromecast because she cannot be looking all around for the FTV remote when she is feeding our newborn. She always has her phone on her, so she just fires content to the Chromecast. This got me to thinking - how can I can give her the same ease of use with the FTV?

It turns out that this is possible with Tasker and a Tasker Plugin called AutoRemote (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joaomgcd.autoremote&hl=en).

Here is what you need to get this running...

0. A mouse.

1. Root - http://xdaforums.com/fire-tv/general/videos-how-to-root-mod-hack-amazon-fire-t2800683

2. Google Play Store - http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53570674&postcount=1

3. Market Helper - http://codekiem.com/2013/02/13/market-helper/ (I set my FTV to spoof a Nexus 7 on T-Mobile)

4. Before you can install Tasker you have to install some missing libraries. I copied the following from my phone (Nexus 5) to the same location on my FTV, then rebooted:

+ /system/etc/permissions/com.google.android.maps.xml

+ /system/framework/com.google.android.maps.jar

5. Tasker (install from Google Play on your FTV and your phone/tablet)

6. AutoRemote (install from Google Play on your FTV and your phone/tablet)

7. Optional: Droidmote Server (on the FTV) and Droidmote Client on your phone/tablet. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.videomap.droidmoteserver&hl=en

Now that you have all the pre-reqs in place here's how to put it all together:

1. Launch AutoRemote on the FTV. You will see a QR code on the screen.

2. Launch AutoRemote on your phone. Press the phone icon at the bottom (2nd icon).

3. On the next screen press the QR code at the bottom. Scan the QR code on your FTV to pair the devices.

4. Launch Tasker on the FTV, go to the Profiles tab, click the + at the bottom, click Event.

5. For the Event Category select Plugin, then select "AutoRemote"

6. Click the pencil button to open AutoRemote configuration for this profile. Click Message Filter then enter the name of the app you want to launch. Click OK, then click the "Exact Message" check box.

7. Click the back button twice to get back to the main Tasker window. It will ask you to create a new task to go with this profile. Just click New Task and name it if you want to.

8. Click the + button at the bottom of the Task Edit screen. Select App, then Launch App, then select the app you want to launch.

9. Press back 2 times to get back to the main tasker window.

10. You should see a new entry called "AutoRemote appname (exact)" where "appname" is the text you entered in step 6 above. Underneath that line will be a green arrow and the text "Launch App XXXXXX" and the icon for the app you selected in step 8.

NOW ON YOUR PHONE...

11. Launch Tasker and go to the Tasks tab, and click the + button to create a new task. Name it.

12. Click the + button at the bottom of the next screen, then click Plugin, then select "AutoRemote Message".

13. Click the edit icon next to configuration. AutoRemote will come up. Make sure the Device is set to your FTV. Click message to edit the message you want to send to your FTV.

14. Enter the EXACT text you entered in step 6 above. Click back twice to get back to the Task Edit screen.

15. Optional: Add a new action to launch Droidmote on your phone. Click the plus sign to add a new Action. Then select App, Launch App, select Droidmote Client. Click back once to get back to the task edit screen.

16. Click the grid icon (bottom right corner). Assign an icon to this task. Keep clicking back until you are out of Tasker.

17. Create a new shortcut on your home screen, choose Task Shortcut, then select the Task you just created. I have put shortcuts to all my tasks into an FTV folder on my device.

Repeat steps 4-17 for every app you want to launch from your phone.

Now if you click that shortcut the following will happen...

1. Tasker will send an AutoRemote message saying "netflix" (for example) from your phone to your FTV.

1B. If you did the optional step 15 above then Droidmote will launch on your phone so that you can navigate the FTV interface from your phone.

2. Your FTV will receive that message.

3. Tasker will automatically see the message, and launch Netflix.

4. ???

5. Profit

Hope you guys found this helpful! Let me know if you have any questions. If you have ways to make this better then please chime in! I'm no Tasker expert and just found AutoRemote today, so I am sure there are probably some creative things that can be done that I havent thought of. :cowboy: