apk-receiver

Hypothesis (draft)

Getting an install artifact from an iPhone to an Android TV box shouldn’t require a cloud hop, a USB stick or Play Services — the two devices are already on the same LAN.

Stack & constraints

• Kotlin app on the box, running a tiny local HTTP server.
• Downloads handled by Android’s DownloadManager, then handed to the package installer (silent install when the box is rooted).
• The iPhone needs nothing but a browser.
• CI builds the APK through GitHub Actions; releases are published per build.

What shipped

• The box shows a QR code; scanning it from the phone opens the send page.
• URLs sent from the iPhone arrive on the box, download, and open the installer.
• Works on plain AOSP boxes — no Play Services required.

Retrospective (draft)

• The “no cloud” constraint turned the QR code into the whole pairing story — less code than any account-based flow would have needed.