Correct, it no longer works correctly, Amazon disabled the home button check or something, and made it under the list of apps that don't show up. Really freaking lame. If you don't have yours rooted, I'm sorry, nothing much you can do.
Got a fire TV box that's rooted and all is swell... But.. I recently picked up a stick from amazon on sale for our bedroom and it is running 5.2.1.1 out of the box. Which really sucks. I was hoping to root it, but I can get by fine I suppose, if I can somehow get something like this or firestarter working. The amazon home really bothers me. I have yet to find a solution. Is there no method yet for 5.2.1.1 w/o root to bypass the Amazon home? I would have thought something like firestarter or the like would have been updates to work
So I installed this today on the 5.2.4.0 updateand it launched once. After a reboot it is now blocked, but still has a blank spot after install... it appears that Amazon specifically looks for it at launch and stores the block files on a seperate partition of the sd card that you cant remove. interesting....
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Can you even change icon packs on this launcher?
and dose it need ADB enable on stick to use
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and dose it need ADB enable on stick to use
Thanks
has the download wallpaper settings selection been fixed? it just continuously loads for me, no progress. i tried changing it in the file then recompiling but it just opens to a black screen. can someone help? i use this as a sideload launcher for my shield but just want to have that custom wallpaper on it to my prefrences
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38FiredTV Launcher is a 'replacement' for Amazon's Home/Launcher app which does not show sideloaded apps.
Visit the project page for more information (including source code): https://github.com/Redth/FiredTVLauncher
How does it work?
While it's not possible (yet/without root) to actually replace the launcher app, FiredTV effectively does this by watching for Amazon's launcher being opened, and then immediately launches itself. Because of this, you will see Amazon's home screen flash on the screen very briefly after pressing the home button, before FiredTV Launcher appears.
Installation
You can install the app by grabbing the .APK directly from the releases page: https://github.com/Redth/FiredTVLauncher/releases
You will need to sideload the app. There are many guides available how to do this on the forums.
Once the app has been installed, go into your FireTV Settings, go into Applications, find 'FiredTV' in the list, select it, and select 'Launch Application'
Enjoy!
Where's the Java?
If you looked at the source, you may have noticed that there's no Java. That's because this was written entirely in C# using Xamarin! C# is awesome, go use Xamarin!
What's next?
Obviously this launcher is very simple, and there's not much to it. I'm planning on adding some Settings configuration within the app, so you can do things like hide apps, reorder them, hide labels, change colors, etc.
UPDATES
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v1.1.5
- Better FireTV Stick support
- Fixed Default Wallpaper not showing up in some instances
- Fixed Show/Hide for Amazon apps
- New Icon/Name for FireTV Home 'app'
- Fixed Settings icon
v1.1.4
- Fixed Signing issue
v1.1.3
- Updated Home detection logic, should be much more reliable
- Home detection is disabled by default (to help App store approval)
- Fixed a bug where the settings might show Home Detection enabled when it's actually disabled
v.1.1.0
- Home key detection disabled by default (to pass Amazon Store approval - you can enable it in Settings)
- New implementation for re-ordering apps
- More reliable settings saving/loading
- Customizable Wallpaper
- Removed FiredTV Logo
- Customizable Alpha of various backgrounds (top bar, label, app icon)
- Long press menu to hide app or uninstall app
v.1.0.3
- Now you can re-order apps
- Fixed bug with hiding Settings shortcut
- Now works on other devices (also on other devices that support it, now can become the 'home' launcher app)
- Fixed bug with time display (was in 24 hours by default)
v.1.0.2
This version adds some new features. Please note a different keystore was used to sign this app, so you may have to uninstall v.1.0.1 first!
- Hide/Show apps are all configurable now
- Date / Time now on home screen
- Hiding Logo, Date, Time App Labels all now configurable
- App Label font size configurable
- Fixed Settings shortcut
- Apps are now sorted by name6Updates coming...
So I've put a significant amount of work into FiredTV Launcher in the last few days when I've found some time...
Here's what is in the upcoming release:
- Completely new screen for better reordering of apps
- FiredTV Logo removed (it was ugly)
- Top info bar with time now is semi-transparent
- Adjustable transparency levels of the top info bar, background behind app icons, background behind app label
- Customizable wallpaper
Before I release the update I need to add ability to change default wallpaper (right now it's just hard coded). Anyway, here are some screenshots of the upcoming release!
6Hey folks, finally had enough time to cobble together a new release.
v1.1.0 is now available (and has also been submitted to the Amazon app store for review)
https://github.com/Redth/FiredTVLauncher/releases/tag/1.1.04This indeed is legit. I figured I'd throw it up on the store and if anyone wants there for ease of downloading they can get it.
I will still publish this to GitHub, free, and open source, including the .apk's themselves so if you want to side-load you can still do it for free!
I'll be taking a look at bugs in the next few weeks, I'm too busy with my day job right now though. I personally haven't seen it crash or lock up or anything so this makes me think maybe there's something odd in your configuration if it's happening to you (it's really just a simple app). If you are experiencing crashes, paste the logcat output in a new github issue or don't complain
Cheers!
