S905X4 Mediabox - Switch/Force apps to run in TV layout

[d0kker]

Hey everyone! We've bought a lot of Android mediaboxes with Amlogic S905X4. Unfortunately, all of them came without an "AndroidTV emulation", thus all of the apps are running in a tablet layout and expects a touchsreen, while all that we have is a tv remote (As you can imagine, highly impractical). The mediabox is rooted. Is there a way to force apps to run in TV layout? Thanks for the answers!

 

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It's possible to override the default screen orientation by disabling accelerometer rotation and setting user rotation in the system settings database.

On Android console you enter the commands

su
sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
insert into system (name,value) values('accelerometer_rotation',0);
insert into system (name,value) values('user_rotation',1);
.exit

Info:

• user_rotation 0 -> ROTATION_0
• user_rotation 1 -> ROTATION_180
• user_rotation 2 -> ROTATION_270
• user_rotation 3 -> ROTATION_90

 

[d0kker]

It's possible to override the default screen orientation by disabling accelerometer rotation and setting user rotation in the system settings database.

On Android console you enter the commands

su
sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
insert into system (name,value) values('accelerometer_rotation',0);
insert into system (name,value) values('user_rotation',1);
.exit

Info:

• user_rotation 0 -> ROTATION_0
• user_rotation 1 -> ROTATION_180
• user_rotation 2 -> ROTATION_270
• user_rotation 3 -> ROTATION_90

Thanks for the answer, I haven't made myself clear - I'm not talking about screen rotation, the problem is that the app layout is set to "tablet", not "tv", so the app "expects" a touchscreen, while all that we have is a tv remote, thus highly impractical. Sorry for the confusion