Googlecast Custom Layout - android

I'm planning to develop a googlecast application using android. But i'm wondering if we can use custom receiver that has a video and a layout that displays text from the android application, i have looked everywhere but i couldn't find anything related to my question. is this achievable:
is this achievable using android without using custom receiver.
is this achievable by only using custom receiver that displays
lets say ( half of the screen video and the other half custom layout
that receives data from android device) .
if there is any tutorial or any guide on how to implement this if possible please do point me to the right track.
P.S: i have searched for such thing but zero results i found.
thanks for your help.

You need to write a custom receiver; a custom receiver has some cast related stuff but it is simply an html page so you can layout the way you want. You can look at our documentations and samples.

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