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[Fire General] DragonFire1024:
This is just a hunch but try downloading activity launcher in the Play Store. That may actually display the accessibility settings, just tap the drop down menu on a top tap all activities, scroll to settings, tap it and see if accessibility is listed in the options. If it is, tap it and it should bring up the options. I don't know how root goes for you guys or if you have it or can get it but there's also another option if that doesn't work. The other app is called atctivity Runner, also available in the Play Store but it is a paid app. It will display many more options and activities. I'm not sure if they just block it out in the settings money for you guys or altogether. But if no root activity Runner will not work
[Fire General] luk2009:
I'm trying to put the microsoft launcher and it works fine, but when I press the home screen button I get this message. How can I prevent this message from coming out?View attachment 4503204

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[Fire General] DragonFire1024:
Since it's not English, I don't know what it says.
[Fire General] luk2009:
do you want to put microsoft launcher as the default.

sorry, is something like that.

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[Fire General] DragonFire1024:
If you don't have fire launcher anymore, then you need a default launcher. So tap ok or yes.
[Fire General] luk2009:
If I press yes, then send it to configuration, where I do not have the option to make that change. Or I have not seen it.

I have changed the language to English to replicate the problem and now it does not happen. Apparently the program has the same problem as you with the Spanish
[Fire General] DragonFire1024:
You cant make it the default launcher without root or be on FireOS 5.4.0.0 or lower.
[Fire General] luk2009:
I know, but with nova launcher that message is not shown

thanks for your answers

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[Fire General] DragonFire1024:
Nova doesn't generally present that message. It does so in Nova settings app instead.
[Fire General] Banana Joe:
I'm running v3 with ported Trebuchet from Los15.1 (another thread on Xda), and it works almost perfectly, with only one problem: if you close all open apps, it locks the screen instead of reverting to home. Is this fixable? Since I got rid of fire launcher, it's the only thing reminding me that this fine tablet once was a pile of bloatware :D

Thanks for the awesome work anyway!!!
[Fire General] RigidiN:
What does he mean by reboot and how do you reboot for the widgets and google now part?
[Fire General] DragonFire1024:
If you aren't rooted, you can't fix this. The best thing to do is find an app that creates a button just above or around the recent apps button, which links to the app switcher in the SystemUI.
[Fire General] Dankees:
Is there a way to stop the Fire OS from appearing periodically?

And, are there more in-depth instructions about how to get the widgets to work? I'm not fully understanding how to do this.
[Fire General] DB126:
Best resource is the member experiences posted in this thread. Use the XDA search function or set aside an hour or two with your favorite beverage to read through the material. Not the most enjoyable task but you'll likely find what you are looking for which is dependent on FireOS version, secondary launcher and personal expectations. Good luck.
[Fire General] thomasgruver:
I see that you could select an application to launch to, vs. an actual launcher (like Nova)...but it doesn't seem to work for me. will only work with launchers (like nova, etc). would love to map the home button to go to a specific application. any idea how to do this?
[Fire General] DragonFire1024:
Even with root the only way to redirect the home button is with xposed, using gravity box or an app to create an artificial button. Its very hard to map on screen buttons.
[Fire General] JesseAaronSafir:
This is nice! I'm using the Google Now launcher with Launcher Hijack v3 now. I was using Nova previously but it kept refusing to show any of my installed apps and it was driving me crazy. I Googled that problem and didn't turn up much. I didn't choose to hide any apps but Nova's app drawer would be either empty or just have a few apps when I literally have hundreds installed. So now that I have Google Now launcher, I can get to all of my apps. Yay! But there are a few things I'd love to be able to change about GN. I guess you can't set the theme of the app drawer to dark? And you can't change the grid size on the home screen? Are there other launchers y'all recommend? Or any fixes for what I had with Nova?
[Fire General] krsmit0:
i have only used nova and have never had those issues. not sure what the problem could be.
[Fire General] DB126:
You're in good company; Nova plays nice on most devices.
[Fire General] DanTheBib:
Hi, first off I want to say thank you. Thanks to this and a few of the other guides, within half an hour my Fire 10 was looking like a totally different tablet!

I have one issue though. I have Nova launcher installed and working, as well as the Google launcher + stuff required to set it up just in case I decide to switch. However, my Nova launcher search bar opens a Bing browser which seems to be "inside" of the Fire tablet, which also show a "Amazon" and a "My Stuff" tabs, instead of just opening a chrome browser.

When I replaced the Nova with the Google launcher, the Google search bar worked fine, but I would rather have the Nova search bar working. Is there any way to fix this/anything I've missed?
[Fire General] DragonFire1024:
Delete folder/app called 'unified search' and make sure Google app is installed. For best results with assistant, make sure you are signed up for Google beta and download the latest apk from apk mirror and install it as a system app.
[Fire General] DanTheBib:
Thankyou! I forgot to mention, I'm not rooted - is it still possible to delete that folder/app? At work so won't be able to try for a couple of hours.
[Fire General] DragonFire1024:
Being that the HD 10s are above 5.4.0.0, you can't disable system apps. So you'll need to root first.
[Fire General] cynkrzy:
Huge thanks to the Dev for his work! Got my Fire 10 on Prime day and had Nova Prime up and running in little time at all. Only issue I have is I can't place widgets on the home screen. I drop it on the screen and it goes to the settings page, no widget. I've searched this post and haven't seen this mentioned.
[Fire General] cynkrzy:
Well - I think I discovered the answer here, I'll try it sometime over the weekend and see how well it works. Has anyone tried this method?

https://www.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire-os-custom-launcher-widgets/
[Fire General] DB126:
Search failed you as widget support is mentioned on several occasions with at least one reference to this[/url] post which contains a possible soution ... likely the same one you subsequently identified. Crafted by [MENTION=8165603]DragonFire1024[/MENTION]
[Fire General] JLPDA:
Same issue here. Thanx for the link. This appwidget.sh command worked perfect!!
[Fire General] rjbad1100:
Is this compatible with Fire OS 4.5.5? I tried installing it but I kept getting a Parse Error on install.

Awesome app man. I have newer Fire Tablets and it works great! I'm converting my HDX7 into a car tablet and this is important in order to work the way I want since I need LTE on it!
[Fire General] DB126:
Unlikely; FireOS V4 and V5 are completely different beasts.
[Fire General] rjbad1100:
Dang. That's what I was afraid of lmao. The HDX is the only tablet powerful enough out of the lineup to do what I need it to do but the ROM's not supporting proper LTE make it impossible to use :(. I tried the Nexus ROM and CM based on KK and for some reason the APN's never pull the same signal strength.

I guess I have to deal with the OS layout somehow. Might be a way to just overwrite it to the app I want it to use by default.
[Fire General] DB126:
3rd gen HDX isn't a great "car tablet" as you will soon discover. Hardware GPS (on LTE equipped devices) is problematic; only good for static use. No OTG so must rely on BT or WiFi for streaming. Battery pack is highly sensitive to heat; a few months in a hot vehicle will kill it. Good luck.
[Fire General] rjbad1100:
Thanks! I actually have some work arounds on some of those issues.

- I installed Nova launcher first and then froze the original Amazon 4.5.5 launcher on the HDX. This allows it to boot directly into Nova and since it's the only launcher that isn't frozen, the home button automatically pushed it to nova. I must say it's actually pretty seemless as if it was the original launcher.

- I removed the battery completely due to it being tied to the car electric system. The HDX removal was pretty easy in comparison to newer tablets (although I will admit getting a Nexus 7 2013 would have been easier)

- I'm keeping my original car intotainment system, so I actually have it linked via Bluetooth mounted above it as a 2nd screen via a dock. All I gotta do is turn the car on and it turns on everything automatically.

I will admit the GPS has been giving me issues a little bit. Glad to know from you that it's directly related to the LTE models. You do so much work on the forum and I appreciate everything you do. I just wanna mention that since I never reached out to you directly. :). You truly make it a lot easier for us to utilize our devices.
[Fire General] DB126:
Interesting mods; nice work. You will need an external GPS receiver connected BT or WiFi if seeking turn-by-turn capability. HDX GPS is slow to lock, slow to update and prone to random freezes that require a hard reboot to correct. Such HW and associated drivers doesn't always play nice with FireOS 4.5.x, partially due to KitKat base, mostly due to Amazon ROM and kernel weirdness.
[Fire General] Mo Better Blues:
Hijack v3

Will this work on Andriod TV 7.1.2 I can't get my launcher to change, it appears my home launcher toggle is not functioning properly.. won't let me switch launchers
[Fire General] DragonFire1024:
You can tag the developer [MENTION=8089882]BaronKiko[/MENTION] and ask him. Is it a FireTV? If so, it's still FireOS, and I seem to recall someone saying a while ago that it worked.

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That's because Amazon really botched the GPS in their tablets. In the newer ones, they contain some hardcore GPS chips, which are deactivated in the kernel. They decided to use secure settings to enable AGPS, but without removing the values from the framework. The framework values override any AGPS values in secure settings. So if you don't have the 4 Google APKs installed, it's practically useless. I've never used Amazon location services so I don't know how good or bad they are. I'm pretty close to getting this feature working entirely. I'm waiting to upload a mod though. I'm trying to upload my next framework mod as one giant mod.
[Fire General] DB126:
Above is interesting but not relevant to the quoted post which addresses third gen HDX device which contain a faulty hardware 'chip' (or whatever you prefer to call it) when so equipped. 4th gen and above (with exception to HDX and Fire Phone) are not advertised as having GPS capability....hardware or otherwise. Amazon is free to do what they please with any GPS components that happen to reside on the SOCs used in these units. AGPS is irrelevant with approximate (ie: good enough) location services provided by Amazon and/or Google frameworks. Manufacturer's choice.
[Fire General] BilboSwaggins69:
Just tried this on my new 8th gen fire 8. and V3 crashes on startup but V2 seems to work great. Fire OS 6.3.0.1
[Fire General] rbronco21:
I'm trying to get Google Now working. Did you do V2 or V2.1? Google Now doesn't want to launch, and nothing is available under ""Settings -> Accessibility -> To detect home button press." I haven't updated FireOS and am still using 6.3.0.0.
[Fire General] rbronco21:
[MENTION=9488443]BilboSwaggins69[/MENTION], when I get into "Settings -> Accessibility -> To detect home button press" there is nothing there. I select the option "To detect home button press" and it goes to a blank screen with "<- Services" at the top. I get the same for the other 2 lines under Services, LastPass and Nova Launcher. I'd prefer to hold out on 6.3.0.0 in case it's exploitable, but I'd go to 6.3.0.1 for this to work. Anybody else have these OS versions and can verify it doesn't work on 6.3.0.0? Or maybe I just don't get how the toggle works. I feel like I may just be missing something, but I can't figure it out.

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[/COLOR [MENTION=9488443]BilboSwaggins69[/MENTION], when I get into "Settings -> Accessibility -> To detect home button press" there is nothing there. I select the option "To detect home button press" and it goes to a blank screen with "<- Services" at the top. I get the same for the other 2 lines under Services, LastPass and Nova Launcher. I'd prefer to hold out on 6.3.0.0 in case it's exploitable, but I'd go to 6.3.0.1 for this to work. Anybody else have these OS versions and can verify it doesn't work on 6.3.0.0? Or maybe I just don't get how the toggle works. I feel like I may just be missing something, but I can't figure it out.
[Fire General] LzeroKI:
Has anyone figured out a way to get this to work on the newer FireTV devices? I just received the new 4k Firestick, but Launcher Hijack unfortunately doesn't work.

Works great on my older 2nd gen (non-rooted) FireTV. I love it.
[Fire General] LzeroKI:
D'oh! My apologies. I need to read better.

For anyone who might be reading this searching for answers regarding FireTV, in forum Davey linked, there's a thread about getting HAL launcher to work with FireTV that lays out how to get Launcher Hijack working on FireTV devices running FireOS 6+
[Fire General] swicago:
I have the same issue. Blank screen when selecting "To detect home button press"
[Fire General] rbronco21:
I finally updated to 6.3.0.1 and it works now. Fixes this issue I was having with Launcher Hijack and and the same thing with LastPass.
[Fire General] john9871:
Amazon fire HD 8 2018 8th gen. on 6.3.0.1 using Launcher Hijack 2.0 and newest Nova Launcher from google play store.

Whenever I use the "recents square" or "home circle" it glitches out. It especially acts up when I clear all the recent apps. It tries to stay on the recent window and or alternates between Nova and Amazon launcher.
[Fire General] belletto77:
Pre release 4.0.2. works great on my Fire HD 8" 6.3.0.1. (Y)

previously i was able to use it only with version 2 but with some problems ! Thanks to developers ;)
[Fire General] BaronKiko:
Beaten to the punch for my own project :(

Version 4 is now officially out. Find all the details in the original post.

This post is really just a bump to let people know.

Enjoy.
[Fire General] john9871:
Amazon fire HD 8 2018 8th gen. on 6.3.0.1 using Launcher Hijack 4.0.2 and newest Nova Launcher from google play store.

In Launcher Hijack settings When I go to set Nova Launcher. I get a grayed out "Cancel" and "Ok" with no ability to set it. But I'm guessing it automatically does it?

While in Nova Launcher settings I get the "!" stating "Not set as default" launcher. When clicking on it I get presented with the "Default Apps" screen with only "Browser app" and "Opening links" present. I have already chosen Nova Launcher as default in Launcher Hijack. Sometimes it reverts back to amazon launcher when exiting apps and when idling in the app drawer too long/ then pressing "home circle".
[Fire General] BaronKiko:
The grayed out buttons are just what the new tablets default to for some reason and as I don't have one I'm not even going to attempt a fix. They do work just fine.

Nova, and a lot of launchers, will always complain they aren't the default because they aren't, the fire launcher is and always will be on an unrooted device. There is no way to change that. This uses various means to intercept the home button press before the system ever hears about it making is functionally the same, in theory. When you click the set default button on nova it opens the menu to set it which Amazon have so kindly removed so it just drops you at default apps.

Finally it could, but doesn't, force your chosen launcher to stay open avoiding the wait you get sometimes when you do a lot away from the home screen. It doesn't do anything about it because it's generally best to leave the system to manage compute resources and there are already plenty of apps that do just such a thing. You can corrupt the default launcher and while a bit iffy it does free up some resources meaning your chosen launcher is less likely to be axed.
[Fire General] lambrosfl:
I confirm that Launcher Hijack v4 works just fine on Fire 8th gen 6.3.0.1 for Nova and Google Now....yet it is not working for any Launcher. I tried many Kids Launchers (like iwawa, etc - At least 4 different ones) with out success. I guess they need a permission to be set as default launcher, which I believe Launcher Hijack (any version) is not capable of doing.

If anyone succeeded installing a kids launcher, please share your experience.

Thank you.
[Fire General] acr123:
I have both Fire HD 201 7 & 2018 both using CMM launcher with Launcher Hijack v 4.

The only annoyance is the occasional popups that say that CMM is not the default launcher. I tried to 'remove notifications" for the CMM launcher but this does not stop pop-ups. Also tried "better open with" app to set default choices but there was not a choice for launchers.

Does anyone know of an app that allows setting of default launcher . This might help the problem.

Thanks,

Al
[Fire General] BaronKiko:
The first post was explained on this github issue: https://github.com/BaronKiko/LauncherHijack/issues/30

The second post can be explained in the same way. Basically the issue says you can't set the default launcher on Amazon devices without root. That's why this app exists. There is nothing I can do to get around this it's the launcher you choose which checks it and complains. You best bet is to ask the devs of those launchers to remove the check. It's made especially worse on the kids apps you mentioned as you just can't open them if they aren't the default.
[Fire General] acr123:
That's a great idea to ask developer of the launcher to remove the check. I will do this

Thanks,

Al

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That's a great idea to ask the developer of the launcher to remove the check. I will do this

Thanks,

Al
[Fire General] rbronco21:
Nice work [MENTION=8089882]BaronKiko[/MENTION]. I use this on my 2 new 2018 HD8s and 2 new 4K Fire Sticks. I have older rooted Fire TVs (1st and 2nd gen) and the only thing I miss being unrooted is detection for long press and double press on home on the Fire TV remote. Is this something that would be trivial to add? I've got workarounds, and the voice control makes this feature mostly unneeded, but I have problems getting out of Kodi to the Fire TV menu sometimes, and a long press or double press would take care of that.

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Nice work [MENTION=8089882]BaronKiko[/MENTION]. I use this on my 2 new 2018 HD8s and 2 new 4K Fire Sticks. I have older rooted Fire TVs (1st and 2nd gen) and the only thing I miss being unrooted is detection for long press and double press on home on the Fire TV remote. Is this something that would be trivial to add? I've got workarounds, and the voice control makes this feature mostly unneeded, but I have problems getting out of Kodi to the Fire TV menu sometimes, and a long press or double press would take care of that.
[Fire General] BaronKiko:
While holding menu the home button override is disabled. So hold menu then you can long press and double press. Hope that helps.
[Fire General] rbronco21:
Nice. It'll take the wife and daughter some training, but that takes care of it for me. Menu+Home gets me back to the Fire TV screen in case the Kodi exit function doesn't work.
[Fire General] ryevick:
I've installed Nova Launcher and Launcher Hijack. It appears to be working (well I've only just installed it but...), in the Nova settings it still says at the top Nova Launcher is not your default launcher tap to set.

Is this suppose to be ignored or what's the deal? Kinda untidy with it like that.
[Fire General] DB126:
Please invest a few minutes reviewing the handful of posts prior to yours as this question has already been addressed.
[Fire General] OrphanedPixel:
This is a really nice app. It certainly makes it easier to turn my device into an emulation station. One problem though. For whatever reason, changing the launcher with this app prevents me from shutting down the device.
[Fire General] ryevick:
When updating a Launcher Hijack to a newer version, does the previous version need to be uninstalled first? Would the previous LH leave behind junk/unused files or do you just install the newest version and it will handle all of these issues?
[Fire General] BaronKiko:
Somebody did post an issue about that on the GitHub but never followed up with details so I couldn't really do anything about it. What device are you using and fire os version?

It shouldn't leave anything behind however you will have to set your launcher again when updating to version 4. V4 saves your chosen launcher in a new way to handle non-launchers such as netflix or xbmc, both more handy on the fire tv. Other than that it's all good.
[Fire General] OrphanedPixel:
I use a 4th ageneration Kindle Fire HD 7

on Fire OS version 5.6.1.0.
[Fire General] Zboy745:
SO how do I get widgets working ????
[Fire General] stevejohnson42:
To the best I know.. you don't
[Fire General] BaronKiko:
No real idea, it doesn't do that on any other device I have tested. If you can get the logs something might be there.

Please read the help doc.
[Fire General] Zboy745:
I did. I am using Apex luancher and the ADB code didn't work for my clock widget or my status indicator widget.
[Fire General] BaronKiko:
Sadly that is, as I'm aware, all that is known about 3rd party widgets. It's pretty iffy for everything but google now. I suggest if you are desperate then use google now otherwise you will have to live without them until/if your device is blessed with a root (not very likely for Amazon devices).
[Fire General] OrphanedPixel:
A

How do I get the logs?
[Fire General] Zboy745:
I wish there was a roof available for My Fire 7 (2017). What about V3 ? Do widgets works in that version ?
[Fire General] BaronKiko:
Not sure this is right as I usually use debug in Android Studio. Something like:

adb -d logcat | grep com.baronkiko.launcherhijack

If that doesn't work maybe this post will: https://stackoverflow.com/a/6854182/1435535

Widgets has nothing to do with LauncherHijack so the version doesn't matter. All LauncherHijack does is open your launcher so beyond that I'm unable to do anything. I added comments regarding it in the help because it's probably the most asked question.
[Fire General] ryevick:
Ok, I'm not sure what the default settings of Nova Launcher is regarding the Home Button but I messed something up. I have laid out 2 pages just the way I want. The home button was not working as far as going to page 1 from 2. It was only closing folders or programs. I changed something in Gestures & Inputs > Button Actions. Now if I am on page 2 and press home it shows the default Amazon Fire page layout. When I press it a 2nd time it goes back to Nova Launcher. HELP!!!