Android TV app development is the work of turning a video library into a native app for Google Play, the store on Android TV and Google TV sets from Sony, TCL, Hisense, Philips and Chromecast with Google TV. Tappla does that work from your existing video source and hands you a signed app to publish under your own Google Play account. Days, not months.
Google Play takes TV apps only as signed app bundles that pass a separate TV review: remote-control navigation, a home-screen banner, no touch dependency. Here's what Tappla carries for you.
Native Android with proper D-pad navigation and a TV home-screen banner — not a web view in a shell.
We build and sign the Android App Bundle Google Play requires, and prepare the icon, banner, feature graphic and screenshots.
The finished bundle, store graphics and a Play Console guide arrive via apps.tappla.com, ready to publish under your own account.
Point Tappla at the video you already run — Vimeo, an HLS live stream, a JSON feed or your own CDN. No re-uploads.
Add your logo, colors and layout. Tappla generates a real native Android TV app from your feed — no Kotlin, no Leanback, no Android Studio.
We build and sign the app bundle and deliver it via apps.tappla.com with the Play store graphics and a step-by-step guide. You publish it in your own Google Play Console, so the listing is in your name.
You publish from your own Google Play Console, so the app, its reviews and its installs belong to your organization. If you ever leave Tappla, the listing stays where it is.
Fire TV runs on Android too, so the feed behind your Android TV app also generates a Fire TV app for the Amazon Appstore, a native Apple TV app and a Roku channel — one library to maintain.
That's what hiring an Android TV developer costs, before maintenance. With Tappla you connect a source and publish in days — and you own the result.
See what Tappla costs insteadWe carry the build, the signing and Google's TV requirements so you don't hire for them.
Add content to your source and the app updates — no new bundle for every video.
Published from your own Play Console, a real native app, and the listing is yours.
You connect your existing video source to a builder like Tappla and brand it. Tappla generates a native Android TV app, signs the app bundle (AAB) and delivers it via apps.tappla.com; you publish it on Google Play from your own Play Console. With a builder it takes days and no code.
Google TV is the newer interface on top of Android TV. Apps are the same: an Android TV app from Google Play runs on Google TV devices such as Chromecast with Google TV, and on Android TV sets from Sony, TCL, Philips, Hisense and Nvidia Shield.
Almost. Both are native Android apps, and Tappla builds them from the same codebase. The difference is the store: Fire TV apps are published to the Amazon Appstore, Android TV apps to Google Play. If you want both, you get two builds from one feed.
Yes. Google charges a one-time $25 registration fee, and the account is yours, so the app listing is permanently in your organization's name. We recommend registering as an organization: new personal accounts must run a closed test with 12 testers for 14 days before they can publish, organization accounts skip that step.
Yes, as a product rather than a project. An agency quotes a custom Android TV build and usually bills again for changes. Tappla generates, signs and packages the native app from your feed and keeps it current as you add videos, for a flat monthly price.
A single Android TV app is $49/month, the same as a single Roku or Fire TV app. The All platforms plan at $149/month covers Apple TV, Roku, Fire TV and Android TV from one feed. Google's $25 developer fee is paid to Google directly.
Yes. When you add Android TV as a form factor in the Play Console, Google runs a short TV quality review on top of the normal app review. Tappla builds to those requirements: D-pad navigation, a TV banner, no touchscreen dependency.
Yes. Tappla reads from Vimeo, an HLS live stream, a JSON feed, Bunny Stream, StreamSpot, Boxcast, Resi or manual URLs, and keeps your Android TV app in sync as you add content.
From the help center: Comparing the TV platforms · Go-live checklist
Guides: How to build a Fire TV (Android) app · Vimeo videos on a TV app
A single Android TV app is $49/month; all platforms are $149/month. Connect your source, and we deliver a signed app ready for your Google Play Console.