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android-webview-kiosk Implementation Plan
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labskill before starting — this is a lab project and the lab conventions are the source of truth for anything this plan doesn't cover.
Goal: Android TV app that fullscreen-renders one hardcoded Grafana dashboard URL in a WebView, launchable remotely on a Sony Bravia via its REST IP-control API (which Control4 will drive).
Architecture: Single-Activity Kotlin app, no androidx dependencies — android.app.Activity + android.webkit.WebView with JS enabled, immersive fullscreen, keep-screen-on, and exponential-backoff reload on load failure. LEANBACK_LAUNCHER intent filter makes it appear in the TV launcher and in the Bravia API's getApplicationList, so setActiveApp can launch it directly. Built with Gradle inside a nix dev shell (Android SDK via androidenv), distributed as a sideloaded APK.
Tech Stack: Kotlin 2.0.21, Android Gradle Plugin 8.7.3, compileSdk/targetSdk 34, minSdk 26 (TV's final firmware is Android 8.0), JDK 17, Gradle from nixpkgs, JUnit 4 for unit tests.
Background (why this exists)
- TV: Sony Bravia KD-65XE9305, final firmware Android 8.0, Android System WebView v138 (modern Chromium — renders current Grafana fine; verified on the TV).
- The TV's built-in
webappruntimeis too old for Grafana, so a custom WebView app is the rendering vehicle. - Launch pipeline already proven with curl against the TV:
setPowerStatus(wake) →setActiveApp(launch). Control4 driver will issue these; that driver is a separate project, not in this plan. This plan only documents the curl sequence the driver will replicate. - Dashboard URL (hardcoded in the app):
https://grafana.c3c.cz/public-dashboards/381fe3e71e164eb99dd0b10e246a36e2
Lab-convention deviations (intentional, pre-approved)
This is an Android APK, not a Go service. The following lab defaults do not apply:
- No container image, no Docker Hub push, no helm chart, no
/livez//readyz. The artifact is an APK uploaded by CI. - No
nix buildof the app. Gradle resolves Maven dependencies from the network, which pure nix builds can't do without heavyweight lockfile tooling. The flake provides a dev shell only; the build command isgradleinsidenix develop. CI does the same. - Go conventions (slog etc.) don't apply — Kotlin/Android project.
Everything else holds: git from commit 0, origin on Gitea, flake + .envrc at root, .gitea/workflows/ CI, CLAUDE.md in repo.
Execution constraints
- The agent cannot run
nix,gradle,adb, orcurl-against-the-TV in the jail. Every build/test/install step below is phrased as "Ask the user to run X and report output." Do not fabricate results; wait for the user's paste. - The user runs nix commands per lab convention anyway.
Repo location
<lab>/code/git.c3c.cz/c3c/android-webview-kiosk
<lab> is whichever of /workspace/extras/lab or /mnt/storage/.lab exists. All file paths below are relative to the repo root. Origin: git@git.c3c.cz:c3c/android-webview-kiosk.git.
File structure
android-webview-kiosk/
├── flake.nix # dev shell: Android SDK, JDK 17, gradle, imagemagick
├── flake.lock # committed after first `nix flake lock`
├── .envrc # exactly: use flake .
├── .gitignore
├── CLAUDE.md # repo context for future agents
├── README.md # sideload + Sony API + Control4 integration notes
├── .gitea/workflows/build.yaml
├── settings.gradle.kts
├── build.gradle.kts # root: plugin versions only
├── gradle.properties
├── signing/release.keystore # committed; see Task 6 rationale
└── app/
├── build.gradle.kts
└── src/
├── main/
│ ├── AndroidManifest.xml
│ ├── java/cz/c3c/webviewkiosk/MainActivity.kt
│ ├── java/cz/c3c/webviewkiosk/BackoffPolicy.kt
│ └── res/drawable/{banner.png,icon.png}
└── test/java/cz/c3c/webviewkiosk/BackoffPolicyTest.kt
Android package name is cz.c3c.webviewkiosk (hyphens are illegal in package names, so the repo name's android- prefix is dropped there).
Task 1: Repo skeleton + git init
Files:
-
Create:
.envrc,.gitignore -
Step 1: Resolve lab root and verify target path is empty/missing
Run: ls /workspace/extras/lab 2>/dev/null || ls /mnt/storage/.lab 2>/dev/null to pick <lab>. Then verify <lab>/code/git.c3c.cz/c3c/android-webview-kiosk does not exist or is empty (lab bootstrap-mode rule). If it has content, stop and ask the user.
- Step 2: Create directories
mkdir -p <lab>/code/git.c3c.cz/c3c/android-webview-kiosk
cd <lab>/code/git.c3c.cz/c3c/android-webview-kiosk
mkdir -p app/src/main/java/cz/c3c/webviewkiosk \
app/src/main/res/drawable \
app/src/test/java/cz/c3c/webviewkiosk \
.gitea/workflows signing
- Step 3: Write
.envrc
use flake .
- Step 4: Write
.gitignore
.direnv/
.envrc.local
# Gradle / Android
.gradle/
build/
local.properties
*.apk.idsig
# Editor / OS
.idea/
.vscode/
.DS_Store
Note: build/ (no leading slash) intentionally matches both root and app/build/. signing/release.keystore is not ignored — it gets committed (Task 6).
- Step 5: Init git and wire origin
git init
git remote add origin git@git.c3c.cz:c3c/android-webview-kiosk.git
git add .envrc .gitignore
git commit -m "chore: repo skeleton"
Task 2: Nix dev shell
Files:
-
Create:
flake.nix -
Step 1: Write
flake.nix
{
# android-webview-kiosk — Android TV fullscreen WebView kiosk showing a
# hardcoded Grafana dashboard, remote-launched via Sony Bravia IP control.
#
# Deviation from lab Go template: this flake provides a DEV SHELL ONLY.
# Gradle fetches Maven deps from the network, so the APK is built impurely:
# nix develop --command gradle :app:assembleRelease
# There is no `nix build` output and no container/push pipeline.
description = "Android TV fullscreen WebView kiosk for the Grafana house dashboard";
inputs = {
nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/release-25.11";
flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
};
outputs =
{
self,
nixpkgs,
flake-utils,
}:
flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (
system:
let
pkgs = import nixpkgs {
inherit system;
config = {
allowUnfree = true; # Android SDK
android_sdk.accept_license = true;
};
};
buildToolsVersion = "34.0.0";
androidComposition = pkgs.androidenv.composeAndroidPackages {
platformVersions = [ "34" ];
buildToolsVersions = [ buildToolsVersion ];
includeEmulator = false;
includeSystemImages = false;
includeNDK = false;
};
androidSdk = androidComposition.androidsdk;
sdkRoot = "${androidSdk}/libexec/android-sdk";
in
{
devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
packages = [
androidSdk
pkgs.jdk17
pkgs.gradle
pkgs.imagemagick # banner/icon generation
pkgs.android-tools # adb for sideloading
];
ANDROID_HOME = sdkRoot;
ANDROID_SDK_ROOT = sdkRoot;
# NixOS gotcha: AGP downloads a dynamically-linked aapt2 from Maven
# that can't run on NixOS. Point it at the SDK's own aapt2 instead.
GRADLE_OPTS = "-Dandroid.aapt2FromMavenOverride=${sdkRoot}/build-tools/${buildToolsVersion}/aapt2";
};
}
);
}
- Step 2: Ask user to run, paste output
nix flake lock
nix develop --command bash -c 'java -version && gradle --version && echo "ANDROID_HOME=$ANDROID_HOME" && ls "$ANDROID_HOME/build-tools"'
Expected: JDK 17, Gradle 8.x, build-tools 34.0.0 listed. If androidenv rejects platformVersions = [ "34" ] (nixpkgs pin too new/old), ask the user for the error and adjust the version set — do not guess silently.
- Step 3: Commit
git add flake.nix flake.lock
git commit -m "feat: nix dev shell with Android SDK 34, JDK 17, gradle"
Task 3: Gradle project files
Files:
-
Create:
settings.gradle.kts,build.gradle.kts,gradle.properties,app/build.gradle.kts -
Step 1: Write
settings.gradle.kts
pluginManagement {
repositories {
google()
mavenCentral()
gradlePluginPortal()
}
}
dependencyResolutionManagement {
repositories {
google()
mavenCentral()
}
}
rootProject.name = "android-webview-kiosk"
include(":app")
- Step 2: Write root
build.gradle.kts
plugins {
id("com.android.application") version "8.7.3" apply false
id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.android") version "2.0.21" apply false
}
- Step 3: Write
gradle.properties
org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2g
android.useAndroidX=true
- Step 4: Write
app/build.gradle.kts
plugins {
id("com.android.application")
id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.android")
}
android {
namespace = "cz.c3c.webviewkiosk"
compileSdk = 34
defaultConfig {
applicationId = "cz.c3c.webviewkiosk"
minSdk = 26 // Sony KD-65XE9305 final firmware = Android 8.0
targetSdk = 34
versionCode = 1 // bump on every release; adb install -r refuses downgrades
versionName = "0.1.0"
}
signingConfigs {
create("release") {
// Keystore is committed (private repo, LAN kiosk app) so every
// machine/CI produces the same signature and `adb install -r`
// upgrades work without uninstalling. Created in Task 6.
storeFile = rootProject.file("signing/release.keystore")
storePassword = "android-webview-kiosk"
keyAlias = "kiosk"
keyPassword = "android-webview-kiosk"
}
}
buildTypes {
release {
isMinifyEnabled = false
signingConfig = signingConfigs.getByName("release")
}
}
compileOptions {
sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
}
kotlinOptions {
jvmTarget = "17"
}
}
dependencies {
testImplementation("junit:junit:4.13.2")
}
- Step 5: Ask user to run, paste output
nix develop --command gradle --no-daemon :app:tasks
Expected: task list prints, no configuration errors. Known failure mode: AGP 8.7.3 vs the nixpkgs Gradle version being too new — the error message names the supported range; bump the AGP version in root build.gradle.kts to the newest 8.x the message allows and re-run.
- Step 6: Commit
git add settings.gradle.kts build.gradle.kts gradle.properties app/build.gradle.kts
git commit -m "feat: gradle project, AGP 8.7.3, sdk 34/min 26"
Task 4: BackoffPolicy (TDD)
Reload-retry delay logic — the only pure logic in the app, so it gets a unit test. Exponential backoff stops a dead Grafana from being hammered every 2 s forever by a 24/7 TV.
Files:
-
Test:
app/src/test/java/cz/c3c/webviewkiosk/BackoffPolicyTest.kt -
Create:
app/src/main/java/cz/c3c/webviewkiosk/BackoffPolicy.kt -
Step 1: Write the failing test
package cz.c3c.webviewkiosk
import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
import org.junit.Test
class BackoffPolicyTest {
@Test
fun firstDelayIsInitial() {
val b = BackoffPolicy(initialDelayMs = 2_000, maxDelayMs = 60_000)
assertEquals(2_000, b.nextDelayMs())
}
@Test
fun delayDoublesOnEachCall() {
val b = BackoffPolicy(initialDelayMs = 2_000, maxDelayMs = 60_000)
b.nextDelayMs()
assertEquals(4_000, b.nextDelayMs())
assertEquals(8_000, b.nextDelayMs())
}
@Test
fun delayCapsAtMax() {
val b = BackoffPolicy(initialDelayMs = 2_000, maxDelayMs = 5_000)
b.nextDelayMs() // 2000
b.nextDelayMs() // 4000
assertEquals(5_000, b.nextDelayMs())
assertEquals(5_000, b.nextDelayMs())
}
@Test
fun resetReturnsToInitial() {
val b = BackoffPolicy(initialDelayMs = 2_000, maxDelayMs = 60_000)
b.nextDelayMs()
b.nextDelayMs()
b.reset()
assertEquals(2_000, b.nextDelayMs())
}
}
- Step 2: Ask user to run, verify it fails
nix develop --command gradle --no-daemon :app:testReleaseUnitTest
Expected: compilation FAILS with unresolved reference BackoffPolicy.
- Step 3: Write minimal implementation
package cz.c3c.webviewkiosk
class BackoffPolicy(
private val initialDelayMs: Long,
private val maxDelayMs: Long,
private val factor: Double = 2.0,
) {
private var nextMs = initialDelayMs
fun nextDelayMs(): Long {
val current = nextMs
nextMs = (nextMs * factor).toLong().coerceAtMost(maxDelayMs)
return current
}
fun reset() {
nextMs = initialDelayMs
}
}
- Step 4: Ask user to run, verify it passes
nix develop --command gradle --no-daemon :app:testReleaseUnitTest
Expected: BUILD SUCCESSFUL, 4 tests passed.
- Step 5: Commit
git add app/src/test/java/cz/c3c/webviewkiosk/BackoffPolicyTest.kt \
app/src/main/java/cz/c3c/webviewkiosk/BackoffPolicy.kt
git commit -m "feat: exponential backoff policy for webview reload"
Task 5: Manifest, resources, MainActivity
No unit tests here — pure Android framework glue; verification is on-device in Task 7.
Files:
-
Create:
app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml -
Create:
app/src/main/res/drawable/banner.png,app/src/main/res/drawable/icon.png -
Create:
app/src/main/java/cz/c3c/webviewkiosk/MainActivity.kt -
Step 1: Generate banner and icon
android:banner (320×180) is mandatory for LEANBACK_LAUNCHER apps — without it the TV launcher shows nothing usable. Ask user to run inside the dev shell:
nix develop --command bash -c '
magick -size 320x180 xc:"#1f2430" -gravity center -fill white \
-pointsize 32 -annotate 0 "Grafana Kiosk" app/src/main/res/drawable/banner.png
magick -size 160x160 xc:"#1f2430" -gravity center -fill "#f46800" \
-pointsize 90 -annotate 0 "G" app/src/main/res/drawable/icon.png
'
- Step 2: Write
app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<!-- TV-only app: leanback required, touchscreen not -->
<uses-feature
android:name="android.software.leanback"
android:required="true" />
<uses-feature
android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen"
android:required="false" />
<application
android:allowBackup="false"
android:banner="@drawable/banner"
android:icon="@drawable/icon"
android:label="Grafana Kiosk"
android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"
android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen">
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:exported="true"
android:screenOrientation="landscape"
android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|navigation|screenSize|density">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LEANBACK_LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
usesCleartextTraffic="true": dashboard is HTTPS today, but home-LAN dashboards are often plain HTTP — this keeps a future URL swap to http:// working without a manifest change. Acceptable for a LAN kiosk device.
- Step 3: Write
app/src/main/java/cz/c3c/webviewkiosk/MainActivity.kt
package cz.c3c.webviewkiosk
import android.annotation.SuppressLint
import android.app.Activity
import android.os.Bundle
import android.os.Handler
import android.os.Looper
import android.view.View
import android.view.WindowManager
import android.webkit.WebResourceError
import android.webkit.WebResourceRequest
import android.webkit.WebSettings
import android.webkit.WebView
import android.webkit.WebViewClient
class MainActivity : Activity() {
companion object {
const val DASHBOARD_URL =
"https://grafana.c3c.cz/public-dashboards/381fe3e71e164eb99dd0b10e246a36e2"
}
private lateinit var webView: WebView
private val handler = Handler(Looper.getMainLooper())
private val backoff = BackoffPolicy(initialDelayMs = 2_000, maxDelayMs = 60_000)
private var lastLoadFailed = false
@SuppressLint("SetJavaScriptEnabled")
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
window.addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON)
webView = WebView(this)
webView.settings.apply {
javaScriptEnabled = true
domStorageEnabled = true
cacheMode = WebSettings.LOAD_DEFAULT
mediaPlaybackRequiresUserGesture = false
}
webView.webViewClient = object : WebViewClient() {
override fun onPageFinished(view: WebView, url: String) {
// onPageFinished also fires after a failed load (error page),
// so only treat a clean finish as recovery.
if (!lastLoadFailed) backoff.reset()
lastLoadFailed = false
}
override fun onReceivedError(
view: WebView,
request: WebResourceRequest,
error: WebResourceError,
) {
// Subresource failures (one panel's query, a font) must not
// tear down the whole page; only main-frame failures retry.
if (!request.isForMainFrame) return
lastLoadFailed = true
handler.postDelayed(
{ view.loadUrl(DASHBOARD_URL) },
backoff.nextDelayMs(),
)
}
}
setContentView(webView)
hideSystemUi()
webView.loadUrl(DASHBOARD_URL)
}
override fun onResume() {
super.onResume()
hideSystemUi()
}
private fun hideSystemUi() {
@Suppress("DEPRECATION") // WindowInsetsController needs API 30; minSdk is 26
window.decorView.systemUiVisibility =
View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_FULLSCREEN or
View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_HIDE_NAVIGATION or
View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_IMMERSIVE_STICKY
}
override fun onDestroy() {
handler.removeCallbacksAndMessages(null)
webView.destroy()
super.onDestroy()
}
}
- Step 4: Ask user to run a debug build to verify it compiles
nix develop --command gradle --no-daemon :app:assembleDebug
Expected: BUILD SUCCESSFUL, APK at app/build/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk. (Release build waits for the keystore in Task 6.)
- Step 5: Commit
git add app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml app/src/main/res \
app/src/main/java/cz/c3c/webviewkiosk/MainActivity.kt
git commit -m "feat: leanback webview kiosk activity"
Task 6: Release keystore + signed APK
Files:
-
Create:
signing/release.keystore -
Step 1: Ask user to generate the keystore
nix develop --command keytool -genkeypair \
-keystore signing/release.keystore \
-alias kiosk -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000 \
-storepass android-webview-kiosk -keypass android-webview-kiosk \
-dname "CN=android-webview-kiosk"
Rationale for committing it with a plaintext password: the repo is private, the key signs a LAN-only kiosk APK (no Play Store, no trust anchored to it), and a stable committed key means CI and any machine produce upgrade-compatible signatures. Do not reuse this key for anything else.
- Step 2: Ask user to build + verify release APK
nix develop --command gradle --no-daemon :app:assembleRelease
nix develop --command bash -c \
'apksigner verify --print-certs app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk'
Expected: BUILD SUCCESSFUL; apksigner prints the CN=android-webview-kiosk cert. (apksigner lives in SDK build-tools, already on the dev-shell PATH.)
- Step 3: Commit
git add signing/release.keystore
git commit -m "chore: committed release keystore for stable sideload signature"
Task 7: Sideload and on-TV verification
No files — this is the acceptance test of Tasks 1–6. All commands run by the user. $TV_IP = the TV's LAN address, $YOUR_PSK = the IP-control pre-shared key already configured on the TV.
- Step 1: Enable ADB on the TV (one-time, user, on the TV)
Settings → About → press Build 7× (unlocks Developer options) → Developer options → enable ADB debugging / network debugging.
- Step 2: Ask user to install
nix develop --command bash -c "
adb connect \$TV_IP:5555 &&
adb install -r app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk
"
Expected: Success. If the TV shows an authorization dialog, accept it and re-run. Future upgrades: bump versionCode in app/build.gradle.kts, rebuild, same adb install -r.
- Step 3: Verify launcher + manual launch
"Grafana Kiosk" tile appears in the TV's app row; opening it shows the dashboard fullscreen.
- Step 4: Verify Sony API sees the app
curl -s -X POST http://$TV_IP/sony/appControl \
-H "X-Auth-PSK: $YOUR_PSK" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"method":"getApplicationList","id":1,"params":[],"version":"1.0"}' \
| grep -o '"title":"Grafana Kiosk","uri":"[^"]*"'
Expected URI shape: com.sony.dtv.cz.c3c.webviewkiosk.cz.c3c.webviewkiosk.MainActivity — but use whatever the list actually returns; record the exact value in README.md (Task 8).
- Step 5: Verify the full remote sequence from standby
TV in standby, then:
# wake
curl -s -X POST http://$TV_IP/sony/system \
-H "X-Auth-PSK: $YOUR_PSK" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"method":"setPowerStatus","id":55,"version":"1.0","params":[{"status":true}]}'
sleep 6
# launch kiosk (URI from Step 4)
curl -s -X POST http://$TV_IP/sony/appControl \
-H "X-Auth-PSK: $YOUR_PSK" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"method":"setActiveApp","id":601,"version":"1.0","params":[{"uri":"<URI-FROM-STEP-4>"}]}'
Expected: TV wakes, dashboard appears. Unlike webappruntime, a real installed app may wake the TV implicitly on setActiveApp alone — test that too and note the result in README; if it does, the Control4 driver gets simpler.
Task 8: CI workflow + repo docs
Files:
-
Create:
.gitea/workflows/build.yaml,CLAUDE.md,README.md -
Step 1: Write
.gitea/workflows/build.yaml
Adapted from the lab Go template: same trigger/concurrency/runner-image shape, but tests + APK artifact instead of container push, and no bump-chart job (no chart).
name: build
on:
push:
branches: [main]
tags: ['*']
concurrency:
group: ${{ github.ref }}
cancel-in-progress: true
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
container:
image: docksee/nixos-gitea:${{ vars.NIX_IMAGE_VERSION }}
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v5
with:
fetch-depth: 0
- name: Unit tests
run: nix develop --command gradle --no-daemon :app:testReleaseUnitTest
- name: Build release APK
run: nix develop --command gradle --no-daemon :app:assembleRelease
- uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
with:
name: android-webview-kiosk-apk
path: app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk
Known cost: Gradle re-downloads Maven deps every run (no cache step). Acceptable for a rarely-changing project; add a cache later only if it hurts.
- Step 2: Write
CLAUDE.md
# android-webview-kiosk
Android TV app: fullscreen WebView showing one hardcoded Grafana dashboard.
Runs on the living-room Sony Bravia KD-65XE9305 (Android 8.0, API 26;
Android System WebView updates independently via Play Store — currently v138).
Launched remotely through the Bravia REST IP-control API by Control4
(driver lives in a separate project). See README.md for the API sequence.
## Lab project — with deviations
This is a lab project (`lab` skill conventions apply) EXCEPT:
- No container image, no helm chart, no /livez//readyz — artifact is an APK.
- No `nix build`: gradle needs network for Maven deps. The flake is a dev
shell only. All builds run as `nix develop --command gradle ...`.
- Agents cannot run nix/gradle/adb here — ask the user to run commands
and report output.
## Commands (user-run, from repo root)
- Tests: `nix develop --command gradle --no-daemon :app:testReleaseUnitTest`
- Release APK: `nix develop --command gradle --no-daemon :app:assembleRelease`
→ `app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk`
- Sideload: `adb connect <tv-ip>:5555 && adb install -r <apk>`
(bump `versionCode` in app/build.gradle.kts first for upgrades)
## Key facts
- Package/applicationId: `cz.c3c.webviewkiosk`; repo name keeps the
`android-` prefix, the package can't (hyphens illegal).
- Dashboard URL hardcoded in `MainActivity.DASHBOARD_URL` — changing it
means rebuild + sideload. Intentional: keeps Control4 integration to a
single parameterless launch call.
- `signing/release.keystore` is committed on purpose (private repo,
LAN-only kiosk) so every build is upgrade-compatible. Don't reuse the key.
- minSdk 26 is a hard floor — the TV never gets newer Android.
- `LEANBACK_LAUNCHER` category + `android:banner` are what make the app
visible to the Bravia API's `getApplicationList`/`setActiveApp`. Don't
remove either.
- Step 3: Write
README.md
# android-webview-kiosk
Fullscreen WebView kiosk for Android TV. Shows the house Grafana dashboard:
<https://grafana.c3c.cz/public-dashboards/381fe3e71e164eb99dd0b10e246a36e2>
Target device: Sony Bravia KD-65XE9305 (Android 8.0). Built for remote
launch via the Bravia REST IP-control API, driven by Control4.
## Build
nix develop --command gradle --no-daemon :app:assembleRelease
APK: `app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk`
## Sideload
1. TV one-time: Settings → About → press *Build* 7× → Developer options →
enable ADB debugging.
2. `adb connect <tv-ip>:5555`
3. `adb install -r app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk`
Upgrades: bump `versionCode` in `app/build.gradle.kts`, rebuild, reinstall
with `-r`. Same committed keystore = no uninstall needed.
## Remote launch (Sony Bravia IP control)
TV prerequisite: IP control auth = "Normal and Pre-Shared Key", Remote
start enabled (wake from deep standby).
# 1. wake
curl -s -X POST http://$TV_IP/sony/system \
-H "X-Auth-PSK: $PSK" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"method":"setPowerStatus","id":55,"version":"1.0","params":[{"status":true}]}'
# 2. launch (after TV reports active; ~6 s from quick standby,
# up to ~30 s from deep eco standby — poll getPowerStatus instead
# of sleeping blind in real integrations)
curl -s -X POST http://$TV_IP/sony/appControl \
-H "X-Auth-PSK: $PSK" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"method":"setActiveApp","id":601,"version":"1.0","params":[{"uri":"<APP_URI>"}]}'
`<APP_URI>`: from `getApplicationList`, recorded after first install:
(fill in after Task 7 Step 4 — expected shape:
com.sony.dtv.cz.c3c.webviewkiosk.cz.c3c.webviewkiosk.MainActivity)
Whether `setActiveApp` alone wakes the TV from standby (skipping step 1):
(fill in after Task 7 Step 5)
Control4: a DriverWorks driver issuing this sequence is a separate project.
The two "(fill in after Task 7 …)" lines are the only deliberate blanks — they record device-measured facts and must be filled during Task 7, not invented.
- Step 4: Commit
git add .gitea/workflows/build.yaml CLAUDE.md README.md
git commit -m "feat: gitea CI (test + apk artifact), repo docs"
Task 9: Handoff checklist (user actions)
Print this for the user at the end; none of it is automatable from the jail:
- Create the Gitea repo
c3c/android-webview-kiosk(no chart repo, nochart-service-accountcollaborator needed). git push -u origin main— CI should run tests, build the APK, upload the artifact. Check the Actions run.- Fill the two README blanks with values measured in Task 7 (app URI, wake behavior), commit, push.
- Follow-up project (separate plan, separate session): Control4 DriverWorks driver — one Composer command "Show Dashboard" →
setPowerStatus→ pollgetPowerStatusuntilactive→setActiveAppwith the recorded URI. Load thecontrol4-driverworksskill when planning it.
Self-review notes
- Spec coverage: hardcoded-URL WebView app ✓, leanback launchability for
setActiveApp✓, fullscreen/keep-awake/error-recovery ✓, lab conventions (flake, envrc, gitea CI, CLAUDE.md, git from commit 0) ✓, sideload + remote-launch verification ✓. Control4 driver explicitly out of scope. - Versions (AGP 8.7.3 / Kotlin 2.0.21 / Gradle-from-nixpkgs) are a known-good family but the nixpkgs pin moves; Tasks 2–3 contain explicit verify-and-adjust steps instead of assuming.
- Type consistency:
BackoffPolicy(initialDelayMs, maxDelayMs),nextDelayMs(),reset()match between Task 4 test, Task 4 impl, and Task 5 usage.