Simon.Romin

Hi ,

We are a small but established business located in the UK and have need of a specific app that I have not been able tolocate on the open market.

We are in need of an app that will allow an Android device to power on automatically when the 12v power is attached. It then should play/stream a video from a specific web address in an infinite loop until the power is cut to the unit.

We're looking for an app that will do this, and we need it as quick as possible - if you're interested and want to give us a quotation on what this job would likely cost, please reply to this thread or send me a pm.

Best Regards,

Simon.

b0bj0e

Sounds like a kiosk type deal!? Unfortunately, the behavior of a phone when "plugging in" is device dependent. I don't know of any phones that turn on (from an off state, not sleeping) when plugged into a power source. This would only be possible if the phone's hardware supports it, and even then you would have to flash a modifed ROM or BIOS/bootloader. Some phones have locked bootloaders which could make this impossible. Also, you would have to address the phone lockscreen which requires ROM modification to disable. You may have to manually boot and "unlock" the phones.

The video playback on startup could be implemented somewhat simply. You could write an app (as a service, start at boot) and have it download the video from your web address. Android has native support for some common video codecs, make the video one of these formats. The service could then playback the video on loop.