Lofi Radio — Android

Android companion app for the Lofi Radio project: streams live lo-fi radio from the same 20 curated YouTube channels, playable anywhere — not just on your home network.

Part of the Lofi Radio project:

Repo	What it is
lofi-app	Python streaming server + web frontend (channel discovery, HLS extraction)

Features

• Browse the 20 curated lo-fi channels with live status
• HLS audio playback with full transport controls
• Favorites
• Channel search
• Settings (server address, playback options)
• MVVM architecture: Fragments + ViewModels, ExoPlayer-style audio service

Architecture

com.lofiradio/
├── ui/          # MainActivity, ChannelList, Player, Settings fragments + ViewModels
├── player/      # AudioPlayer — HLS streaming service
├── network/     # ServerApi, YouTubeExtractor
└── data/        # Models (StreamInfo, Channel), Preferences

The app can talk directly to a running lofi-app server for channel/stream metadata, or extract streams on-device.

Building

# Configure SDK path
echo "sdk.dir=/path/to/android-sdk" > local.properties

# Debug build
./gradlew :app:assembleDebug

# Release build
./gradlew :app:assembleRelease

A multi-stage Dockerfile (android-sdk base + Gradle) is included for reproducible container builds.

Project Structure

.
├── app/
│   └── src/main/
│       ├── java/com/lofiradio/   # Kotlin sources
│       └── res/                  # Resources, layouts, themes
├── build.gradle.kts
├── settings.gradle.kts
├── gradle.properties
└── Dockerfile                    # Containerized build