There's a workaround that might be useful for some people - use the Shadowsocks app for Android TV. Because that app only accepts a JSON configuration file, you need to convert the Outline key to JSON.
- Take the following JSON file template:
{ "server":"YOUR-SERVER", "server_port":12345, "local_port":1080, "password":"YOUR-PASSWORD", "method":"chacha20-ietf-poly1305", "remarks": "Outline Server" } - From the Outline key (
ss://...), take the server name/IP and port and put them in place ofYOUR-SERVERand 12345 (respectively). - Take the base64 part of the Outline key (everything after
ss://and before@) and decode it using a base64 decoder. - The resulting string is the method and password, separated by a colon (e.g.
chacha20-ietf-poly1305:56gsef6zr5). Take the password and put it in place ofYOUR-PASSWORDin the JSON file. If the method isn'tchacha20-ietf-poly1305, update it in the JSON "method" field. - Install the Shadowsocks app for Android TV on your Android TV / Google TV device.
- Copy the JSON file to your device. If you don't have a way to do that, there are many file managers available for Android TV. If you already have Kodi installed, it has a built-in file manager in Settings, that can be used to copy from network shares as well.
- Open the Shadowsocks app on your device and select "Replace from file".
- If you get a "No application can handle this action" error, you also need to install a file manager that can handle selecting a file from the file system. Not all file managers can do this. On Chromecast with Google TV, I found that it works after installing this app.
- You should now be able to connect to your Outline server from the app.
References: Outline Linux docs, Shadowsocks configuration format.
thanks!