@bjohnson-va/ng-cast

ngCast

Broadcast media on your TV from your Angular app

Installation

sudo npm install ng-cast

Then, import ngCast in your app.module.ts

import { NgCastModule } from 'ng-cast';

@NgModule({
  ...
  imports: [
    ...
    NgCastModule
  ],

In one of your template, insert a button to select your Chromecast and connect on it

<ng-cast></ng-cast>

In one of your app components,

import { NgCastService } from 'ng-cast';
...
constructor(
    ...
    private ngCastService: NgCastService
  ) { }

You are now able to broadcast any image or video to your TV

this.ngCastService.launchMedia(mediaUrl); 
// ex. this.ngCastService.launchMedia('http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4c8cxLOQv1rwa0vgo1_250.gif')

Customisation

You can modify cast button appearance editing ng-cast/ng-cast.component.scss If you use CSS files in your project, you just need to change ng-cast.component.scss file extension

Online demo

https://gif-caster.firebaseapp.com/