📱 Android App

Setting up the
Cricast Android App

The Cricast app turns your Android phone into a live cricket streaming camera — with your club's score overlay baked right in. Follow these steps to get set up in minutes.

Phone mounted on a tall tripod stand at the boundary of a cricket ground, ready to stream
1
Download & install the app

Download the Cricast APK directly to your Android phone. Because it's not on the Play Store yet, you'll need to allow installs from unknown sources — Android will prompt you automatically when you open the file.

⬇ Download Cricast APK Android · ~4 MB
⚠️ If Android blocks the install, go to Settings → Apps → Special app access → Install unknown apps and enable it for your browser or file manager.
2
Open the app — you'll see your matches

When the app opens it connects to the Cricast server and shows all available matches. At this point it shows every club's matches — the next step filters it to just yours.

💡 Grant the Camera and Microphone permissions when prompted — these are required to stream.
3
Get your Club Key from the club page

On the web, open your club's page (e.g. cricast.live/club/whalers-cc-01). You'll see a 📱 Android app key row under the club name — tap Copy.

🔑 Your club key is the short slug in the URL, e.g. whalers-cc-01. It never changes.
4
Enter the Club Key in the app

In the app, tap the 🏏 Club button in the top-right corner of the match list. Paste your club key and tap Save. The list will immediately reload showing only your club's matches.

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▶ YT ✓
🏏 Club
Club Filter
Enter your club key to show only your club's matches
Save
✅ You only need to do this once. The app remembers your club key across sessions.
5
Set up your YouTube stream key

Tap the ▶ YT button in the top-right corner and paste your YouTube HLS stream key. This tells the app where to send the live video. The button will show ▶ YT ✓ once a key is saved.

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How to get your YouTube Stream Key
Step-by-step guide · includes HLS setup screenshots
6
Select a match and go live

Tap a match card to select it — it highlights green. Then tap ▶ Start Stream. The app opens the camera view, connects to the server, and begins streaming to YouTube with the live score overlay automatically applied.

📡 Make sure you're on a strong 4G/5G or Wi-Fi connection before going live. The stream uses roughly 3–5 Mbps upload.

Need help getting set up?

Book a 30-minute onboarding call — we'll walk through the full setup with you live, from app install to your first stream.

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