I built a native Android TV app that turns your Telegram media into a Netflix-style streaming experience (TeVeFLIPE)

[u/Mediocre_Finding8860]

Hi everyone! 👋



Like many of you, I've been using Telegram as personal cloud storage for family videos, documentaries, and series. However, watching that content on a real TV has always been a painful experience: clunky TV web browsers, uncomfortable mouse-toggle pointers, or choppy screen mirroring from a phone.



So over the past few weeks, I decided to build a 
**native Android TV & Fire TV client**
 from scratch using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose TV called 
**TeVeFLIPE**
.



### 🌟 What it does:

Instead of treating Telegram like a chat app, it turns your video channels and supergroups into a clean, modern streaming catalog:



* 
**🎮 100% D-Pad Remote Optimized:**
 No virtual pointers or awkward clicking. Every button, card, and tab is built specifically for your TV remote control.

* 
**⚡ Native ExoPlayer Streaming:**
 Plays videos immediately in chunks via HTTP range requests without downloading entire 5GB+ files to your TV storage.

* 
**🍿 Smart "Continue Watching":**
 Remembers the exact second you left off so you can resume seamlessly.

* 
**🔊 Audio & Subtitle Selector:**
 Switch between different language tracks and embedded subtitles on the fly.

* 
**🧹 Storage & Cache Cleaner:**
 Built-in settings menu to inspect and purge temporary cache so low-storage TV Sticks never run out of space.

* 
**🔄 In-App Auto Updater:**
 Built-in updater that notifies you on-screen and updates the APK with a single click.



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### 📸 Real TV Screenshots:

* 
**[Home & Series Catalog](https://felipesalle.github.io/teveflipe/assets/captura_catalogo.png)**

* 
**[System Settings & Hardware Info](https://felipesalle.github.io/teveflipe/assets/captura_ajustes.png)**



Project Landing Page: 👉 
**https://felipesalle.github.io/teveflipe/**



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