yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Fire TV General] Boomissy:
That's great news and I know what you mean about all the changes made.

The current attached file in post #177 is still the original you put there and has the Long Home Press to "Settings".

If needed, decompiling it may help you remember what was changed for that feature.

Thanks
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Long press on home (only on Home Screen ) = Network settings

Double Tap (anywhere) = System Settings
[Fire TV General] Mr Groch:
Hi, I need to report issue with TV/Receiver input source changing to Fire TV when FireTV Settings or FTVaunchX is installed and enabled. Originally without Home button hijacking, when I'm on other source input (like cable) and press Home - it will automatically switch to Fire TV Stick input. But when FireTV Settings or FTVLaunchX is enabled, then after pressing Home button input source will not change.
[Fire TV General] joeblow3:
no function gen 2 firestick

I am running a gen 2 firestick I installed the launcher and adb the permissions OK, but when I launch the apk, I have no function to pick a launcher with the remote? I am running 1.01. Any Ideas where I'm failing
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Many things can be done but there are many things which cannot be done either.

So try this.

install this and set up.

if your Firestick is in Sleep, press "Home Button" and see if input is changed or not.
[Fire TV General] Mr Groch:
Thanks, it works when Fire Stick is in sleep. Input is changed. But only works when stick was in sleep...
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
It will only work when firestick is asleep,

If i find another way i will update then.
[Fire TV General] Mr Groch:
OK, I understand. This is still great improvement for me - usually when I need to switch to Fire Stick from other input, Fire Stick is already asleep.
[Fire TV General] juanse254:
could we use this to change the volume level ? i mean since you already capture the home button then you can capture a combo of say home and next and then we can trigger lowering or rising the volume level right?
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Can you elaborate
[Fire TV General] zuluuk:
[MENTION=7352779]SweenWolf[/MENTION] I tried your wolf launcher and like it a lot, do you have a github for this? Thanks.
[Fire TV General] beejkitsune:
Just have to say we bought our first smart TV about a month ago (my partner and I moved in together a couple years ago and we're only just starting to buy stuff new and our old TV died).

I would have liked an Android TV but, at least here in the UK, they're few and far between and relatively expensive so we settled on a JVC Fire TV Edition. To be honest we don't have any other Amazon/Alexa/Fire devices (were quite bound in to Google's architecture with Nest Minis and Chromecasts) and I hated the interface.

I stumbled across this thread during late night random searching and WOW! I'm having to use Leanback Launcher so I can switch inputs and no other launcher I have found supports this. My only wish would be getting recommendations and the search function to work (no root for me AFAIK) but still, this is amazing. Thank you so much!
[Fire TV General] chopperpl:
Hello,

I've tried this on 5.2.7.3 and when I run WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS command I'm getting 'adb: unknown command pm'. I've tried this with updated Studio on Mac and Windows boxes with same results. I was pretty much sure this is related to adb tool, but couldn't google out any results. Any clue what it is?

Thanks
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
In ADB shell enter

settings put secure enabled_accessibility_services de.codefaktor.ftvlaunchx/de.codefaktor.ftvlaunchx.HomeService

settings put secure accessibility_enabled 1

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I checked that few months ago, FireOS didn't allow any change to system Volume Level, haven't checked that after that.

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No github repo for that.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Here's the leanback launcher with Amazon Search.

I have a Firestick 4k, so I test on that.

This should work on FireOS 6 and later version.

NOTE:

If you use custom launcher then the stock launcher doesn't load at first, so if you click on Search or Settings the First time then the home screen loads, that is only for the first time, after that Clicking on Search button will open Amazon Search and clicking on Settings opens Amazon settings.
[Fire TV General] gogorman:
When you say "with Amazon Search" does this mean you can click the search button at the top left of the launcher and it works? But with Amazon instead of Google?
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
It opens Amazon Search (From where you normally search for Apps without voice search)
[Fire TV General] beejkitsune:
AWESOME! Thanks for this. Can confirm working.
[Fire TV General] dk1keith:
This works great. Thanks. Is there a way to move apps on home screen between sections? Say move an app from Apps to Video on Home Screen. Great work btw.
[Fire TV General] Alekos:
This with Wolf's Launcher, is a match made in heaven.
[Fire TV General] dk1keith:
I use this on my shield tv with Wolf's launcher. Best I've tried.
[Fire TV General] brian4000:
Has this stopped working for anyone else on an Insignia/Toshiba Fire TV with the latest update (6.2.7.2)? I posted an issue about it on GitHub, but I figured I would ask here too since this thread seems to be more active.
[Fire TV General] Mike_i386:
First of all thank you all for your hard work.

I love that there are options to the stock Amazon Launcher.

There is just one question left. Is there any solution to the “X-Ray” Problem?

It always pops up on pause or start and I have to press it away...
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Does anyone having Sticks running FireOS5 knows how to read logcat?
[Fire TV General] Alekos:
Where can I find the latest Leanback Launcher for ShieldTV? There's a few versions floating around, if anyone can help that'd be great
[Fire TV General] zuluuk:
The latest version is on the playstore if you are using the shield tv, the mod is for the firetv.
[Fire TV General] DoubleL03:
[MENTION=7352779]SweenWolf[/MENTION] using your launcher on a the newest Gen fire cube. I can't get the widgets to work after pushing the code through adb. Is it different from firestick?

By the way I love your launcher.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Widgets don't work on FireOS 6 & 7
[Fire TV General] DoubleL03:
Sorry my bad. Great work by the way.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
No problem, Thanks.
[Fire TV General] revdirty:
This doesn't work on my Toshiba 4k fire TV edition. fireOS 6.2.7.2. Ran app and the adb command. does not intercept home press to leanback launcher. . I hope this gets updated soon . fireos launcher is abysmal.
[Fire TV General] mjh8812:
For some reason on the firestick and possibly android tv in general wolf launcher is not recognized as a launcher. so when i disable the stock firetv launcher and hit the home button it doesnt automatically boot the wolf launcher like when i have the stock atv launcher. any plans to fix this - i think it involves editing the manifest.
[Fire TV General] 0815hoffi:
You must disable / delete both.

com.amazon.firehomestarter

com.amazon.tv.launcher
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
The fireTV version is different from Shield or TiVo ones.

If you use Shield or TiVo version then you will get the option to dmset as default launcher.
[Fire TV General] NHS2008:
Is there a Standard one? Without those Brandings? Or Mi Box 4k one? Is there a thread for Wolf Launcher?
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
The original is ATV Launcher Pro you can install it directly from the play store on your Mi Box.

Wolf Launcher is a mod of ATV Launcher pro, with few fixes and nothing else, and also a logo for the device. I'm not creating a thread for it because a thread for a mod which no one else gonna use is unnecessary.

So far only firetv devices has problems with original ATV Pro (any version), whereas the free version work just fine.

And also any other device should not have any problem with Original ATV Launcher.

Do not use Wolf Launcher (FireTV) version on any device that is not a FireTv.

Either use ATV Pro or Wolf launcher (shield/tivo)
[Fire TV General] mjh8812:
any chance you could upload the shield or Tivo version with the FireTV logos or a firetv version that will allow me to dmset default. I know im being a pain. I have had some weird bugs with FTVLaunchX on the firetv when im viewing items in prime video, and live channels app -specifically the progress bar and title hangs on the screen. so i root and disable the default fire tv launcher and then dmset a different launcher to bypass the need for this workaround.
[Fire TV General] CuF:
Much better than LauncherHijack. Zero lag. Works great on my Sony Android TVs.

I've found an issue though. It does a great job intercepting the Home button, but it SHOULDN'T intercept a long press.

Depending on the version of Android, it should access an app control. In my case, under Oreo, it should open the Apps side menu. FTVLaunchX doesn't distinguish and intercepts it.

Also, I'd like to use it in place of LauncherHijack on my Amazon Fire Tablet HD 8/7th Gen, but it doesn't seem to be supported. After installing, FTVLaunchX doesn't even appear on the list of apps.

Edit: I found another issue. For some reason when the accessibility option is on, it breaks the 'My Apps' section of the Google Play Store. No apps are shown as present. Disabling FTVLaunchX causes the Apps to return.
[Fire TV General] brick00444:
Just want to say Thank you very much for your hard work! I have your launcher and FTVLauncherX on 3 firesticks with Skel40's debloated rom and everything I need works great. Thanks again!
[Fire TV General] revdirty:
so it seems on my fire TV TV edition (fireos 6.2.7.2) there is no way to turn on accessibility service so I cannot use launcherX . unless there is some other way I just don't know ..
[Fire TV General] lolwatpear:
same here. it accepts the adb commands, but still says its missing. can anyone help?
[Fire TV General] Peat1980:
[MENTION=7352779]SweenWolf[/MENTION] could there be a setting somehow to open the menu of installed apps (com.amazon.venezia) instead of network settings on long press home (or any other key combo) for FireTV-Settings? That would be awesome to quick launch / change any installed apps. ? ?
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
It is indeed a great idea,

It's easier to switch b/w apps by using this, if not wanting to switch then we can press back to to back to previous app.

Anyway here's an update.

Changelog:

Pressing back on Settings now takes you to Custom home.

Long press opens Amazon Default Apps Screen (wait 800ms)

Double Tap opens Amazon Settings (time increased to 300 ms)

Long press now works with any app.

(Tested on Mantis)

These options are needed to be enabled first in the settings.
[Fire TV General] Peat1980:
That was fast. Thanks, works great. ??

[MENTION=7352779]SweenWolf[/MENTION], do you have paypal? Would gladly donate something. ?
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
The PayPal address is in my XDA profile, but only donate if you can afford to do so, If you cannot then there is really no need.

Enjoy
[Fire TV General] AAredKross:
I have a 1st gen Cube with FireOS 6 and I can test it out if that hasn't been done yet!
[Fire TV General] TheRealQubix:
The -g option to ADB only works on FireOS > 6 so you need at least the 4K stick for that. The Fire TV Stick 2nd Gen doesn't know about -g yet... :)

And regarding the boot time: yes, it is quite slow on the older sticks; I did observe that it can take up to 45-60 secs... I did raise the boot priority in the latest development version and it seems to be a bit faster with that. In any case, pressing home will take you to your chosen launcher instantly...
[Fire TV General] TheRealQubix:
That would be good though I'm looking specifically for the latest Cubes with Fire OS 7 - that's the only device / OS combo which I wasn't able to test :-/
[Fire TV General] TShadow:
Yes, as I couldn't download the attachment, I decompiled it and increased the boot priority to 999, then recompiled and installed. That seems to have fixed the boot time a lot. You also solved the voiceover and Silk cursor problem. That's a real gift you made. Thank's a lot.
[Fire TV General] TheRealQubix:
I've just uploaded a new release including exactly this change :)

Find it at

https://github.com/codefaktor/FTVLaunchX/releases

or if you use Aptoide TV:

https://launchx.en.aptoide.com/
[Fire TV General] bartjunited:
can i use this on a fire tablet HD 10 (2019)
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Its good, i installed it few minutes ago, the launcher starts after 5 sec on boot

But I cannot find it on Aptoide Store by searching.
[Fire TV General] TShadow:
I disactivated the screensaver (uses a +300 Mb cache) and the sleep function which I only use manually from time to time. When pushing a key after I used the sleep function twice the Amazon Home Screen came back. Did not test it yet with version 1.0.1. Not a big deal as pressing the Home button the ATV launcher immediately comes back.

Read about your FTVlauncher in the Italian edition of Androidworld this morning. Great. Hopefully Amazon won't try to kill it with some updates.
[Fire TV General] JUSTINMARMER:
Just to be clear for anyone that is following this issue this is only on my Fire TV Sticks v2. my 4K stick work flawlessly from the get-go.

Just got done with all that. No joy. Voice over still there. I also tried using ice box to freeze all the talkin services but ice box doesn't seem to want to run on the V2 stick. If anybody has a working version of ice box for V2 sticks please share. What worked for me with launcher hijack was a factory reset and then installing launcher hijack first and then everything else. So now I'm resetting the stick and then I will install LaunchX first. Then Hulu. I'll report back shortly. Fingers crossed.

Edit:

Success!

Factory reset, install launcher of choice, install LaunchX, then install other apps = no more voiceover.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
The services are started on boot just fine, only the launcher isn't started at boot, bit weird,

To boot the launcher without any delay I launched the package on onServiceConnected and now launcher is opening instantly.

And to close the screensaver we can press back button

And i modified the code to open the last running app, which also instantly opens the last running app without going to The Amazon launcher

Thanks for your work
[Fire TV General] TheRealQubix:
Nope, sorry, it's only for Fire TV devices. As I don't have any Fire tablets I couldn't test...
[Fire TV General] TheRealQubix:
Yeah, Aptoide has a quite crappy interface and I couldn't find any way to have them verify the authenticity of the app (virus checking etc.) and it is probably stuck in one of their pipelines until it is checked and turns up on the search. Would love if there's somebody who can point me in the right direction to speed this up in any way...
[Fire TV General] TheRealQubix:
Great! Yes, Hulu and also other apps seem to have added code to watch if you're using accessibility services and since FTVLaunchX is using it they try to be smart and then start their services which means some dumb voice view... unfortunately it seems we can't realiably disable that after it starts... good to know, then only a reset is the viable option. Thanks for reporting back!
[Fire TV General] TheRealQubix:
Yes, I know - that's how it was designed but it should re-act to waking up from sleep and start the chosen launcher. So maybe I missed some edge-case... thanks for pointing it out; I'll test and try to add a solution to the next release...

Would you mind sending me a link? :)
[Fire TV General] TheRealQubix:
Yep, onServiceConnected is probably another good choice to start the launcher on boot; maybe I'll add that as an option so the user can choose. The thing is that being to aggressive at boot time can lead to unwanted side consequences and since booting is a rare thing, I thought it would be better to be on the safe side...

Regarding the last running app: can you elaborate on when this is useful? I can't envision a really valid use-case for that but maybe I'm just too blind... :)

Oh, and are you the sweenwolf at GitHub?
[Fire TV General] JUSTINMARMER:
https://www.androidworld.it/2020/01...a-root-dovete-provare-ftvlaunchx-foto-697672/

And here is the Google translate link if you'd like English...

https://translate.googleusercontent...700271&usg=ALkJrhgF24vCLrj85cuJF_AQY4-B0novnw
[Fire TV General] TheRealQubix:
Haha, this is cool - thanks for the link!
[Fire TV General] jovawankenobi:
Ehm...how can I revert everything? I found out that I just like the standard launcher. I'm stucked at the launchx screen and I would lime to reset the home button.

Thanks!
[Fire TV General] JUSTINMARMER:
Just uninstall LaunchX. Then you're back to stock. Easy peasy.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Thank you guys, really appreciate that.

Here is an update for Wolf Launcher for FireTV.

It can now be set as Default Home on Rooted FireTVs.
[Fire TV General] Jarod71:
Can someone look into the firetv edition tv issue? Home will not invoke ftvlaunchx even after successful run 9f ADB command.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
https://xdaforums.com/fire-tv/general/app-accessibility-permissions-manager-t4144057

Download and set it up,

On the main screen enable FTVLaunchX and turn the toggle on the top right to right and click on save.

Open FTVlaunchX and test if it worked or not.
[Fire TV General] Alekos:
I've tried with 2 different PP accounts and 1 CC and none work for donations to your account...

Dude, we so apprecate what you do. You have to setup a bitcoin donation account.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Thank you, I forgot to restore my wallets after resetting my Phone, but PayPal is working fine.

I actually do have a bitcoin address but it cost more than PayPal so I prefer PayPal.

Thank you and enjoy.
[Fire TV General] CuF:
Btw, if anyone else has issues with the long-press Home button being hijacked as well, I recommend the Dashboard app. It works well in conjunction with FTVLaunchX and restores that functionality: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samabox.dashboard
[Fire TV General] aznh1988:
fireos 6.2.7.2

Fire Tv Setting - accessibility service is still OFF in Fire TV Settings after installing

Accessibility Manager_1.6.apk

On/Off Sleep mode auto starts Wolf Launcher, but hard-reset brings original amazon home screen. & pressing home button on remote still brings me to OG home screen (amazon) launcher.
[Fire TV General] Alekos:
So weird PP still isn't working... even tried direct send, but message says "this recipient can't accept personal payments" - not sure whats up with it.

> I was wondering if their was somehere you can keep these tools uploaded/updated in one place - maybe xda's downloads? (edit> I see you created a thread for Accessability Manager, can you add them there?)

>> I currently have FireTV_Settings_v1.8 & Accessability Manager working perfectly on my Firest4k, Updated to August-16 (auto-launching Wolf_Launcher, without FTVLaunchX)

>>> Is the latest version of 'FireTV_Settings version 1.8' & 'Wolf_Launcher_0.1.6'?
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
The latest Wolf Launcher (FireTV) is 1.6.

FireTVSettings is 1.9 (in test phase)

I will put the apks on that forum.

If you are unable to donate to me then no problem, but it would be nice if you donate to Wikipedia for me. Thanks

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Have you factory reset your device?
[Fire TV General] CuF:
Is Wolf Launcher a fork of FTVLaunchX or something else?
[Fire TV General] Profzack:
launcher not working,

hi can anyone help please

i have tried all steps correct on OP here but when i press home button on remote amazon launcher comes back.. what am i missing? I have fireTV 4k OS is 6.2.7.3

is this still working on above version ?
[Fire TV General] dcarvil:
https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=83085691&postcount=371
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
I have nothing to do with with FTVLAUNCHX to be clear,

Wolf launcher is a mod of ATV pro.

FireTVSettings was a fork of LauncherHijack, but it is no longer a fork now.
[Fire TV General] Nathaniel9:
No, not since the update to Fire OS 6.2.7.3.

Amazon has changed something.
[Fire TV General] kick60:
Hi SweenWolf, the update from 6.2.7.1 to 6.2.7.3 definitely breaks something. I tried the accessibility manager 1.6, with and without the FTV helper, and also reset the stick to factory and then tried the accessibility manager 1.7 as well. The accessibility manager seems to be OK with red button on and Fire TV Settings checked (also tried FTVLaunchX - also no luck) and saved but home button and re-boot always returns to Amazon UI. Also, the accessibility manager button is always off on re-boot.

I've now rooted my FS4K and still can't find a way to get it to the trigger the Wolf launcher, even using accessibility commands as su in adb.

I have four more unrooted 4k sticks, three on 6.2.7.1 which are fine (as long as I don't go to check for updates) and I've just updated another to 6.2.7.3 with the accessibility manager preinstalled and sure enough, it's broken now too.

On the rooted FS4K, I have now completely removed the stock fire tv launcher and am able to get Wolf on boot using FTVLaunchX only (FireTV Settings doesn't work on boot for me.) Now when I press the Home button, I only get a blank screen and have to long press Home to get back to my apps and launch Wolf again. I then tried to set the key value of the Home button on the remote in the keylayout file to register as BACK, which works, but then I lose the long press Home and the ability to get back to my apps. This is only an issue when the device goes to sleep because I'm not able to wake it and have to reboot the FS4K. I tried BACK WAKE and BACK WAKE_DROPPED and these were ignored and functioned as the normal Home key and just going to a blank screen.

If anyone has any suggestions on how to possibly fix it in root, either by reprogramming the remote or triggers that occur on key presses (if that's even possible) or by some other means using commands in adb, please pass them on. I love the Wolf launcher and want to get it working properly again.
[Fire TV General] 0815hoffi:
https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=82368799&postcount=1
[Fire TV General] kick60:
This doesn't work in 6.2.7.3 for me.
[Fire TV General] 0815hoffi:
Do you have uninstalled FTVLaunchX?

Its not needed for this.

I have this working on 6.2.7.1
[Fire TV General] kick60:
Hi 0815hoffi, thanks for your help but the Home button simply doesn't work in 6.2.7.3 as it just goes to a black screen because the Amazon Home screen is no longer there. If you have a fix for 6.2.7.3 let me know.
[Fire TV General] 0815hoffi:
Do you have deleted in twrp?

/system/priv-app/com.amazon.firehomestarter/com.amazon.firehomestarter.apk

This was the Fix for that Problem in 6.2.7.1 ...

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Maybe the APK Name was changed in 6.2.7.3
[Fire TV General] kick60:
Yes, I just looked through ES File Explorer in root mode and that directory is there but there is no apk in it. Thanks for your help. I really think something big has changed in 6.2.7.3. Is there a way to downgrade via twrp to 6.2.7.1 once rooted?
[Fire TV General] 0815hoffi:
I Think yes.

I used

https://xdaforums.com/fire-tv/development/1-0-debloated-rom-fire-tv-stick-4k-t4084947

Wipe /system and data then flash zip and magisk.
[Fire TV General] kick60:
Thanks
[Fire TV General] Sertralina:
reading the comments here, no solution so far for unrooted tv stick? any hope of an launchx update?
[Fire TV General] yurividal:
Seems like we have to wait for the developers to find a fix. And next time, i have to remember to disable automatic updates on FireTV