yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus Player General] kawshik201:
HBO Now for Android TV

apkmirror(.)com/apk/hbo-now/hbo-now-hbo-now/hbo-now-android-tv-1-0-0-android-apk-download
[Nexus Player General] lightlytoasted:
I haven't seen the HBO GO app yet, did they not release that to the Sony TVs as well? HBO Now only?

Thanks kawshik for that link!
[Nexus Player General] meccs:
So the Amazon App doesn't work anymore?

My parents just got a Sony W805C that has the Amazon app. It is the German version. If I can figure out how to extract it I will do it.

Also when did Amazon switch to being a hardware company? I thought they sell their sh*t boxes to sell content? Blocking payed for content and stopping all sales of Google streaming products is beyond a joke now.
[Nexus Player General] koivth:
If you're feeling adventurous, you can try to follow the 2nd post's advice in this link to get apk (and optionally the entire folder w/ libs etc): http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4032960/how-do-i-get-an-apk-file-from-an-android-device

Edit: Quoted for your convenience:
[Nexus Player General] leonbamford:
The Gallery and Video apps would be great. Since Google decided to remove the cast feature from the Photo app, I have no good interface for looking at photos :(
[Nexus Player General] sandog12:
Is anyone getting a error when trying to use the amazon video app
[Nexus Player General] Showtime_III:
+1 for hbo go
[Nexus Player General] snake212:
Amazon instant video no longer works. It says to download the new version.
[Nexus Player General] teancum144:
Have you tried this?

http://nvidiashieldzone.com/index.php/2015/06/02/tutorial-get-amazon-instant-watch-on-nvidia-shield/
[Nexus Player General] Kovs:
i wonder if anyone can rip it out of the Fire TV 2 OS (since that is to be based on 5.1).....that would be awesome along with prime music!
[Nexus Player General] xaudiblex:
Never hurts to try! Best way to extract it is to use APK Extractor since it is probably a system app. If not, you can give ES File Explorer a try.
[Nexus Player General] Rolldog:
i don't understand why everyone has problems with the Amazon Instant Video App. I have it installed on my Nvidia Android TV, and a couple more Android devices, and I've never had any problems running it.
[Nexus Player General] Alexsha:
What version and where did you get the apk? If it's working for you, you need to be sharing. :D
[Nexus Player General] xaudiblex:
I think Alexsha's reference relates to the keyboard/mouse version & not the one found on the Sony TV.
[Nexus Player General] jeromeh:
I still can't run the Amazon instant video app that you can download from Amazon Underground
[Nexus Player General] xaudiblex:
New App store and instant video apks will not work. You have to go back to the older app store and instant video pre-underground. I haven't tested it on the final version of 6.0 but I still try this weekend.
[Nexus Player General] Lolento:
Where do I go about finding these older versions?
[Nexus Player General] BIGBLOCK81:
Have any luck? I just got a Nexus player to play amazon video and cant. What a shame they can't get along...
[Nexus Player General] morkli:
Zattoo

Does anyone have the Zattoo app for Android TV. I've been looking everywhere, but just can't find it. Cheers.
[Nexus Player General] pbanj:
I'll grab it for u later on today if no one else does.

Edit: guess I can't, it doesn't show up in my store.
[Nexus Player General] Fenny:
Okay, I found the proper UA string to make Amazon Instant Video work again:

Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 5.0.2; BRAVIA 2015 Build/LGY75.S143)

All you should have to do is modify your build.prop, and change two lines:

ro.build.id=LGY75.S143
ro.product.model=BRAVIA 2015

I am not sure what other issues may come from doing this though... Probably some vendor specific applications may complain. I would recommend backing up the build prop so you can restore it if need be.

I could make a modified version of the application to inject this UA string if I could figure out how to do that without breaking PlayReady support since I would have to re-sign the apk with another signature. Might be able to just make an xposed module that would do the trick. :D (But then again that sounds like work)

More info:

So it turns out that the amazon application downloads an apk file from the following URL:

https://atv-ext.amazon.com/blast-app-hosting/androidtv/1/ATVBlastAndroidGTVClient_2.2.15.apk

It then dynamically loads the dex and resources, and replaces the launch activity. Depending on the UA string, that apk will either be a simple "You must update" screen or it will be the normal login and front-page browser client.

Spoofing the UA string nets you a ~1.4 MB apk that will not do anything more than browse the front page of Amazon's site, it is useless without being injected.

The result:

Changing the build prop gets everything working.

Modifying the application to inject the UA string breaks the signature, and prevents Videos from actually streaming.

It might be possible to run a mitm attack to replace the bad Blast Client APK with a good one.
[Nexus Player General] morkli:
Thanks for trying. I believe the Zattoo app for Android TV may only be available in the Swiss and German stores. Still hoping someone can grab.it for me. Cheers.
[Nexus Player General] Kovs:
Interesting. GOnna have to look more into this. Anyone try it with any success on either the Shield or Nexus Player? If it work, and its the leanback launcher support Prime, then I may end up keeping my Prime subsripton!
[Nexus Player General] patt2k:
How would I get it to work without root? talking about Forge. I do have roku as backup device but prefer Android TV. Thank you.
[Nexus Player General] Fenny:
If someone can pull the build.prop for me I might be able to build a modified version that will work without root.

Just need someone with a sony 2015 to "adb pull /system/build.prop" for me.
[Nexus Player General] Abednego:
Would it be possible to boot into some custom recovery (TWRP), open an adb shell, mount the system partition and mod the build.prop from there?

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[Nexus Player General] Fenny:
Yes. Assuming you can flash or fastboot said recovery image.
[Nexus Player General] brotbuexe:
http://wikisend.com/download/122072/Zattoo TV_1.5.4.apk
[Nexus Player General] morkli:
Thank you!
[Nexus Player General] jblazea50:
Any WatchESPN app that'll work on the NP?
[Nexus Player General] eturk01:
Anyone got a newer HBO GO for Android TV past v1.0.0?

Nexus Player update to Marshmallow of course broke the app (which was working great on Lollipop
[Nexus Player General] pedromvu:
Someone posted pictures of the build.prop of the TV on page 9, but I am not sure if they are outdated by now.

Unfortunately I don't have one of those TV's, but I am very interested in getting the app to work on Shield TV.

So if I rooted I just need to change those 2 build.prop fields you mention on your previous post?

Thanks.

---------- Post added at 10:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:19 PM ----------

Apparently they released an official version now for all Android TV devices, is that the one not working on Marshmallow?

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hbo.go
[Nexus Player General] Fenny:
I think that it may not work on your Nvidia Shield because that device supports arm64, probably need a modded apk so we can spoof that value. I got past the error when modifying the apk, and added a bunch of logging to what I had. There was code that compared the signature of the apk file it would download from amazon, and I just had to patch that to always return "Yes, the signature matches". So, I think I can modify all of the calls to android.os.Build that the apk makes if I can get a newer version of /system/build.prop.

Also it would be good if someone could pull /system/etc/amazon-aiv.properties

That file looks like it would be worth taking a look at. :D

[MENTION=4478308]brar.arsh[/MENTION] Any chance you could pull a couple files for us?
[Nexus Player General] pedromvu:
Thanks for looking at this, I once messed with the code but never got anywhere since I don't have much experience patching apks, I tried skipping the signature validation altogether (verifySomething call) but I got an error when launching the apk after that.

As for it working on Shield TV, I think it will, I once tested the old apk and it worked but gave the error of invalid license when playing a video like for everybody else, I think it is because 32bit armv7 is compatible with any 64bit device, it's just that there are certain benefits of using native 64bit armv8 when the cpu can handle it.
[Nexus Player General] PhaseBurn:
Resign both packages, and host the ATVBlastAndroidGTVClient file yourself with the same key. If you can modify the app to inject the UA string, you can probably modify the URL it downloads it from. If you can not, it's also fairly easy to solve by using a host file override (or a DNS zone override on your LAN) to make your ATV pull your custom signed blast client. It'll think it's talking to Amazon.com when in reality, it'll be talking to your own server instead. The re-signed Amazon client pulls the re-signed blast client, and everything just works. If the blast client version changes, updating it is easy by just resigning it and hosting the new version, too. At worst, you'd have to load a custom certificate that is a self-signed one for atv-ext.amazon.com (not ideal, but necessary, if you can't modify the URL it calls from).
[Nexus Player General] Fenny:
I have done exactly that, but I need more info from a legit sony TV before I can finish it up.
[Nexus Player General] sandog12:
You would be my hero if you can get it working for a shield Tv
[Nexus Player General] luksol:
mine too
[Nexus Player General] Kovs:
I think he will be a lot of people's hero!
[Nexus Player General] ejay0220:
moving side loaded apps

had anyone found a was to move a sideloaded app to the home apps

im have an issue moving showbox to the home screen

on my sony x850c
[Nexus Player General] sofakng:
Extremely interesting thread...

I'm hoping that you guys are able to figure it out! (...and get it working for the Nvidia Shield TV!) :)
[Nexus Player General] pedromvu:
Not possible, you need to use the sideload launcher app to be able to run those apps which aren't properly configured to be used on Android TV.

BTW could you give us some help here since you have a Sony Android TV?
[Nexus Player General] Fenny:
It is possible to decompile the application with apktool, and add the leanback intent to the main launcher activity in the xml manifest.

You can sideload this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fennyfatal.settingsgenerator if you want to grab the config for us. :)
[Nexus Player General] Abednego:
OK, I tried and succeeded in modding the build.prop in the /system of my NP with the Bravia strings. Then I sideloaded the Amazon app for Android TV (1.39) and... well, at least I didn't get the usual error message. Instead the screen stayed at the rotating arrow\donut and logcat hectically threw repeating messages (not errors). At some point Android told me that Instant Video had crashed. Also the baby started crying and I had to stop the experiment.

Any idea for next steps?

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[Nexus Player General] Fenny:
It sounds like you are running Android TV 6.0 I don't think some of the methods amazon was calling exist on the newest API.
[Nexus Player General] Abednego:
Argh! Stupid me!

Is any of the Bravias slated for a 6.0 upgrade? Else I'll need to downgrade...

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[Nexus Player General] joshtb86:
sideloaded the amazon app but says theres an updated version. anyone have a link to it?
[Nexus Player General] Fenny:
1.39 is the latest version last I checked. Amazon is simply detecting which device you have via the UserAgent String and giving you the upgrade message as a EFF-U to all us paying subscribers. :)
[Nexus Player General] stegabilly:
Is it possible to extract BBC iPlayer ITV Player, All4 and 5oD from the new update?
[Nexus Player General] acme64:
It just occured to me, amazon app still works on my NSZ-GS7. Would it be possible to extract that APK and install it on the NP?
[Nexus Player General] dennis148:
this link doesn't work for me.

I'm also interessted in the leanback version of the zattoo app.

This link directs me to a archive with txt files in it...
[Nexus Player General] kawshik201:
Hello, can any Sony Android TV user can provide me the 'Playstation Now' and 'Playstation Video' apks ??
[Nexus Player General] dabotsonline:
Extracted from my Nexus Player and Nexus 5 respectively, both running Android 6.0 Marshmallow MRA58N (1 November 2015):

Zattoo Live TV

(Published by Zattoo Europa AG)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zattoo.player

com.zattoo.player-1.5.4-285-androidtv.apk

md5: e736821d2959c7c1a2d384cc1f98dad2

http://d-h.st/b4Sa

http://multiupload.biz/7nuzobb43q4n/com.zattoo.player-1.5.4-285-androidtv_MultiUpload.biz.apk.html

http://www.multiupfile.com/f/49469e3b

com.zattoo.player-2.5.1-290-androidphone.apk

md5: 6609ddddbcf938289f48c0af6e654c68

http://d-h.st/1hQ9

http://multiupload.biz/ecg57ie8k5il...5.1-290-androidphone_MultiUpload.biz.apk.html

http://www.multiupfile.com/f/b22a1a9f
[Nexus Player General] jerminhu:
I live in China and all sony tvs being sold here come without google framework services. So I'm not able to access play store or all google apps such as Youtube on my 65X850C. And there are quite a lot of popular apps that require google framework services to work, e.g. Twitch.

Can any sony tv user go into Settings -> Apps and check the the file names and (full) version numbers of following apps for me?

Google Account Manager

Google Play services

Google Play Store

Google Services Framework

Many thanks!

If you can extract these apps for me, it would much better. I'll try to install these apps to see whether it will work.
[Nexus Player General] dvdmike:
Can kodi be side loaded?
[Nexus Player General] Redflea:
Not sure if this is appropriate question here - but it's about getting an app for our Sony XBR-75X850C.

My wife is looking for an Android Viki app for our TV. I'm not sure that they actually have a SmartTV app, but there is a Google TV version that I'd like to try (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.viki.googletv), but I can't seem to find the APK anywhere.

Any help/suggestions appreciated...is there a way to download this from the play store if I don't have a GoogleTV device? It tells me that none of my devices (including our TV are compatible).

Well now that I've asked it looks the universe decided to be nice and I found the apk. Loaded it and it opens and I can navigate the UI, but when I try to view any videos it just says "loading" forever.

So maybe there is a fundamental difference between GoogleTV and AndroidTV that is going to keep this from working.

Any thoughts of things I could try to get it to work on our TV?

I've tried sideloading the Viki Android phone app but it would not play videos full screen.
[Nexus Player General] narcotichobo:
This immediately crashes. Also it is only 60kb, are you sure this is the correct apk? Maybe it is and only works with Sony, but I hope not :(
[Nexus Player General] zarf2007:
sorry don't have an answer to this but could you do us a favour and help with our effort to get the amazon video app onto the nvidia shield console, just needs the following posted (see page 25 of this thread):

If someone can pull the build.prop for me I might be able to build a modified version that will work without root.

Just need someone with a sony 2015 to "adb pull /system/build.prop" for me.
[Nexus Player General] Redflea:
Actually no need for ADB....just used ES File Explorer on the TV to copy the file from /system to my Google Drive account. :) Sometimes this AndroidTV thing is pretty cool.

Here you go, happy hacking:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_LStgCI7VkYN0tvY05Ed25OblU/view?usp=sharing

Maybe in return you can reverse-engineer the viki apk so it will work on my TV, so my wife will stop bugging me about it every fifteen minutes. :)
[Nexus Player General] zarf2007:
many thanks for this, over to you Fenny!
[Nexus Player General] miker1901:
Has anyone found the UK apk for Amazon Instant Video? I got the US v1.39 to work on my Sony TV but I'm in the UK and it won't link to my UK prime account.
[Nexus Player General] LiMz:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7U9rfqBUuo0czJjVlQ0dkc4cW8/view?usp=docslist_api

Here you go mate, lemme know if it doesn't work
[Nexus Player General] miker1901:
Thanks. I tried this but it doesn't install on the TV.
[Nexus Player General] LiMz:
is there an error or anything?
[Nexus Player General] bleomycin:
I also have a 2015 sony android tv and would really love to have the amazon app working on the shield. Let me know if there is anything I can provide to help.
[Nexus Player General] pedromvu:
While someone already provided the build.prop file, Fenny made this app to get the info needed in a more convenient way, I am not sure if he is still around but maybe sending the result of using it is better than the build.prop file.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fennyfatal.settingsgenerator
[Nexus Player General] miker1901:
No error is given but it doesn't complete the install. It starts it but never shows it finishing, just goes back to the last screen. I've tried several times. :(
[Nexus Player General] mingzhong:
share some of the TV APK

Share some of the APKs which are installed in my Sony Android TV KD-43X8300C.

for Torrent Stream Controller, I only have Russian version. If somebody has English version, please share here.

It can be found in the Xiaomi TV box generation 3.
[Nexus Player General] Steve5400:
I'm guessing that I'm forgetting a step here. I've sideloaded the Amazon apk from the OP, and tried to run it, but now all I get is a black screen with a white spinning circle.

Does anyone know where I have gone astray?
[Nexus Player General] TylerDurdenK:
I installed the Instant Video app on the first post and it looked like it had worked properly. However when starting up a message says that a newer version is available and the app closes.

Has anyone got this working on there NVidia Shield TV?
[Nexus Player General] zarf2007:
Unfortunately there seems to be zero progress on getting this to work. The people who were trying this have lost interest. I think the only time this will happen is if amazon themselves add the app which is about as likely as the windows OS winning a technical innovation award.
[Nexus Player General] merlin2380:
this does not include the recall function
[Nexus Player General] dabotsonline:
More info here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=64108914&postcount=11
[Nexus Player General] pumm3l:
thanks!
[Nexus Player General] ZeroFG:
According to Forbes and other sources Amazon Prime Video will be coming to Apple TV. Chances reasonable that they will release a Android TV App, I guess.

ww.forbes.com/sites/matthickey/2015/11/30/amazon-prime-video-finally-coming-to-apple-tv-ending-corporate-stalemate/

(I can't post links so put an w in the beginning)
[Nexus Player General] zarf2007:
yeah the only problem with that is I imagine the apple tv has such a huge install base compared to the shield that amazon could not afford to ignore it and they might think the shield is so niche they won't bother putting resources into it. Also don't forget their feud with Google.
[Nexus Player General] Redflea:
Agree...I wouldn't hold my breath. They aren't selling Chromecasts on Amazon any more. Not friends.

AppleTV customers are a whole different ballgame from the Shield in terms of size of user base/importance to Amazon generally.
[Nexus Player General] andy_d0:
Hey guys. Sorry I'm not entirely clear what the situation is and I don't want to get a Nexus player unless I'm sure...

Am I able to use the Amazon app linked on the OP for the latest OS (6)? This is the first I hear of being able to do this and would love to do this. I have a fire stick and chromecast with the former needed for Amazon Video. I'd like to just use one device
[Nexus Player General] alan.cramer:
Any newer version of this?
[Nexus Player General] Dano19:
APK for the newest Amazon instant

If anyone out there could pull the latest APK for the Amazon instant app off the US version of the x850C series I would appreciate it.

Background: I bought a 65X8500CPX, which is the multisystem version of the TV that is sold in at the exchanges on US military bases overseas. This version does not come w/ most of the apps on it, and it has a significantly smaller selection of additional apps when you go to your Sony profile and link the TV. I was able to sideload ver 1.39 w/o any issues, but want to make sure I have the most up to date APK, and saw a mention of ver 1.45 in one of the forums.

Also if anyone has any idea how to extract the .pkg files that the firmware upgrades are packaged in that would be helpful info.

Cheers

Dan
[Nexus Player General] will.blaschko:
I think I have an alternative solution to the problem if anyone wants to try it out, it's working for me on my nVidia Shield TV:

http://xdaforums.com/shield-tv/development/amazon-prime-video-demand-android-tv-t3278778
[Nexus Player General] Nate2:
v1.35 of Amazon Instant Video does not work with my Google Nexus Player running Android 6.0.1 (12/2015).
[Nexus Player General] andy_d0:
Ok thanks for confirming. If Amazon worked for sure, I would have ordered it. I won't hold my breath but hopefully we see an official app at some point next year
[Nexus Player General] will.blaschko:
If anyone wants to try to get past the upgrade screen on the Sony Bravo TV Amazon VoD app, this intent gets you to the player:

String asin = "B00TU9UFTS";
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setComponent(new ComponentName("com.amazon.aiv.us", "com.amazon.avod.playbackclient.EdPlaybackActivity"));
intent.putExtra("asin", asin);
startActivity(intent);

It still doesn't deal with the auth issues, I just figured I'd share what I have so far (as little as it is).
[Nexus Player General] Lowbrow71:
Netflix 2.0 and Marshmallow

First off thanks to everyone who has posted in this thread for all of the information.

Can anyone confirm if 5.1 audio in the Netflix 2.0 APK is working for you after the Marshmallow update? App runs for me but I can't seem to get it to ever give me the option to select DD+ and it only ever outputs 2ch stereo.
[Nexus Player General] Kovs:
Huh so this is interesting. On a chat with support, and its confirmed that they are working on an app for Android TV....
[Nexus Player General] CharleySimmons:
Not to be a debbie downer, but chat support is pretty much useless on confirming stuff like this. There are reports of chat support confirming a bootloader unlock of the fire phone - turns out the chat agent confused bootloader and carrier unlocking.

Personally, while chatting with them about android TV - it took 15 minutes of chatting to make them understand that android TV and android OS are not the same thing from an app perspective. I was escalated to someone else before they caught on that android TV was not supported in anyway shape or form.

With that being said, I HOPE it's true - but this needs to be taken with a gigantic grain of salt.
[Nexus Player General] Codename_Falcon:
Can you post the launcher apk? I like the multi line layout you have for apps. Also can you post all the links in the first post so we don't have to look through 30+ pages to find the links?

Thanks!
[Nexus Player General] Hindolam:
I think it also requires a receiver that is capable of DD+. I have a pretty dated Onkyo receiver that can do DD but not DD+ and I get only 2ch stereo. I am not sure whether to spend hundreds on a new receiver to get that.

The straight HDHomeRun app also sends only stereo output. HDHomeRun app from within the Kodi app however does software decoding and is able to "Enable Pass through" and I am able to get Dolby Digital through that.
[Nexus Player General] jeromeh:
With Lollipop and Netflix I only ever got 2.0 and when I switched the app to output surround I heard nothing. With the Marshmallow update I have DD+ on Netflix now.

I have a pretty modern AVR, Pioneer Elite SC-67.