What it is

mytv-android is an Android and Android TV IPTV player written in Kotlin under the MIT license, with a Material 3 Expressive interface and built-in Media3, IJKplayer, and VLC support. It solves the problem of watching IPTV sources on phones and television devices by providing remote controls, touch gestures, M3U and Stalker Portal support, and a local web panel for tuning playback.

Key capabilities

• The app supports M3U and Stalker Portal sources, which are common IPTV playlist and portal formats.
• It includes Media3, IJKplayer, and VLC, and the README advises choosing a player based on the source type.
• Channel changes use up and down keys, number keys, or vertical swipes, while line changes use left and right keys or horizontal swipes.
• A local web panel at http://:10591 allows custom configuration and Logcat export for debugging playback errors.
• The README gives compatibility guidance, including better video probing and rtsp:// rules that route streams to IJK or VLC.

Who uses it and how

• Home viewers install the app on an Android TV box or phone and use the remote or touchscreen to browse live channels.
• IPTV users import M3U or Stalker Portal sources, switch lines, and adjust settings through the local web panel.
• Users who forward IPTV through rtp2httpd may choose Media3 or VLC for supported fcc sources to get faster channel changing.

Getting started

Download a release from the GitHub repository, install it on an Android 6.0 or newer device, and open the app to add an IPTV source. For custom settings, visit http://:10591 on the same local network.

When to use it — and when not to

Use mytv-android when the goal is a native Android or Android TV client for M3U and Stalker Portal sources, especially when multiple players are useful for compatibility. It is a client application, so users must supply working sources and may need to tune player selection, probing, and remote panel rules. The README also notes that QR recognition can be poor with some tools and that public source code will no longer be published, so releases and issues are the main maintenance path.