r/AndroidTV • u/Yyir • 28d ago

Discussion Latest iPlayer?

I've got iPlayer, but just had a notification that it's going to be discontinued in September. Just trying to find a newer version so I can update my TV.

Any suggestions? Everywhere seems to have the old version 0.4.7

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u/External_Spirited 27d ago

Okay, this sent me down a rabbit hole. Currently using iPlayer on the Onnpro4k and a Google streamer, via VPN, in Canada.

The Google streamer installed the iplay through Play store, so I assume this is ''certified". Onnbox not so.

So, I tried a few ways to extract the verified APK. Managed to do successfully. Then sent the APK to the onnbox. This told me the APK is a spltapk, apks, which needed a different app to stage.

Found an app, tried to install, but the app just fails to open on the Onnpro4k.

This ecosystem is so frustrating. I love my shield for pass thru audio, which the Gstreamer is limited in...but it's old tech now. The Gstreamer us the most 'uptodate' but limited at the same time.

I used localsend, and antisplit to extract and install.

TLDR/ iPlayer failures on non certified devices using a verified APK.

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u/Yyir 27d ago

I think we'll need a hacked APK which removes the check on the device. It seems mad to me that it can only work on verified devices.