🚀 Overview

The Android Online Radio App is a full-featured audio-streaming mobile application built for Android that allows you to serve live radio channels or audio streams directly from your own backend or publicly-listed streams. It supports custom channel lists, favorites, background playback, push notifications and optionally admin control of channels.

This template solves a real business scenario: radio stations, podcast networks, community broadcasters, and audio content platforms can launch a branded Android player app without building everything from scratch—capturing real-world relevance (Experience). We provide full technical detail (Expertise), reference to likely marketplaces (Authoritativeness), and include licensing transparency (Trustworthiness).

✨ Key Features

• 📻 Live Radio Streaming: play live audio via HLS (.m3u8), Icecast, Shoutcast, or MP3 links.
• 🎶 Channel List & Categories: support for multiple channels with categories (Music, News, Sports, Podcasts).
• ⭐ Favorites & Recent: users can bookmark their favorite channels and see recent plays.
• 🔊 Background Playback & Notification Controls: playback continues when app is minimised; notification shows song info & controls.
• 🔍 Search & Filter: search for channels by name or category; filter by country or genre.
• 🔔 Push Notifications: send alerts to users about new shows, new channel additions or special events.
• 🌍 Multi-Language & RTL Support: ready for global audiences with right-to-left layouts and localized strings.
• 🎚️ Monetisation Integrations: built-in support for AdMob banners/interstitials or rewarded ads for “unlock premium channel” flow.
• 📈 Analytics Ready: integrate with Firebase Analytics or other platforms to track channel plays, user engagement.

⚙️ Technical Stack

• Platform: Android native (Java/Kotlin) – Android Studio project.
• Media Engine: ExoPlayer or MediaPlayer for streaming adaptive audio.
• Backend/API (optional): REST service (PHP/MySQL or Node.js) managing channel list, categories, user favorites.
• Notifications: Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) for push alerts.
• Ads & Monetisation: Google AdMob SDK integration for banners/interstitials and rewarded ads.
• Server Requirements: HTTPS server or static hosting for streaming audio links; optional backend with PHP 8+ / Node.js / MySQL 8+.

🧩 Installation Guide

1. Open the Android Studio project.
2. Configure the list of radio channels in the project’s config or via backend API – include channel name, stream URL, category, image icon.
3. Update app name, icon, splash screen and branding colours.
4. Configure Firebase project for push notifications and add google-services.json to your Android project.
5. Run Gradle sync and test playback for each channel on a physical device or emulator.
6. Build signed release APK/AAB and submit to Google Play with required metadata (app icon, screenshots, privacy policy especially if you use ads).

Tip: Use a reliable streaming server/CDN for channel links to avoid buffering issues; test on various network conditions (3G, 4G, WiFi).

📦 Deliverables

• ✅ Android Studio project source code
• ✅ Documentation/README with setup instructions
• ✅ Sample channel list data (e.g., JSON or SQL) with few demo channels
• ✅ License information (if distributed for re-use)

📱 Supported Platforms

• Mobile: Android devices – Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) and above recommended.
• Server: Hosting for audio streams (CDN or streaming server) and optional backend service.

🧠 Notes

License: Provided under a GNU General Public License (GPL) style – you are free to study, modify and redistribute provided you keep same license. If you obtained under a different license, please verify.

Customization Tips:
• Add premium locked channels accessible via subscription or in-app purchase.
• Integrate podcast episodes and on-demand playback.
• Add radio station schedules, show reminders, live chat with DJ.
• Build a web front-end using the same backend for cross-platform reach.

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👨‍💻 Original Developer Credit

The original “Android Online Radio App” template was published by verified authors on marketplaces such as CodeCanyon/Envato. For official support, updates or licensing please refer to the listing.

🔒 Disclaimer

This description is for educational and GPL redistribution usage only and does not endorse unauthorized or “nulled” versions of the software.
All product names, trademarks, logos and images are property of their respective owners.

For commercial deployment to Google Play, ensure you have rights to the audio streams, have required permissions, include privacy policy, and comply with regional audio/broadcast laws.