How to turn Android into AirPlay / DLNA Media Receiver

Imagine Streaming a Video or a movie from your Computer / Mac to your Android device, and then enjoying the same movie at different locations and devices inside the same network. Well, this is all possible due to various technologies such as AirPlay , DLNA UPnP etc. Now, to Stream your content from one device to another its necessary that one device should act as a Server and other as a receiver. In this article, we are covering the Receiver part. So, here’s a simple tutorial which will turn your Android device into an AirPlay , DLNA Media, Roku , All Cast receiver so that you can directly stream media locally to your Android Screen.

Method to Turn your Android device into AirPlay / DLNA Receiver.

You can even use this method to turn your Android OS powered TV, or Android TV Stick into a fully functional Apple TV which will be able to receive and mirror using AirPlay.  

Pre Requisites.

• We will first need to Install the AirPin app on the Android device, its free of cost and can be downloaded from the link below – Click here to Download AirPin app for Android from Google Play.
• Now, In order to use AirPlay on Android for reception purposes, Both your Android device and the iOS device (iPhone / iPod or Mac OS) should be on the same wifi network.

 

Steps to Set-Up Android as AirPlay & DLNA Receiver –

Make Sure that these Options are Checkmarked

• Once you have installed the AirPin lite app for Android, launch the app.
• Now, it will show you the list of streaming Services available as shown in the alongside image.
• Here make sure that the AirPlay, AirTunes and DLNA DMR  “Checkboxes are enabled or ticked” (Enable Them if not Enabled).
• Now, pull down the Notification bar from the Top, and check for the notification “AirPin service is running” as shown in the image below –

  

  Make Sure that AirPin service is Running

  If the AirPin Service is running!, Return to the menu.
• Congratulations! You have now successfully set up your Android Phone as an DLNA UPnP Receiver. Now Simply Scan for devices to cast to in your Media Streamer and select the Nickname “ATP @ xx”  to directly stream media wirelessly to your Android device.

Example – In order to Use Android Device as Apple TV or AirPlay Receiver –

• We connected both the Android device and MacBook on the same WiFi Network.
• Started the AirPin service with AirPlay services enabled.
• Now, An AirPlay icon was automatically shown on our Mac Task bar  and also iTunes as shown below –

  

  Android Device inside AirPlay icon on iTunes

  That’s it! We selected our Android Device name from the available AirPlay services list as shown above .
• Voila! The Android device started playing AirPlay Streams received from Mac as shown below (We went for streaming music but you can even use it to Stream Videos and Movies to your Android Device) –

  

  Android device Streaming AirPlay content

Final Take – Thus, there’s no need now to purchase high priced Apple TV inorder to AirPlay content on your TV, Also there’s no need to buy other DLNA options as Roku, Chromecast etc as Android itself is a pretty nice Streaming Media Receiver.