ARVIO is an Android media hub for TV, phone, and tablet form factors. This repository is maintained as a source-code and development mirror for the Android application.

The app provides a media browser, player shell, profile support, optional cloud sync, IPTV playlist support, catalog configuration, home-server integrations, and integrations with user-configured sources. ARVIO does not host, store, sell, or distribute movies, series, live TV channels, playlists, streams, or other third-party media.

Repository Purpose

This GitHub repository is for:

• Source code review and development
• Issue investigation and technical discussion
• Build documentation
• License and privacy documentation
• Contribution review

It is not intended as an advertising page, download landing page, or content distribution repository.

Features

• Android TV, Fire TV, phone, and tablet UI
• TMDB-powered movie, series, cast, collection, franchise, and metadata browsing
• IPTV M3U/Xtream playlist support with provider categories, favorites, hidden categories, EPG, and mobile/tablet fullscreen playback
• Optional ARVIO Cloud sync for profiles, settings, catalogs, IPTV state, watch state, and custom profile avatars
• Optional per-profile Trakt.tv integration for watchlist, history, progress, and continue watching
• Catalog management with manual URLs and public Trakt/MDBList list discovery
• Home-server source and catalog support for user-owned Jellyfin, Emby, and Plex libraries
• Third-party addon support for user-configured sources
• Watchlist and continue-watching state with profile isolation
• Subtitle and audio track selection, subtitle language filtering, and AI subtitle tools
• Profile PINs and custom profile avatars
• ExoPlayer/Media3 playback with TV remote, mobile, and tablet controls

Availability

ARVIO is available on Google Play:

Screenshots

Home	Details

Live TV	Collections

Mobile	Profiles

Content And Source Policy

ARVIO is a media browser and player interface for user-configured sources. It works like a media player or browser: users provide their own services, playlists, addons, and URLs.

This repository does not include hosted media content, bundled playlists, IPTV credentials, debrid accounts, third-party streaming catalogs, or links intended to enable unauthorized access to content. No movies, series, live TV channels, playlists, or other third-party media are hosted by this repository or by ARVIO.

Users are solely responsible for their usage and must comply with applicable local laws. If you believe content accessed through an external source violates copyright law, contact the actual file host, service provider, or source maintainer. The ARVIO repository and developers cannot remove content hosted by third parties.

Contributors should not submit copyrighted media, credentials, private keys, access tokens, or links intended to enable unauthorized access to content.

Cloud Sync

ARVIO Cloud is optional. When enabled, it can sync profiles, settings, catalogs, IPTV state, watch progress, watchlist state, and profile avatars across devices. See PRIVACY.md for details and account deletion instructions.

Build And Run

Requirements:

• Android Studio or Android SDK command-line tools
• JDK 17
• Android SDK 35

Use the tracked Gradle wrapper:

./gradlew :app:assemblePlayDebug
./gradlew :app:assembleSideloadDebug

On Windows PowerShell or Command Prompt:

.\gradlew.bat :app:assemblePlayDebug
.\gradlew.bat :app:assembleSideloadDebug

Install a debug build on a connected Android TV, Fire TV, emulator, phone, or tablet:

./gradlew :app:installPlayDebug
./gradlew :app:installSideloadDebug

For network ADB devices:

adb connect <device-ip>:5555
adb install -r app/build/outputs/apk/sideload/debug/app-sideload-debug.apk

Build variants:

• play: Play Store build, self-update disabled.
• sideload: Direct APK build, self-update enabled.
• debug: development build.
• staging: release-like build signed with the debug keystore for upgrade testing.
• release: production build. Use a private release keystore for distribution.

Local Configuration

Cloud sync, Google sign-in, and Supabase-backed auth require local secrets. Copy the defaults file and fill in real values:

cp secrets.defaults.properties secrets.properties

secrets.properties is ignored and must not be committed.

TMDB and Trakt credentials are not committed to the repository. When a valid Supabase config is present, app requests are routed through the tracked tmdb-proxy and trakt-proxy Edge Functions, where those credentials should be stored as Supabase function secrets. Forks that do not use those proxy functions can still add their own local TMDB_API_KEY, TRAKT_CLIENT_ID, and TRAKT_CLIENT_SECRET values in secrets.properties for direct local testing.

For signed release builds, copy the keystore template and fill in local signing values:

cp keystore.properties.template keystore.properties

keystore.properties and keystore files are ignored and must stay private.

Release Checks

Before publishing a build, run:

./gradlew :app:compilePlayDebugKotlin
./gradlew :app:assemblePlayRelease
./gradlew :app:assembleSideloadRelease

Smoke-test startup, profile switching, playback, stream fallback, subtitle/audio switching, IPTV/EPG loading, addon add/remove, search, settings navigation, background sync, and repeated player open/close on the supported device classes.

Privacy

See PRIVACY.md for the privacy policy. Cloud account and synced data deletion is available at auth.arvio.tv/delete-account.

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0. See LICENSE for details.

AI Disclosure

This application was developed with significant AI assistance. Contributions should still be reviewed, tested, and treated as normal source code changes.

If you have concerns about using AI-generated software, please do not use this application.