Migrating from Amazon Fling to Matter Casting

Fire Devices & Appstore Q&A
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I’m currently using the Amazon Fling SDK to send photos and videos from an iPhone to Fire TV, and I’m looking to migrate to Matter Casting. I have a few questions regarding the integration process.

Q1: The Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick have a built-in receiver application that supports Amazon Fling service. Is there a similar built-in receiver application for Matter Casting? Or is a companion app required on the device?

Q2: I ran the example Matter Casting iOS app on my iPhone, and it detects my Fire TV Stick 4K Max. When I select the device, the Fire TV prompts:
Enter PIN code as shown on Test TV casting app
I enter 20202021, then:

  • Fire TV shows Casting Connection Failed
  • iOS app reports:
    Connection to Casting Player failed with "Error Domain=com.matter.casting Code=50 "(null)" UserInfo={NSUnderlyingError=examples/tv-casting-app/tv-casting-common/support/ChipDeviceEventHandler.cpp:119: CHIP Error 0x00000032: Timeout"

What am I doing wrong, and how can I successfully establish a Matter Casting connection between the iPhone and Fire TV?

Q3: It looks like adding support for Matter Casting is nearly impossible for a regular developer, since it requires going through the certification process. Or am I misunderstanding, and this process is actually straightforward?

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Hi,

Thanks for posting. We have messaged the appropriate team for further investigation and will let you know once we receive an update.

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Hi Vika,

Q1: A companion app is required for Matter Casting.

Q2: We will need to allowlist your Customer ID for this. Please send it in a private message to me and I will pass it on to the team (don’t post it publicly).

Q3: We are currently working on making this process self-serve, which is coming in a future update.

Thanks,

Moses

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Hi Vika,

I’m happy to inform you that you have been allowlisted. It can take up to 24 hours to propagate through all systems.

Let us know if you have any further trouble.

Moses