If you choose not to publish the receiver application, be sure to follow the guide to setup a device for development so you can debug the receiver application. To create and setup the default Media Receiver, the steps are very clearly explained in the Google Cast Guide. For more details on customizing the Receiver itself, you can check the Google Documentation.
In this post, the sample is built like the Google Cast Samples, using the default Media Receiver with the default video support and styling. A Receiver Application: this is what hosts the video on the Chromecast Device.A Sender Application: in this post, it will be our Xamarin App.There are 2 main components for a Cast App:
Before we get started, there are a few initial steps to be taken. If the video/audio browsing app is built using Xamarin.Forms, this post walks you through how to add the support for video Chromecast through 2 ways, using a Xamarin.Forms Page Renderer or via a embedded native page. If you are creating a video or even audio app, you can add Chromecast Support for it easily.