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[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
We all know [MENTION=3991724]rbox[/MENTION] is a busy guy. And he gives so much time & energy to the community. So don't forget to donate as a thanks for all his hard work for us.

Anybody waiting for this XPosed module to get updated. As of right now. It would probably be doubling RBox work for no reason. There is now an XPosed module that seems to do 90% of everything this module did. And since it's not just for FTV devices but for phones & tablets. It seems if should be kept up to date for a long while. It should even support FireOS 3. Of course you guys will have to test it out to see what it might be missing. But from my quick view. The only thing it is/might be missing is the "HideLauncherAds: Hide the ad at the top of the Home screen" . So anybody waiting for this mod. You should check it out. And please post your experience & what settings worked best for you.

Heard about XPosed Edge Pro from the Playing with Fire Mod. But finally took a look at it today. And it sure is feature packed. It does have a Backup/import option so maybe we can share our setups for specific mod options.

I would request [MENTION=3991724]rbox[/MENTION] to take a look at this XPosed mod & let us know what he thinks. And maybe even reach out to it's developer to give him some feedback on how he can improve things for FTV devices. Maybe a FTV mode where it gets rid of stuff like gestures or PIE since our devices are not touch screen devices. We would need a mouse to use those features.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] vanzan:
I have a Fire stick on rbox's 5.2.1.1 r1 and am just about to update to the latest 5.2.4.1_r2. My question is does this work with that latest version? I'm very green when it comes to all this and have never installed xposed in my life so if anyone's feeling generous a brief guide would be great!

Yeah I updated to 5.2.4.1_r2 prerooted ROM and this module is incompatible.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
What are you seeing that is incompatible ?

Do you have XPosed Framework & manager installed. From the post on the other thread it seems you just need to activate it ?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] vanzan:
Yeah my mistake. I hadn't the framework installed when I saw that error. My bad.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
Cool, just wanted to make sure there was no bug.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Patrick_445:
Which module is that?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
"Heard about XPosed Edge Pro from the Playing with Fire Mod."
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Patrick_445:
Thank you, that was fast! I'm reading up on XPosed Edge. Looks like I could use it to auto-launch Kodi on boot but not sure I can set the remote control's HOME button to open Kodi. Any experience with that?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] rbronco21:
These are the 2 things keeping me on an older version of the OS. I'd love to see a guide on aftvnews for this [wink wink nudge nudge].
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Y314K:
Works great. But only the Pro version will let u do the boot Kodi in Auto-launch.

I even made a tutorial about it:

https://xdaforums.com/fire-tv/themes-apps/firestarter-appstarter-boot-key-mapping-t3631945

Also someone just posted about Launcher Hijack v3. No-Root option. But haven't had time to play with it.

https://xdaforums.com/fire-tv/general/change-amazon-fire-tvs-default-launcher-t3651257

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I already made a guide about this Root option. Been enjoying my AppStarter as my main UI at startup & Home presses for a while now.

You can choose Kodi instead of AppStarter/FireStarter if you like. My guide link is on the post above.

With Edge Pro you can also add "running apps list" as an option to one of double or Long presses of Home or any other button.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] WilliamTheKingAS:
do i have to be rooted to do this???
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] 2WhlWzrd:
Yes.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] ldeveraux:
Does this still work? Hotkey doesn't do anything and going to Settings-Help takes me to Xposed...
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] justinlarsen:
Any chance of getting this updated for the newest firmware? I would be willing to donate quite a bit to see it alive again as its the only solution that worked for having the home button and onboot for kodi launcher.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] iLLNiSS:
[MENTION=3991724]rbox[/MENTION] Will this work for mantis? I hate having to use 3rd party apps for launcher/home button.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] rbox:
This hasn't worked in years.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] funnypanks:
Any hope of having something similar for mantis? You're one of the few people actually developing for FTV. Your work is greatly appreciated!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] tsynik:
This fork works on mantis in case launcher switcher part.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] MrHomebrew:
Does it need to be compiled or just clone as zip and install?

If it need compiled to you have a copy?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] tsynik:
Nope, just get .apk in release dir and install / enable / reboot ;) It will switch to user launcher if exists (and freeze stock one) or unfreeze and use default KFTV Launcher in case there is no user launcher installed/enabled. Also it have Keyboard Switch dialogue on Menu long press.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] MrHomebrew:
There was an update for the firestick 4k today and the cube gen 2. Would this work on the cube gen 2 also or just the 4k stick?

Thanks for the quick response and informative information
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] tsynik:
Do you have root on cube gen2? It _can_ work on any FireTV OS 6 with root and Xposed Framework installed.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] MrHomebrew:
Haha I forgot about root on the gen 2 lmfao no I dont. Forgot about that. My 4k is rooted tho so it's good to go.

Any specific launchers you would recommend?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] tsynik:
I use LeabackOnFire as it support Android TV recommendations. ATV Launcher Pro is simple and good-working one too.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] jkfde:
How does this leanback launcher fork compare to alpha 2? any major improvements?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] tsynik:
Many of them: it doesn't duplicate shortcuts, have sections setup in prefs, user notification of needed permissions, working Wi-Fi signal and link to Preferences, etc.

That's how it looks on my FTV4K:
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] jkfde:
That's awesome. I'll try it tonight. Are you able to re arrange apps?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] tsynik:
Yes, except Favorites row. You can also turn on/off Recommendations, Video, Music, Games rows (apps there also can be user arranged) and set max rows for them in launcher settings. Apps can be hided in Options launched by Menu button.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] wwarwick:
As a general update for this, this module does work with the original fire stick (montoya) running 5.0.5. I successfully got it working by installing xposed-v89-sdk22-arm.zip (other versions may work, this is just the one I found by googling "xposed sdk22 arm zip") with TWRP, Mouse Toggle for fire TV (version 1.11) (for marking the checkbox for the module on Xposed without a physical mouse), and AppStarter v4.0 as my launcher (although I'm pretty sure any other launcher would work, such as the Kodi launchers mentioned in this thread). Thanks rbox!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] cstark27:
Yes, you're right, sorry about that confusion on the wiki. What you need to actually do is go to the Confluence skin and go to Programs>Android Apps and find KFTV Launcher then set it as a favorite (press the menu key on it). Then you can add it to whatever skin supports adding favorited items. I use Amber.

Since you're exiting XBMC (the default launcher with this rbox module) it has nowhere to go and tried to load the default launcher (XBMC) again. You can't actually exit it...you will just have to launch the other launcher as described above.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] ahoslc:
To launch back into fire TV go into programs in XBMC then android apps then just click on the KFTV launcher and you should be back.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] htpcforall:
EZ app shortcuts with icon in confluence

Or use Nusku Networks repo for easy shortcut add-ons. Easy to customize your own too. Perfect for confluence.

FYI: I lowered XBMC python dependency so that these add-ons and many other wouldn't be "incompatible" . or you can change the individual dependency in each add-on.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] htpcforall:
Apex Screens Plus more XBMC Goodies

Here are a couple of screens showing Apex as main launcher with shortcuts to activities. The only problem with Apex has been that I can't increase the ICON sizes, no custom wallpaper, and when in app drawer, must use mouse to launch app. Other than that, it is very flexible when creating custom shortcuts.

-Apex Launcher with shortcuts to Amazon activities.You can see I added some custom links in the top row.

[IMG="Apex Launcher"]http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y478/htpcforall/apex5_zps1d7e4336.png[/IMG]

-Example: Easy Wi-Fi config access via Apex

[IMG="Apex activity shortcut"]http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y478/htpcforall/apex3_zpsbde73837.png[/IMG]

-- For the record, I've decided to go back to using the more simple FiredTV launcher since it's been improved (rearranging and hiding apps).

I've also modded a build of XBMC 13.1. Default skin is confluence7 (7 shortcuts vs 5) with some cool "XBMC On Fire" icons, splash, wallpaper, etc. Tweaked settings. ie custom keymap with volume control on remote. Plus I modified some add-ons from Nusku Networks repo. Excellect repo!! NOTE: I modified dependencies in XBMC so that these addons and lots of others are not marked "incompatable". You can use the shortcut-add-ons provided by Nusku or easily make your own by changing the app name and logo in one of Nuskus exisiting add-ons XML ect. I used the exisiting Nusku add-ons for ES File and Explorer Chrome. I modded one for Android apps. See screenshot. My FireTV is smoking now.:good:

Screenshot Confluence7 with custom program shortcuts.

[IMG="Confluence custom program shortcuts"]http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y478/htpcforall/programs_xbmc_zpsc68a0c4b.png[/IMG]

This build of XBMC can also be used as a launcher. I can post the build if anyone's interested.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] davea0288:
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I'm very interested interested in your build of XBMC, including the Shortcut keys along the bottom and using it as a launcher (so please post a link) . The main issue I have with FiredTV launcher is that if you select the "Fire TV" stock launcher, it a pain to return back the "FiredTV" because my Home key no longer returns me to "FiredTV", just to the "Fire TV" Stock launcher.

Great work with the Apex Launcher which looked great. I was surprised you returned to the FiredTV launcher. Thanks,

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After activating the xposed Installer and loading the RboxFireTV Mods, I open the Modules section and see the RboxFireTV listed. When I "tick the Checkbox", I get the following error message ..."This module does not provide a user interface". What am I doing wrong? Thanks,
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] rbox:
You aren't clicking on the checkbox. You need to use a mouse to click it.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] sublimnl:
Care to share your keyboard.XML? I have tried to get volume up and down working on the remote by using the settings in the XBMC wiki but no matter what they keep changing channels in Live TV.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] htpcforall:
Keyboard xml for volume control plus more

Here is the keyboard.xml I use.

-NOTE: I pretty sure this keymap will solve your volume in Live TV problem, but I went ahead and added the extra mapping to the end of the XML for redundancy. Let me know how it turns out.

- Keep in mind that the AFTV doesn't have native volume control so volume amplification is used which works but doesn't give the you a huge volume range. Also, you can only adjust the vol amp while video is playing.

-

rw and ff buttons are used for volume up and down

because of two reasons: rewind and fast forward don't work well with video in xbmc so the buttons should be utilized for something else. Plus, the direction pad can skip forward or backward by increments of 30 sec or 10 min (left/right or up/down).

- While in the XBMC home screen, the

play/pause button opens and closes the favorites menu

. The

menu button takes you directly to video addons

.

-While in the virtual keyboard, the

menu button will exit the keyboard

.

-While in fullscreen video, the

menu button will bring up the audio offset adjustment

. Very handy.

**Tried to insert XML here both as code and just pasted, but my post kept getting flagged?? So I attached it as a .txt file instead. Anyone know why?

For those who don't know,change .txt to .xml and put it the keymaps folder located in your user data folder or the better method which I used is to make a build of XBMC with modifications made directly to the default keyboard.xml

Enjoy!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] htpcforall:
FiredTV launcher screen

You may have got this sorted out but if you setup the Xposed module correctly to work with the FiredTV launcher (checkmark box) , then the home button should always take you back to the FiredTV launcher. The reason I chose this over Apex, is because it's a more simple launcher to setup and does the job just fine.

Here you can see you can have immediate one click access to what's important with very little setup.

Also, I will post a link to my modified XBMC build after I get it uploaded to my dropbox this afternoon

[IMG="FiredTV Launcher"]http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y478/htpcforall/firedtv-launcher_zps5e58b856.png[/IMG]

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[Fire TV Themes and Apps] retroben:
There is this really good launcher called LucidLauncher that can customize the icon sizes,page count,and

many other awesome features.

I briefly had it on my Fire TV until I found out mostly all widgets don't work.

Too bad Fire TV can't run normal widgets (only runs things like "memory cleaner's bar"),because this launcher allows widgets to be freely resized by stretching it on whatever page you put it on.

Play Store Link:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.powerpoint45.launcher&hl=en
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] natedogg118:
care to share?

Would you care to share some screenshots or video???
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] retroben:
The Play Store has both on the app's page,just click the link on the previous page.

A 12 minute video to be precise about it.

The icon size choices are individually for all icon locations.

You can long press in a Home slot to access more options like your wallpaper,and long press on apps to manage them.

(unless Fire TV reacts oddly)

There is even an integrated web browser!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] ltcKeith:
kudos for promoting XPosed Framework

Please consider tweaking for Fire TV if necessary to include

XPrivacy

.. which returns control over permissions to users further protecting them from the dishonest who wrongly label the adware flavor of malware as 'free'.

.

.

XPrivacy for Fire TV
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] davea0288:
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Did you ever have a chance to post your modified version of XBMC in your Dropbox account?

Thanks,
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] htpcforall:
XBMC Mods - XBMC ON FIRE

You know what they say.. Squeaky wheel gets the grease. I'm gonna PM the links to you now. I've tested them but just made a couple more small changes. Please test and confirm all is working well and I'll make the links public.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] silverphoenix98:
How is the release coming? I really liked what I saw in the screenshots and think I would like to use that build of xbmc as my launcher.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] retroben:
Any chance there can be a Home button mod such as holding it for a few seconds will bring up a recent apps list? (even if 3rd party app is required)
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] rbox:
Hrm. I think I remember someone saying ALT-TAB brought up the recents list? Is that true? I know my phone can bring up the recents when I hold home... I bet I could tweak my module to do that. I'll look into it next week.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] retroben:
I can confirm ALT+TAB does work.

Thank You both!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] htpcforall:
Well. I shared links with two members and haven't heard back. I'll test the builds today just to make sure I did forget anything, then I'll post them under a new thread. Look for it this evening.

Sent from one of my Androids
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] userr12:
Thanks for your work on xposed module r box. ..

Do you think it would be possible to use a long press like this to call up a system wide custom context menu ?

This could open a lot of FTV control options from the remote that can be called regardless current activity

(can Imagen, Vol+, Vol-, reboot, recent apps etc)

Edit: [MENTION=3991724]rbox[/MENTION], you might want to have a look at Xposed module "MenuBeGone", this module changes the menu button behavior into a popup window that shows recent apps, it's in a overlay not touching application underneath (so video will keep playing etc), this works on the FireTV, might be a good starting point.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] Beradd:
How to install as zip file Link has no apk in zip

Im trying to install and cannot figure out how. The download comes as a zip and when extracted theres no apk

My ftv is rooted with xbmc 13.1

xposed is installed and updated

Need help with the module

Nevermind I changed file ext to .apk
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] retroben:
The ALT-TAB function works better than I anticipated.

Simply hold Alt and press Tab multiple times to move the highlight over to the recent app you want to switch to.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] rbox:
Interesting, good find. I'll take a look at it.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] retroben:
Any chance of getting the "Game Keyboard" IME working on Fire TV with a mod?

I want to test it out since I am pissed about GTA San Andreas' lack of keyboard controls in comparison to GTA3 and also things like analog in Reicast (if fixed for Qualcomm),and Retroarch (lacks analog mapping as well).

I got far enough to see the option for enabling Gamepad Keyboard on Languages & Input (settings.apk),only to find it unselectable and greyed (black) out.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] goto35:
I have this installed and many launchers Fire or XBMC launcher. But when i try to active this module it tells me i dont have a launcher installed?

What am i doing wrong?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] rbox:
You need to use a mouse to click the checkbox.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] gizbug:
delete
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] retroben:
[MENTION=3991724]rbox[/MENTION]:Since you are working with xposed module creation,I feel that I should ask you about this mod...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WfYtFaVx38

It is a selective/universal floating apps mod called Halo,not to be confused with a certain game series.

Since the Fire TV refuses to allow 99% of widgets to run (memory booster runs),do you think this mod could still work?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] rbox:
Try it and see...
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] retroben:
As I expected,it did not work...properly.

I could only get a test window to open,which then forces itself to the leftside of the screen after I touvh the bottom left triangle.

Then it lost input access,and on the 2nd open attempt,it would not appear.

Pinned apps did not open in floating windows because they refused to,and instead opened in the usual fullscreen.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] rbox:
I just updated to v1.1: Added HideAmazonMenuItems, KeyBindings, and RecentsOnMenuLong
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] retroben:
Can you try to find out how to fix widget access on Fire TV?

I really want to use some widgets I once had on my previous device running flawlessly in a downloaded launcher.

The Fire TV can't even open widgets on other launchers for some strange reason.

I think that the main widget files could be missing since there is no xml folder with the widget-related xml in the res directory.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] rbox:
I don't really know what they removed from the frameworks to prevent widgets from working, but even if I did, it's not something that can be added back with Xposed. Your best bet would be to wait for the bootloader unlock and then see if anyone compiles AOSP or CM.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] retroben:
Hopefully,older AOSP versions can be used so we don't lose access to what changes in the later Android versions.

I would prefer the best version of KitKat.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] sont77:
zip to apk

hey can you please help how do you make the change.....cant figure it out please help:o
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] mrcdsouza:
How to hide menu items?

Thanks for your work on these mods. I have installed v1.2 but do not know how to access the HideAmazonMenuItems option. Is there a guide on using your mods?

Thanks.

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Found it under the FireTV settings. Thanks
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] fatman06:
Keymapping Question

Is is possible to map device function to your key map or is it just applications that can be launced? Like fore example on my logitech keyboard i have to hold FN + CTRL to get the menu to pop up in Chrome. So if I could just long press ctrl to get that same ability would be great.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] rbox:
There's nothing to change. The download is the apk.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] rbox:
Unfortunately no. I'm hooking into the lowest layer in Android. That seems like something that would have to be application specific. When my code runs I don't know what application is currently active.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] fatman06:
Gotcha, thanks for the quick response. I still love your Module very useful, appreciate the time you've put into it
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] apazrjon:
is there a way to set a menu/settings button

Hello and thank you for your great work! I have XPosed installed with your 1.2 module running great! I was wondering if there was any way to set a key on my logitech k400 as a menu/settings button while in an android app. I have the firefox beta running great on my FTV thru XBMC but can not find any way to open up the firefox setting menu within the app on my k400. Would like to be able to delete browsing history and such. Thanks!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] sont77:
apk

Mine come's up as a zip do you just rename it?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] rbox:
Are you doing open and not save? The file is named .apk.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] rbox:
Does the menu button on the firetv remote work? If so, that's the key that I can't seem to find on the logitech k400. If you look on a normal keyboard there should be 2 buttons between alt and ctrl on the right side. One is the windows button and one is the context menu button. I see a picture on logitech's website that looks like there MIGHT be an alternate function on the right ctrl, but I can't tell.

Otherwise, if the menu button on the firetv remote DOES work, I can see about adding in some extra control for mapping that menu function.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] sont77:
apk

no im saving it
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] rbox:
Well your browser and/or computer is doing something stupid. Name it how it is named in the link.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] sont77:
apk

Thank I wasn't sure because for a test I did rename it then sideloaded it through and didn't see anything on the fire tv but I guess that's how it supposed to be?....ok so basically follow steps on Wiki right?
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] apazrjon:
Yes the menu button on the ftv remote does work. I didnt have time to look at the k400 keyboard just yet. I will check it out later tonight. Thanks a bunch!
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] rbox:
Yeah, the only thing different you'll see when its installed is the new settings menu. I'm not really sure which wiki you are talking about though.
[Fire TV Themes and Apps] rbox:
So I just played around with it for a little while. And in the process I managed to bootloop my Fire TV, haha. In the end, it looks like to do this I need to inject the menu key press, and after trying a few things, it looks like I can't do that easily. I know there was a thread people were talking about modifying the .kl keymap files. That might work for you.