# Google Cast API Reference

This reference provides the following API documentation for send
and receiver applications.

### Sender application APIs

A sender application runs on the device the user is holding and
manages the user's interaction with the content.
For sender applications, Google Cast supports app development for the
Android, iOS, and Cast-supported web platforms with the following documentation:

- [Google Cast Android Sender API reference](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/android)
- [Google Cast iOS Sender API reference](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios)
- [Google Cast Web Sender API reference](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/web_sender)

### Receiver application APIs

A receiver application is a Chrome application that runs on the Google Cast
receiver device connected to the display and manages the display of the content.
Use the API to create a custom receiver application. The Media Player Library provides
your application with a media player. The APIs are documented here:

- [Web Receiver API reference](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/web_receiver)
- [Android TV Receiver API reference](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/atv_receiver/packages)

### Resources

See [Install API Libraries](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/developers#install_api_libraries) for
setup instructions for the above APIs.

See the following guides for more information about developing with these APIs:

- [Android Sender Apps](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/android_sender)
- [iOS Sender Apps](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/ios_sender)
- [Web Sender Apps](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/web_sender)
- [Web Receiver Apps](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/web_receiver)
- [Android TV Receiver Apps](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/android_tv_receiver)

### Licenses

Web Sender, Media Player Library and Receiver use the Closure library,
which is licensed under the
*[Apache
2.0 License](https://github.com/google/closure-library/blob/master/LICENSE)* , and the lit-html library, which is licensed under
the *[BSD
3-Clause License](https://github.com/Polymer/lit-html/blob/master/LICENSE)*.