CASE STUDY / FLUTTER; ANDROID TV; JWPLAYER

Android TV OTT app for movies and series, with D-pad/remote navigation, on-screen keyboard, JWPlayer, Hive caching and Firebase services.

An Android TV app for browsing and watching movies and series through a remote-controlled interface.

BUILD FOCUSOTT streaming · Android TV

ENGINEERINGFlutter

DELIVERYTV-first app

01 · PROJECT CONTEXT

The product challenge

A TV streaming experience must make focus movement predictable and keep playback accessible without touch interactions.

MY CONTRIBUTION

Flutter TV development using JWPlayer, D-pad navigation, Hive caching and Firebase services.

02 · IMPLEMENTATION

Implementation & engineering decisions

01Built focus-driven browsing and remote/D-pad navigation.
02Integrated JWPlayer for video playback.
03Used Hive for local caching where appropriate.
04Connected Firebase services to support the app.

ENGINEERING NOTES

Where the implementation needed care

Architecture

Flutter TV screens combine remote navigation and content browsing with JWPlayer playback and Hive caching.

Key challenge

Maintain clear focus and playback controls in a remote-first environment.

Delivered

TV browsing, playback and local-cache integration.

03 · PRODUCT CAPABILITIES

Key features & flows

The implementation connects movies and series with remote/d-pad navigation, supported by on-screen keyboard support and the integrations listed here.

Movies and series
Remote/D-pad navigation
On-screen keyboard support
JWPlayer playback
Hive caching
Firebase services

ANDROID TVJWPLAYERHIVE

ARCHITECTURE & INTEGRATION

TV navigation, playback and local data handling shape the streaming experience.

The Flutter Android TV app uses JWPlayer for video playback, Hive for local caching and Firebase services. D-pad focus and an on-screen keyboard are central to making search and playback practical with a television remote.

FlutterAndroid TVJWPlayerHiveFirebase

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