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Nova Launcher

I originally posted this in reply to the HD Widgets post but thought it should have its own thread under Nova Launcher:
I can confirm Nova Prime and HD Widgets work on my rooted AFTV with Rbox's mods. Was using Fired TV until I read the posts about HD Widgets. No comparison. Now have an App Drawer, a Dock if I want it, and the ability to Drag icons around to reorder. Can't change wallpaper. Icons are resizable, can be dragged mid-grid and number Rows and Columns is adjustable. Icons and Labels can be edited. Haven't got around to trying Gestures and other features like Folders.
I installed Nova through Google Play. Don't know if can be installed from the Amazon Appstore.

schneid said:
I originally posted this in reply to the HD Widgets post but thought it should have its own thread under Nova Launcher:
I can confirm Nova Prime and HD Widgets work on my rooted AFTV with Rbox's mods. Was using Fired TV until I read the posts about HD Widgets. No comparison. Now have an App Drawer, a Dock if I want it, and the ability to Drag icons around to reorder. Can't change wallpaper. Icons are resizable, can be dragged mid-grid and number Rows and Columns is adjustable. Icons and Labels can be edited. Haven't got around to trying Gestures and other features like Folders.
I installed Nova through Google Play. Don't know if can be installed from the Amazon Appstore.
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Some screenshots would be good once you have it setup close to an ideal setup... Maybe you can use the Amazon FireTV Utility App to take them. Also I am guessing you have the Google Store & all the dependencies installed for it to work correctly...
Some one told me of another Launcher that works & should be very good for the FireTV but have only installed it on a FireTV Stick but haven't had time to set it up. I have just made sure it boots.

Y314K said:
Some screenshots would be good once you have it setup close to an ideal setup... Maybe you can use the Amazon FireTV Utility App to take them. Also I am guessing you have the Google Store & all the dependencies installed for it to work correctly...
Some one told me of another Launcher that works & should be very good for the FireTV but have only installed it on a FireTV Stick but haven't had time to set it up. I have just made sure it boots.
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I'll try to take some screenshots. Thanks for the AFTV UA tip to take them. I went with Nova as I own it and am used to it. it is overkill so maybe something simpler would be better.
Yes, all four Google Play apps installed.

Nova Prime Launcher ScreenShots
ScreenShots of Nova Launcher Prime running on AFTV.

I have it working well too. I've tried everything I can think of to get wallpaper working. It's a no-go. It seems Amazon must've completely removed that functionality from the FTV. No launcher has it working.

xm41907 said:
I have it working well too. I've tried everything I can think of to get wallpaper working. It's a no-go. It seems Amazon must've completely removed that functionality from the FTV. No launcher has it working.
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It is supposed to work in FiredTV but not for me.

schneid said:
It is supposed to work in FiredTV but not for me.
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The entire wallpaper settings has been removed. I installed the settings.apk found elsewhere in this forum to get bluetooth keyboards working and if you try to go under display - wallpapers, its dead. Setting a wallpaper through quickpic or other such app does nothing either. I'm content with a black background though, considering all the advantages.

Do Amazon Prime videos still work doing this?

schneid said:
ScreenShots of Nova Launcher Prime running on AFTV.
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Man.. That looks good with the black background... Not bad at all.
1. Is there a shortlink to go back into the FTV Original UI ?
2. Have you setup LLama or some other prog like it to auto boot into Nova Launcher at bootup ?
3. Do you expand the storage. You seem to have ton of apps installed. Wonder how your storage space doing ?
4. Do you have the Settings.apk installed ? Wonder what APK might need to be installed to get the wallpapers working..
xm41907 said:
I have it working well too. I've tried everything I can think of to get wallpaper working. It's a no-go. It seems Amazon must've completely removed that functionality from the FTV. No launcher has it working.
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RIght.. But there might be something we can install to get that back... I'm hoping..

krawhitham said:
Do Amazon Prime videos still work doing this?
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If you freeze the stock FTV launcher, then no. I've stumbled upon a way to keep it in place and still use NOVA as the launcher. I'm going to be pulling together a post with video about my system setup soon.

schneid said:
It is supposed to work in FiredTV but not for me.
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That's not a FireTV wide UI WallPaper but it's done from within the FiredTV App...
xm41907 said:
The entire wallpaper settings has been removed. I installed the settings.apk found elsewhere in this forum to get bluetooth keyboards working and if you try to go under display - wallpapers, its dead. Setting a wallpaper through quickpic or other such app does nothing either. I'm content with a black background though, considering all the advantages.
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Well that sucks.. Wonder if some other launcher might handle wallpapers from within itself like FiredTV... But the black background should keep the speed up. And it doesn't look bad at all...
krawhitham said:
Do Amazon Prime videos still work doing this?
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Good ?... I am guessing you can change back to the FireTV UI to get it work.

1. Is there a shortlink to go back into the FTV Original UI ?
Yes. See screen shots. Top left icon. Called "Home" in apps. "Home" key does it too.
2. Have you setup LLama or some other prog like it to auto boot into Nova Launcher at bootup ?
No. Rbox Mods do this. I boot into
3. Do you expand the storage. You seem to have ton of apps installed. Wonder how your storage space doing ?
Everything works so not worried so far.
4. Do you have the Settings.apk installed ?
Yes.
Wonder what APK might need to be installed to get the wallpapers working..
i don't have a clue but don't care that much.

krawhitham said:
Do Amazon Prime videos still work doing this?
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Do for me. just have to use "Home" app which loads the original AFTV launcher. "Home" key goes back to Nova.

I use nova on my phone and really like it. My only concern is the fact it's made for touch. Does the aftv stock remote control everything here? (Minus customizations of course) Aftv remote is all I have. Wukong app works pretty well but would rather be able to just use the regular remote.

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I use nova on my phone and really like it. My only concern is the fact it's made for touch. Does the aftv stock remote control everything here? (Minus customizations of course) Aftv remote is all I have. Wukong app works pretty well but would rather be able to just use the regular remote.
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Once setup you can move around with the Arrow keys and use the Select, Exit, and Home buttons. To configure it, you really need a "mouse" That can be a USB mouse, a trackpad, or a phone app. My go to device is a Logitech K400 keyboard:
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Wireless-Keyboard-Built-In-Multi-Touch/dp/B005DKZTMG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420720596&sr=8-1&keywords=logitech+k400
I ave also used DroidMote on my phone. You need the client and server:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.videomap.droidmoteclient
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.videomap.droidmoteserver
For day-to-day use I use my Logitech Harmony ONE remote along with Flirc that feeds IR commands via USB to the AFTV.
If you have money to blow, get a Harmony Ultimate Home:
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-915-000237-Ultimate-Entertainment-Automation/dp/B00N3RFCBE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1420721028&sr=8-2&keywords=B00N3RFC4G|B00N3RFC4Q|B00N3RFCBE
I thought about it but in my opinion, Harmony setup is hard, and I did not want to go through the pain when my ONE works fine provided you use a Flirc which is also a pain..

schneid said:
Once setup you can move around with the Arrow keys and use the Select, Exit, and Home buttons. To configure it, you really need a "mouse" That can be a USB mouse, a trackpad, or a phone app. My go to device is a Logitech K400 keyboard:
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Wireless-Keyboard-Built-In-Multi-Touch/dp/B005DKZTMG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420720596&sr=8-1&keywords=logitech+k400
I ave also used DroidMote on my phone. You need the client and server:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.videomap.droidmoteclient
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.videomap.droidmoteserver
For day-to-day use I use my Logitech Harmony ONE remote along with Flirc that feeds IR commands via USB to the AFTV.
If you have money to blow, get a Harmony Ultimate Home:
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-915-000237-Ultimate-Entertainment-Automation/dp/B00N3RFCBE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1420721028&sr=8-2&keywords=B00N3RFC4G|B00N3RFC4Q|B00N3RFCBE
I thought about it but in my opinion, Harmony setup is hard, and I did not want to go through the pain when my ONE works fine provided you use a Flirc which is also a pain..
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Thanks. I'm gonna try to set it up tomorrow. I have a mouse and keyboard but only use it for certain apps once in a great while and cwm. By all accounts the harmony is awesome but I'd rather put money elsewhere for now. I might pickup a melee f10 pro.
Some people think aftv has a smooth simple GUI, but I think its a mess! Especially the way prime movies and TV are thrown in everywhere. Llama's not a must but there are WAY too many clicks occurring to get to xbmc. That dev deserves great praise. But nova might be a much better option overall. Thanks again!

xm41907 said:
I have it working well too. I've tried everything I can think of to get wallpaper working. It's a no-go. It seems Amazon must've completely removed that
functionality from the FTV. No launcher has it working.
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you are wrong about the wallpapers not working. I tried over 100 launchers and some of them do have wallpapers that work by default. Nobody probably took time to try any launchers besides the popular launchers so they assumed if the wallpaper did not work on them that they would not work on any launcher, but they do on more than 10 launchers that I know of. I am not gonna do all the work for anyone, but I will share three launchers that the wallpaper works on, squarehd launcher, chameleon launcher and honeycomb launcher. all the lanchers that the wallpaper work on seem to be old launchers, and as I said over 10 launchers I have found work, but most all of them were made by the same developer and are the same just have a different name, so basically there are really around six launchers that the wallpapers work on. if we can find someone that can figure out what the three launchers above share in common then we can probably find out why the other launchers wallpapers do not work. I have not ried, but I am also thinking that old versions of some of the more popular launchers may work as well, but I do not have any old apk files to try.

Forgot to mention in my last post that Buzz Launcher also works. Wallpapers are displayed by default. Also, the latest update works and it is updated frequently. You might have a problem getting past the first screen, cause you have to activate the launcher with a two finger swipe, but you do not really need to swipe, just take your mouse cursor to the top of the screen and click once and its the same as a two finger swipe.

porkenhimer said:
you are wrong about the wallpapers not working. I tried over 100 launchers and some of them do have wallpapers that work by default. Nobody probably took time to try any launchers besides the popular launchers so they assumed if the wallpaper did not work on them that they would not work on any launcher, but they do on more than 10 launchers that I know of. I am not gonna do all the work for anyone, but I will share three launchers that the wallpaper works on, squarehd launcher, chameleon launcher and honeycomb launcher. all the lanchers that the wallpaper work on seem to be old launchers, and as I said over 10 launchers I have found work, but most all of them were made by the same developer and are the same just have a different name, so basically there are really around six launchers that the wallpapers work on. if we can find someone that can figure out what the three launchers above share in common then we can probably find out why the other launchers wallpapers do not work. I have not ried, but I am also thinking that old versions of some of the more popular launchers may work as well, but I do not have any old apk files to try.
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I was referring to the use of the native android wallpaper function, not that no launcher has the ability to project a wallpaper on the FTV. Yes, there are quite a few launchers that have built-in wallpaper functionality, such as Firedtv, the only FTV specific launcher available. Of the ones you mentioned, I'm only familiar with Chameleon and from what I recall, it used it's own wallpaper system.

porkenhimer said:
Forgot to mention in my last post that Buzz Launcher also works. Wallpapers are displayed by default. Also, the latest update works and it is updated frequently. You might have a problem getting past the first screen, cause you have to activate the launcher with a two finger swipe, but you do not really need to swipe, just take your mouse cursor to the top of the screen and click once and its the same as a two finger swipe.
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Hi, I played a little around with the Buzz Launcher and it looks like a very decent launcher with a lot options and themes. I like it so far, however I can't make any of the widgets to work. Any advice on how to make them work? I tried "HD Widgets" and Play Store Widgets. Also, any suggestion on how to get rid of the annoying "Two-finger Swipe Down" Notification? It keeps coming back after closing an app or when the launcher starts.

[Q] Problems with Nova Launcher "app isn't installed"

Anyone using Nova? Having issues with it?
I installed Nova started setting it up, seemingly no issues adding widgets, moving icons, applying theme etc until I try to use the "Messaging" app (Not Message+). Nova says "App isn't installed". I have no issues getting to it via home launcher and the Messaging app works fine. Haven't had any other issues. I cleared app cache and data, tried uninstalling/reinstalling and even did a factory reset since I've had the thing less than 24 hours all to no avail. Any ideas? Anyone else seeing anything similar?
edit: fwiw, it's the Verizon version.
2nd edit: A temporary workaround - To anyone still having this issue I created a workaround using tasker. I just made a task that was "open messaging app" and placed a widget in nova. I set the icon to be the stock messaging app icon and I don't know any different.

I had the same problem. I gave up and stuck with the stock Launcher. I even tried making an activity short cut in Nova and it still said app not installed.
VZW here too.

Same thing on my VZW G4 as well. I tried the Google Now Launcher and the messaging app loaded just fine. I switched back to stock though because the GNL icons were too big.

Very strange but glad to know I'm not alone. I'm using stock now as well, it's really not that bad, just not as customizable. Hopefully it's just a bug that's easily fixed.

Did you do any kinda of restore, works fine on Nova and Tmobile

having this issue as well. going to try to send a bug report to the devs that make nova.
on verizon g4.

Sent a message to nova people.... We will see.

joebrady119 said:
Sent a message to nova people.... We will see.
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So is Messages+ ok? just another messages app isn't?

I'm also having the same issue with third party launchers. I left a review on Nova. I don't like Verizon's messaging app. I prefer the stock SMS app.

Remove non-working messaging icon from desktop.
Drag the working messaging icon from the app drawer to the desktop.
Done :good:

Having same issue.
And app doesn't work from App drawer or replacing shortcut on home screen.
Nova does not recognize the LG Messaging app at all.

Pfeffernuss said:
Remove non-working messaging icon from desktop.
Drag the working messaging icon from the app drawer to the desktop.
Done :good:
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Doesn't work

jrc27 said:
Doesn't work
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Odd, works fine here

Works fine for me too. I'm guessing you guys might be using a US carrier device? Verizon perhaps?

the_scotsman said:
Works fine for me too. I'm guessing you guys might be using a US carrier device? Verizon perhaps?
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Yessir!

same issue on VS986 with Next launcher, works fine on Go Launcher.

Valkyrie743 said:
having this issue as well. going to try to send a bug report to the devs that make nova.
on verizon g4.
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Any word back, Valkyrie? I'm wondering if they'll just say it's a vzw/LG issue.

Having the same problem on Action Launcher and I think I know what it is related to. I had an LG G3 and used the LG Backup app to backup my old phone and restore it to the G4 when I got it last week. Action Launcher had a shortcut on the desktop and in the drawer to the stock Messaging App on the G3, and so when restored, it is looking for that file rather than the new Messaging app on the G4. Of course the stock LG launcher is all new for the G4 and so its shortcuts were not restored from my old backup and so they still work. In fact, if I install a new launcher I've never used it works fine (I just installed Go Launcher and it works) because I'm not restoring data. However, both launchers I previously had on my G3 (Action and Nova ) have this problem. I'd bet that everyone with this problem restored their phone or just their launcher from a backup somehow. I'd bet that if I could somehow remove and reinstall the stock messaging app it might work again, but how could you do that without root? Anyone more knowledgeable than me have a thought about that?

No restore here. Brand new phone and clean installs from play store for the apps. I formatted the sd card so there isnt even any old data on there. I think it's something else. Someone else said they were able to get it to work with go launcher as well.

just to chime in i have the same problem, I got around to fully setting up my device and i use google messenger and it works fine, yet still the LG messaging app still doesn't work. Verizon version here as well.

Launcher

Guys ,
I am looking for a simple clean launcher, I must have tried most of the known apps and nothing is working properly for me..I am looking for something similar to the stock one only without the carousel !!
I come from an iPhone background and I just want a clean launcher where I can put my apps in folder without all the rest of the crap !
1. Clean Android look
2. I can set my own damn wallpaper
3. Adv free
4. Weather and time widget
Regards
Mohammad

Nova Launcher with Dashclock widget. You have to make Nova a system app to get widgets to work...which means you have to be rooted. I understand there are a few launchers that can display widgets without being a system app, but IIRC none of them were "close to stock".

Give Cheetah launcher a try. its excessively theme able or u can set it up to look stock. Iv had a blast using mine, switching themes and stuff pretty regularly.

I have tried at least around 20 launchers. Unfortunately I was not able to get widgets to work on the majority of them out of the box. Based on other posts, I gather there might be a way to, however.
So far, Go Launcher Z seems to be the best for my needs. There is some extra stuff in the free version (especially towards the bottom of the App drawer), but It has been working very smoothly without issue for several months. I also found that Vire, Lucid, and Cheetah work fairly well.

jbatacan said:
Give Cheetah launcher a try. its excessively theme able or u can set it up to look stock. Iv had a blast using mine, switching themes and stuff pretty regularly.
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Looking at it's Play store page it seems Cheetah Launcher install Clean Master and some "1 Touch Boost" bloatware?

Next Launcher + Next Notification - The Best !

This is top 1 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.pierrox.lightning_launcher_extreme
Feel free to edit icons, wallpapers everything you want.
BTW i really like this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ginlemon.flowerpro
But there is no homescreen.

DePingus said:
Looking at it's Play store page it seems Cheetah Launcher install Clean Master and some "1 Touch Boost" bloatware?
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Mine does not have those installed. I even checked the running apps and downloaded apps. It has those functions through the launcher but nothing is added as seperate pieces of bloat. I would give all these options a try as there are different strokes for different folks, but i enjoy cheetah for its speed and easy themes.

Nova Launcher HELP
I have seen this over and over about using Nova launcher with the Fire Phone. "You have to make Nova a system app to get widgets to work" Can someone please describe how this is done so I can use widgets.
Thanks.

rahjer said:
I have seen this over and over about using Nova launcher with the Fire Phone. "You have to make Nova a system app to get widgets to work" Can someone please describe how this is done so I can use widgets.
Thanks.
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From a post made by @hmoobguy, @DePingus confirmed that if your phone is rooted and you move the launcher's apk from /data/app to /system/priv-app and reboot, widgets will work. Use ES File Explorer to move com.teslacoilsw.launcher (Nova Launcher's "Package Name").

Thank you
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From a post made by @hmoobguy, @DePingus confirmed that if your phone is rooted and you move the launcher's apk from /data/app to /system/priv-app and reboot, widgets will work. Use ES File Explorer to move com.teslacoilsw.launcher (Nova Launcher's "Package Name").
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Apearently the above post is the one that I did not find and take note of. Thank you! Thank you!! Thank you!!!
Widgets are now working. :good:

I nstalled Nova yesterday and arranged my apps and so on it, I kind of like it but I miss the Fire stock launcher (it kind of grew on me) so now I am using both Nova and stock launcher without any root and using home switcher, I could care less about widgets to tell you the truth so thats no reason for me to root it.
I am waiting for for Fire OS 5 before, if I like it then good and if not then I will root and customize it.

Google Now launcher works great and allows your own wallpaper and widgets with no ads.

Google Now Launcher problem
firephoner said:
Google Now launcher works great and allows your own wallpaper and widgets with no ads.
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After installing Google Now Launcher from the Play Store I get an Update Google App message stating that it requires a new version. This then defaults to the Amazon Appstore that says it's not available. Is there a workaround for this? Thanks
I'm running FireOS 4.6.3 and the Play Store works fine for other needs.

robert370 said:
After installing Google Now Launcher from the Play Store I get an Update Google App message stating that it requires a new version. This then defaults to the Amazon Appstore that says it's not available. Is there a workaround for this? Thanks
I'm running FireOS 4.6.3 and the Play Store works fine for other needs.
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Have you tried updating it directly from the Play Store? Open the Play store, click on the hamburger (upper left), then My Apps, then Update. I've noticed the Amazon App Store tries to update apps that were loaded from the Play Store and it often doesn't work.

Thank you very much for all this great info. I must have tried 20+ different launchers including Vire, Buzz, Google now etc. each had some issues on my Fire phone so I ended up settling for Turbo Launcher EX. Really beautiful and fast:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cooeeui.brand.turbolauncher&hl=en
Also a new launcher that I recently discovered TSF Launcher 3D looks amazing and runs great on my Amazon Fire:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tsf.shell&hl=en
PS: I am using also Home Switch to be able to easily go back to Amazon’s fire home (carousel) if I ever need to:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.uk.captainstu72.homeswitch&hl=en

Use the Google Now launcher. The widgets work, you can choose the wallpaper, no ads and it has weather and time widgets.
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Just noticed that nova launcher prime is on sale - it's just 10p in the UK. Also, vire launcher has just been updated to work again on fire as they broke it a couple of months ago with a previous update.

Google now looks stock(of course) and has full functionality as far as I can see, no root involved. Widgets and wallpaper change work.

Question - Custom ROM

Hi All,
I'm pretty new to all this Android customization. I bought a Nexus 5X for development purposes, I already changed the Bootimg, which was nice and got the hang of that. With the custom ROM's I now found out how to remove the .apk's in the ROM to lighten it up.
Currently I've been experimenting with xTraFactory due to that it is light and removes alot.
Though I want to make it even lighter, Gapps that are in it, I want it all out, all of it. Calculator, other apps, just keeping the core functions of the device, phone, messages. and I have 2 apk's that I want installed a SIP client and a openVPN app.
The thing that annoys me the most is the Google search bar on the homescreen. I cannot seem to get it away. I've tried the SU Uninstaller thing, made the thing crash so I have to start over in recovery
Anyhow, do you guys have any tips for me on how to take this task on?
Much appreciated!

slijkhuis said:
Hi All,
I'm pretty new to all this Android customization. I bought a Nexus 5X for development purposes, I already changed the Bootimg, which was nice and got the hang of that. With the custom ROM's I now found out how to remove the .apk's in the ROM to lighten it up.
Currently I've been experimenting with xTraFactory due to that it is light and removes alot.
Though I want to make it even lighter, Gapps that are in it, I want it all out, all of it. Calculator, other apps, just keeping the core functions of the device, phone, messages. and I have 2 apk's that I want installed a SIP client and a openVPN app.
The thing that annoys me the most is the Google search bar on the homescreen. I cannot seem to get it away. I've tried the SU Uninstaller thing, made the thing crash so I have to start over in recovery
Anyhow, do you guys have any tips for me on how to take this task on?
Much appreciated!
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Only thing you can do is to use a different launcher. You can install nova launcher than use titanium backup to uninstall which ever launcher is installed. (Usually its Launcher3 on an AOSP ROM)

k.s.deviate said:
Only thing you can do is to use a different launcher. You can install nova launcher than use titanium backup to uninstall which ever launcher is installed. (Usually its Launcher3 on an AOSP ROM)
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So as I then understand, Nova Launcher would become the native launcher after that process?

slijkhuis said:
So as I then understand, Nova Launcher would become the native launcher after that process?
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Yes it would. Like you, I don't care to have the search bar on my home screen, so I use Apex launcher. Works very well!

wmdunn said:
Yes it would. Like you, I don't care to have the search bar on my home screen, so I use Apex launcher. Works very well!
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For personal use I like the features of those launchers, but for this little project I am working on I need as little features as possible

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wmdunn said:
Apex is a very lite launcher, takes up little space. You can keep it as simple and basic as you like.
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So Apex is lighter than Nova? (and it removed searchbar and everything)

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wmdunn said:
Yes it is ... in addition to deleting the search bar from my home screen, I also use to hide program icons in my app drawer, that I don't use. I really like a tight, clean look on my phone.
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I might test it out then, cheers!

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Apex is not lighter lol.
Gesendet von meinem Nexus 5X mit Tapatalk

wmdunn said:
...hide program icons in my app drawer...
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you can deactivate apps/bloatware on the system level and completely prevent them from running in the background or showing up in any appdrawer

ATV Launcher thread

ATV Launcher is (as far as I know) the only one Launcher for android tV which has such lot of customization options.
Would like to see if there are other users of this launcher.
Would like to know which apps widgets works on this Launcher.

I am using it on my Android TV, excellent launcher, a few widgets working.

I got only weather widget working (beside the included ones).
Would like to have:
-calendar widget
-network speed widget

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Weather & Spotify widget
TV TCL 50P8M 50" 4K - Android TV 9

I'm using it on my Nokia TV without any widgets for now, I'd say ATV and HAL launchers are best for now available on play store. I heard Wolf Launcher also good one, I'm thinkig to try it once.
But I have one problem in my TV, there's no settings to make ATV or any other launcher as default launcher. Clicking on home button also not asking to make it default. ATV launcher is working as any other app instead of a launcher.

ReX-Hell2heAven said:
I'm using it on my Nokia TV without any widgets for now, I'd say ATV and HAL launchers are best for now available on play store. I heard Wolf Launcher also good one, I'm thinkig to try it once.
But I have one problem in my TV, there's no settings to make ATV or any other launcher as default launcher. Clicking on home button also not asking to make it default. ATV launcher is working as any other app instead of a launcher.
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Follow this link and you going to solve your problem as I did...
https://www.techdoctoruk.com/tutorials/use-wolf-launcher-on-tivo-stream-4k-1-click/

gia2efarmoges said:
Follow this link and you going to solve your problem as I did...
https://www.techdoctoruk.com/tutorials/use-wolf-launcher-on-tivo-stream-4k-1-click/
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Dont know why, I cannot install any of the launchers from this link.
Tcl 50A10 android tv 9 firmware v389

doganmanis said:
Dont know why, I cannot install any of the launchers from this link.
Tcl 50A10 android tv 9 firmware v389
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I just follow the Tutorial step by step nothing else

DallasCZ said:
ATV Launcher is (as far as I know) the only one Launcher for android tV which has such lot of customization options.
Would like to see if there are other users of this launcher.
Would like to know which apps widgets works on this Launcher.
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I use the "ATV launcher". I make themes for it.

DallasCZ said:
I got only weather widget working (beside the included ones).
Would like to have:
-calendar widget
-network speed widget
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What Is the name of this weather widget?

WEATHER LIVE

ATV Launcher is mix-apps so basic and easy used for me.

mai55 said:
I use the "ATV launcher". I make themes for it.
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i know this old , but do u have any themes for it ?
Thanks !

mai55 said:
I use the "ATV launcher". I make themes for it.
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That is so impressive! Respect. Is it possible to make a script that will take a standard ATV launcher install and grant the binding for using widgets and include a collection of useable widgets?

DallasCZ said:
I got only weather widget working (beside the included ones).
Would like to have:
-calendar widget
-network speed widget
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I got "Calendar Widget Month + Agenda" from the play store working great. I set them as 2 separate transparent widgets.

brisel said:
What Is the name of this weather widget?
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I got "transparent clock & weather" working. It has about a dozens different widgets.

ReX-Hell2heAven said:
I'm using it on my Nokia TV without any widgets for now, I'd say ATV and HAL launchers are best for now available on play store. I heard Wolf Launcher also good one, I'm thinkig to try it once.
But I have one problem in my TV, there's no settings to make ATV or any other launcher as default launcher. Clicking on home button also not asking to make it default. ATV launcher is working as any other app instead of a launcher.
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I used launcher manager, a app routinely used with Wolf launcher to get the system prompt when you push home button for which launcher do you want to use. However when I picked ATV and set always, all the application icons on ATV turned to ghosted rectangles with no labels. Used launcher manager to get back to system launcher but home button was screwy to the point I uninstalled both ATV and launcher manager. Back to square zero.

doganmanis said:
Dont know why, I cannot install any of the launchers from this link.
Tcl 50A10 android tv 9 firmware v389
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I discovered the nivea version of launcher manager is for version 9.

RG GEIGER said:
I used launcher manager, a app routinely used with Wolf launcher to get the system prompt when you push home button for which launcher do you want to use. However when I picked ATV and set always, all the application icons on ATV turned to ghosted rectangles with no labels. Used launcher manager to get back to system launcher but home button was screwy to the point I uninstalled both ATV and launcher manager. Back to square zero.
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That's happened to me but rebooting the device resolved it, only seems to happen when first setting it with launcher manager.

Does anyone have ATV pro? I purchased it for the additional features which seem good, but I have issues that the free version doesn't have. I set widgets off on both versions and with the free version if I press up when on the top row of apps, no app is selected, which I like. But with the pro version, it stays stuck on the top row. Also there is an issue with selecting files despite giving permissions. So if I want to customise an app icon with my own image, the file picker shows up blank with nowhere to navigate to. The same issue happens when trying to set a wallpaper. These issues don't happen with the free version. I tried contacting the developer via Google Play listing, but looks like my email is bouncing back. It's the same on both my devices - Chromecast with Google TV and MeCool KM9 Pro.