Overlay

About Overlay Android App

This application allows other devices on your local network to locate your Android device and send content to it which will be displayed in an overlay.

Typical use may be on an Android TV device to allow a home-automation or other system on your LAN to visualize notifications or data in a dynamic way on the Android TV device without the need for separate apps for each type of data that should be presented.

People installing this should be aware that they are opening up a network socket on their Android device which could potentially be used by hackers for unauthorized access if the hacker has access to the network involved. As such this should only be installed on devices that will only connect to reliable, well-secured local networks!!!

Note that the app has very little real UI: the actual visualization is determined by the client pushing content to it.