Unable to debug Whitelisted device / ApplicationSession failing to start

Question

I am not able to connect to my Whitelisted Chromecast through the given address (ip.address:9222) as mentioned here: https://developers.google.com/cast/developing_your_receiver#

Answer 1

For me it was a combination of checking "Send this Chromecast's serial number to Google when checking for updates" and registering the Chromecast Device, as described here: https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/registration

After registering your device, you'll have to wait up to 15 minutes and restart your Chromecast. You'll see this if the status of the device changed in to "Ready for Testing."

Answer 2

The solution is to tick the "Send this Chromecast's serial number to Google when checking for updates" box and then "Reboot Chromecast". (Thanks, methai).

The issue was that there is a bug in the Android Chromecast app (in version 1.1.1), where this setting doesn't actually get saved. I can confirm the OS X client will save this setting properly, haven't tested the other versions yet.

Answer 3

Also make sure that your HTTP server will respond correctly to POST requests for your receiver URL as well as that same URL with '/whatever_you_pass_to_ApplicationSession.startSession' which was an issue with our Rails server.