Hydravion AndroidTV - Login Issues

[NTICompass]

I didn't know where else to post this, but I was curious if anyone else was having issues with the Hydravion app on AndroidTV?  It was working fine until yesterday when I got logged out, and it won't let me log back in.

 

Did something change at Floatplane with the login flow?  Does anyone know of any other way to watch Floatplane on my AndroidTV (other than casting it to my TV from the Android app)?

 

No idea if Hydravion is still being updated, but I left a bug report on GitHub too: https://github.com/bmlzootown/Hydravion-AndroidTV/issues/37

[whispous]

Given the last commit was almost a year ago, it just looks like your problem is that it's simply unmaintained software.

[Mope El Two]

I'm having the same issue.  It's too bad, because it made it easier to watch content on my TV using the app as opposed to streaming it from a pc, a laptop or my phone.

[Biohazard777]

On 11/5/2025 at 2:30 PM, NTICompass said:

Did something change at Floatplane with the login flow? 

I'd say yes, the unofficial app uses the following:

        String uri = "https://www.floatplane.com/api/auth/login";
        RequestQueue queue = Volley.newRequestQueue(this.context);
        StringRequest stringRequest = new StringRequest(Request.Method.POST, uri,
                response -> callback.onSuccess(cookies, response), error -> {
            error.printStackTrace();
            callback.onError();
        }) {...

https://github.com/bmlzootown/Hydravion-AndroidTV/blob/master/app/src/main/java/ml/bmlzootown/hydravion/authenticate/LoginRequestTask.java
And if we check that endpoint manually using postman, it returns a 404 (not found):


For comparisson, singing in from a web browser sends a post request to:
https://www.floatplane.com/api/v3/auth/login


If I try that endpoint (again without credentials) using postman the server returns error 400 (bad request, which is a good thing in this case, means the endpoint exists):


So, to sum it up: it looks like the floatplane team retired the old / unversioned API.

Anyhow if you want to fix this, fork the unofficial project and start here:
https://github.com/bmlzootown/Hydravion-AndroidTV/tree/master/app/src/main/java/ml/bmlzootown/hydravion/authenticate
 

On 11/5/2025 at 2:30 PM, NTICompass said:

Does anyone know of any other way to watch Floatplane on my AndroidTV (other than casting it to my TV from the Android app)?

TV Bro app (browser) for Android TV would probably work, but it is gonna be a janky experience navigating.
The best solution, floatplane team to release an Android TV app... it's kind of ridiculous they don't have one, given what the app is about.