I sideloaded an app and there is no app icon, to launch I need to go into settings and manage installed apps. how can I get an icon on the home screen?
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I can reboot my Amazon Fire TV right into XBMC but when I exit XBMC and try to go into Settings and then Applications, nothing happens.... Any Ideas?
peter_d4 said:
I can reboot my Amazon Fire TV right into XBMC but when I exit XBMC and try to go into Settings and then Applications, nothing happens.... Any Ideas?
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Uninstall the XBMC auto launcher, install FireDtv launcher. then move the XBMC icon to the top left corner so it's the first app your remote hits. You will then no longer have any problems with the XBMC being launched first and the trouble that can bring in some circumstances.
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Uninstall the XBMC auto launcher, install FireDtv launcher. then move the XBMC icon to the top left corner so it's the first app your remote hits. You will then no longer have any problems with the XBMC being launched first and the trouble that can bring in some circumstances.
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Trouble? My xbmc is always auto launched and tied to my home button. Never caused a single issue and super convenient. Just curious.
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In XBMC use the default (Confluence) skin. Go to Programs. Enter and go to Android Programs. Find KFTV Launcher. Highlight and use the Menu button on the remote to make it a Favorite. You can now access the FTV home screen from XBMC
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In XBMC use the default (Confluence) skin. Go to Programs. Enter and go to Android Programs. Find KFTV Launcher. Highlight and use the Menu button on the remote to make it a Favorite. You can now access the FTV home screen from XBMC
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I have Gotham with Xposed and rbox. My FTV is rooted. I read the wiki but have some confusion.
Would FiredTV still show the default Amazon menu for a second, or would it be better because I'm rooted?
I want something like FiredTV that will show my sideloaded apps on boot up, but I would like to avoid the "blink" of showing the default menu for a second. Is FiredTV the best or should I pick something else?
I want the first screen to let me choose from my favorites. XBMC, Amazon's menu, or a few other apps. If possible I want to "pin" my favorite Amazon-supported apps there (I want to put Pluto.TV's Fire TV app.)
Thanks for any help.
dreamy said:
I have Gotham with Xposed and rbox. My FTV is rooted. I read the wiki but have some confusion.
Would FiredTV still show the default Amazon menu for a second, or would it be better because I'm rooted?
I want something like FiredTV that will show my sideloaded apps on boot up, but I would like to avoid the "blink" of showing the default menu for a second. Is FiredTV the best or should I pick something else?
I want the first screen to let me choose from my favorites. XBMC, Amazon's menu, or a few other apps. If possible I want to "pin" my favorite Amazon-supported apps there (I want to put Pluto.TV's Fire TV app.)
Thanks for any help.
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with exposed and firedTV you wont see the blink of the amazon menu, but it is accessable via an icon in firedTV you can add and remove icons with firedTV, everything installed should show up automatically. imo its the best solution since it works fully with a remote with a new version on the way with some nice improvements.
Installed a few mins ago. It's very good so far.
Anyone able to use App Settings (Xposed Module) on Fire TV? I can install and enable it. However, when I tried to change a settings of an application, it always quit after I click on the app.
PowerPC said:
Anyone able to use App Settings (Xposed Module) on Fire TV? I can install and enable it. However, when I tried to change a settings of an application, it always quit after I click on the app.
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I haven't had any luck either.
I've read in several different places that people use Nova Launcher with the Fire TV. Since I've already purchased Nova Launcher Prime, I figured this would be a particularly good option for me.
The problem I'm running into is that I can't launch most of the Amazon apps. If I try Amazon Video, the screen just flashes and then goes back to the app drawer. If I tried Appstore or Amazon Music, I get "permission denid" (Amazon FreeTime, oddly enough, works just fine, as does the Fire TV App Tutorial, but I don't need either of those ). My Fire TV is rooted, and running the latest firmware version.
Has anyone else seen this, and if so, do you have a solution? I can't find any mention of it by searching the web, which makes me think it might be an issue introduced with recent firmware versions. It occurred to me it might have something to do with root: when I rooted my daughter's Kindle Fire, we couldn't watch Amazon videos on it without turning root off temporarily. I can't find a way to turn off root temporarily using SU on the Fire TV, though--there's no way to launnch SuperSU from Settings, and attempting to launch it from the Nova app drawer does nothing.
Given this problem, I abandoned Nova Launcher and tried several other things. XBMC/SPMC is nice, but it doesn't give easy access to Android apps, without some finagling (I'll install the non-launcher version of SPMC so that my wife can browse TV). I've seen mentions of several launchers for Google TV or Android set top boxes, but most of those can't be found anymore, or they don't work on the Fire TV.
However, I eventually was able to make Nova work, by adding a shortcut to the Fire TV Launcher on a home screen: when adding something to a home screen, select "Shortcuts", then "Activities". There are several paths to the Fire TV home screen, the simplest probably being the "Home" activity under "KFTV Launcher"--there's also at least one under "Android System" (the one ending in "ChooserActivity"), and another somewhere else I can't remember. Once I put the shortcut in place, I edited the icon, using the green one for Amazon Instant Video. Interestingly, even using the Activities Shortcuts method, you can't go directly into videos, music, etc.--you get a "Permission denied".
Of course, to make Nova work as the launcher, I'm using rbox's mods package, which includes support for an alternate launcher: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2786618
OK...so the above solution isn't completely unproblematic: if any apps are open (including apps opened directly from Nova--even sideloaded apps), opening the Fire TV Launcher goes to those apps. The only way I've been able to get back to the menu (other than hitting the "Back" button a lot) is to go into System Settings from Nova Launcher. What I probably need is an app that'll force stop KFTV--but that's ugly and time-consuming. Any suggestions?
EDIT: That was easy. When creating app shortcuts on the Nova home screen, I hadn't seen a KFTV Launcher app--but it's there, called "Home", and that one always goes to the KFTV home menu.
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I have the Eminence theme installed on an unrooted Fire TV. The eminence skin lets you edit built-in functions of the buttons (tiles). I'm looking for a way to use on of the buttons to open the android home screen where my apps are. I can edit the button with an ActivateWindow(10001...) function but this just opens up a window in programs. I can access the apps there but would prefer the Android home screen Can anyone help?
Can't you just use a link to the Android app KTVLauncher? That will boot you to the retail Amazon menu.
KCFish said:
Can't you just use a link to the Android app KTVLauncher? That will boot you to the retail Amazon menu.
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Yes, we can use favorites for this.
Go to program addons - Android apps and add a favorite for kftv launcher. Then add this favorite as a button in your theme settings.
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