# Ihost cast **URL:** \ **Category:** eWeLink CUBE\ **Tags:** advanced-plan\ **Created:** [January 15, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/ihost-cast/27126 "2024-01-15T14:51:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![manolisbnt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@manolisbnt](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/manolisbnt)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/ihost-cast/27126/1 "2024-01-15T14:51:12Z")
Hello is there an android application to approach ihost cast menu, or the only way is to make a browser shortcut? ---
**Author:** ![Alexie](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.ewelink.cc/alexie/32/1593_2.png) [@Alexie](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/Alexie)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/ihost-cast/27126/2 "2024-01-16T02:00:26Z")
only way is to make a browser shortcut ---
**Author:** ![eerke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@eerke](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/eerke)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 2:26am UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/ihost-cast/27126/3 "2024-01-16T02:26:37Z")
On iOS there is a cast app but only for tablets and not phones. My guess is that because android can also be both phone and tablet there probably is an android app. As android is less locked down than iOS I’d bet you could side load the application, but I expect it’d look bad. I have an android-TV and sideloading android Apps it a bit hit and miss as to whether they work. I tend to use Aptoide (in the hope it is there) to side load apps. > **[Google PLAY - APK Download for Android](https://google-play-services-updater.en.aptoide.com/app)** > > Download Google PLAY 39.2.37-29 \[0\] \[PR\] 597374538 APK for Android right now. No extra costs. User ratings for Google PLAY: 4.04 ★ ---
**Author:** ![eerke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@eerke](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/eerke)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 2:40am UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/ihost-cast/27126/4 "2024-01-16T02:40:42Z")
Have you tried sideloading this app > > > Access, control, and experience your smart home devices in a stylish dashboard... I’m guessing (like the iOS version) this is officially tablet only and the original poster means android phones, but my experience with sideloading phone things on my Android TV is that often things work, but look odd, need rotating and require a Bluetooth Mouse. Here I bet the UI looks weird. ---
**Author:** ![Alexie](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.ewelink.cc/alexie/32/1593_2.png) [@Alexie](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/Alexie)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/ihost-cast/27126/5 "2024-01-16T11:19:25Z")
These app is designed for the android pad and ipad, but not for the mobile phones. ---
**Author:** ![eerke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@eerke](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/eerke)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/ihost-cast/27126/6 "2024-01-16T15:08:20Z")
But often the APK for the app can be sideloaded onto other size android devices and sort of works. I wondered how bad it was. You just need to allow the option in the android security settings to allow apps to be installed from outside the Play Store. Also I don’t know how much work it would be to make it phone capable but as it has local mode and the iHost is local it might be useful if it worked on mobile, plus it might allow you to incorporate the limited basic functions of the iHost that need to be controllable from a phone (Zigbee pairing, battery status and reboot). Most things can be done from big screens but a few things are really annoying if you have to turn on your computer or go to the iHost. ---
**Author:** ![Alexie](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.ewelink.cc/alexie/32/1593_2.png) [@Alexie](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/Alexie)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/ihost-cast/27126/7 "2024-01-16T15:17:17Z")
The CAST App is just a browser shell, and it doesn’t differ much from when your mobile browser shortcut directly from your phone - only the style locks the full screen and hides the address bar ---
**Author:** ![paul8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@paul8](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/paul8)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/ihost-cast/27126/8 "2024-01-16T17:00:44Z")
I’ve added the cast link to my Home Screen on my iPhone but, as others have said, it just opens in Safari with url bar etc. Have you considered adding the following to the cast page so it opens without the url bar. _Set the `apple-mobile-web-app-capable` meta tag to `yes` to turn on standalone mode. For example, the following HTML displays web content using standalone mode._ from: > **[Configuring Web Applications](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/AppleApplications/Reference/SafariWebContent/ConfiguringWebApplications/ConfiguringWebApplications.html)** > > Conceptual information and techniques on creating effective web content for Safari and WebKit using HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. ---
**Author:** ![eerke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@eerke](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/eerke)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/ihost-cast/27126/9 "2024-01-17T00:10:57Z")
But you could use it on the phone to access the really simple things that aren’t possible in cast 1. Zigbee pairing on iHost 2. check batteries on iHost 3. reboot iHost Without resorting to a new app or adjusting the iHost web server. There may be other really important things that need to be possible from a phone but those are the three I’ve discovered by having had the iHost for several months.