Archive:Official Kodi Remote Android

The Official XBMC Remote for Android is an open source, full-featured remote control for XBMC Media Center, brought to you by Team-XBMC. It features library browsing, direct remote control and a slick interface.

General

 * Remote control with the look of the Xbox' DVD Dongle
 * Control XBMC's volume directly with your device's volume buttons
 * Fast access to items in list via hard- or soft keyboard (long-press Menu)
 * Manage multiple XBMC instances
 * Live view of currently playing playlist
 * Notification bar shows what's playing with direct access to "Now playing" screen (can be disabled)
 * Large screen (854x480) support, while maintaining 1.5 compatibility
 * On incoming call, display who's calling on TV screen and pause video until call is over
 * On incoming message, display on TV screen
 * Setting that prevents your phone locking the screen. You can apply it either for remote control only or all screens (or disable it completely)
 * Tabs looking and behaving like HTC's Sense UI, also check out the Gallery.
 * Ultra fast cover download for recent XBMC builds
 * Texture support for HTC Tattoo, Google Nexus One as well as Motorola's Droid/Milestone.

Music Library

 * Cover art is shown where available
 * Now playing screen allows skipping, seeking, stop and pause
 * Browse by album, artist, genre
 * XBMC's "Hide artists who appear only on compilations" setting is taken into account when listing artists
 * Within a genre, browse by albums, artists and songs
 * List all albums and songs of an artist
 * Browse compilations only
 * Browse files directly
 * Sort by album, artist, title, track number etc..
 * Play and queue albums, songs, genre selections and much more directly without having to turn on your TV. For instance it's possible to queue/play all songs from an artist but of a certain genre.
 * Primitive listing of current playlist with options to jump to another song or remove a song.

Movie Library

 * Browse by title, actors, genre.
 * Display all movies of a genre or with an actor.
 * Displays movie poster and actor thumbs where available.
 * Play trailer from details page where available.

TV Shows Library

 * Browse by show, season, episode or by actors and genre.
 * Dynamic thumb rendering with wide banner support
 * Displays episode and show details