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[Fire TV General] minimeh:
Вы видели индикацию ошибки после ввода команд adb? Если да, то что именно?

Если вы не видите ошибки с командами adb, то проблема, скорее всего, заключается в том, что вы не установили никаких приложений-виджетов в Chromecast. После установки любого приложения-виджета из магазина Google Play или другим способом оно появится на экране добавления виджета в программе запуска Wolf.

Переведено с помощью переводчика Google, извините за грамматические ошибки.

Translation: Hello. I have a Fire Stick TV 4k. Installed the wolf launcher 0.1.9. I tried to add widgets, it didn't work. The adb commands that were in this thread are failing. When adding, such a window appears. Help

Did you see an error indication after entering the adb commands? If so, what exactly?

If you don't see an error with the adb commands, then the problem that you have is most likely that you haven't installed any widget apps into the Chromecast. Once you install any widget app from the Google Play store or some other method, you will see it appear in the add widget screen of Wolf launcher.

Translated with Google translator, sorry for any errors in grammar.
[Fire TV General] Notefan2:
Установил виджет погоды. Это есть на экране. При входе в свой город пишет нет интернета, при вводе команды adb ничего не происходит

Взаимодействие с другими людьми

Mod translation: Installed a weather widget. It's on the screen. When you enter your city, it says no internet, when you enter the adb command, nothing happens

Interaction with other people
[Fire TV General] mattspew:
Does Wolf Launcher for the NVIDIA Shield support notifications?

For example, since switching to Wolf, I no longer get notifications to recharge my Shield controller.
[Fire TV General] pras_pp:
Give it up. Fire Stick 4K (Fire OS) does not support widgets.
[Fire TV General] Sanek1841:
Hello. I have a small problem in WOLF LAUNCHER. When in Build.prop it ro.sf.lcd_density = 160, then banners and icons are generated by poor quality. If put 280, the banners and icons are generated good. Although the launcher scale is exactly the same.But the interface of other applications is too big becomes. How can I solve the problem?
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
I think V4 is the latest for now and yeah you can download it from that site.

The launcher does support shortcuts, used on my Firestick 4k (i don't have a cube but amazon is weird, kills some features for some os)

I haven't checked USB, i have connected it, i may look into it.

Amazon has killed Accessibility Services so this app will only work on 6.2.7.1 and below.

I think most are on latest fireos which doesn't support Accessibility and some are using older version but they are rooted so they don't need this app.

I think this app is currently only used by me on an unrooted stick.

Your device (Firestick 4k) does not support widgets.

I don't have a shield, if the launcher itself gives the popup and because the launcher is disabled it will not notify you. If notifications is handled by SystemUI then you should get notifications.

The launcher generates the app icons/banner on installation and sticks with it. If you want to regenerate the icons you should click on "Clear icon / banner cache" in Other settings of the launcher. It takes some time to recreate the caches so you may have to restart the device if tiles come blank.

You can also decrease/increase Column count to increase/decrease size of Icons of the launcher.
[Fire TV General] Sanek1841:
You understood me wrong. I make cleaning the cache. We are talking as resolution banners. They are high-quality on 320dpi, but bad at 160. If I generate them for 320, then at 160 they will remain good. Is it possible that the program can generate so as on 320. But being in 160? in 160 generated ico 48x48, in 320 96x96.... Banners in 320 320x180, in 160 less
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Actually the banners are provided by the package manager, launcher is not generating the banners, whatever the PackageManager is providing it is saving that and using that. Launcher is not parsing any apk to get any logo or image.
[Fire TV General] coolstud03:
Hi SweenWolf

Any chance you can make Launcher Manager work on AIrtel xstream box as it has android tv os,

I have got wolf launcher installed but when I try to enable custom launcher nothing happens, it asks to allow usb debugging which I allowed but it still sticks on airtel xstream laucher more info in the links below.

https://xdaforums.com/t/airtel-xstream-box.4022841/

https://xdaforums.com/t/airtel-xstream-smart-box-vanilla-androidtv.4100639/
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Go to page 1 and post 2, download Launcher Manager Ultimate, it should remove the airtel launcher
[Fire TV General] coolstud03:
I did notice that but I am not good with adb so I didn't want to take risk. Is it not possible to make a safer solution like the other devices.
[Fire TV General] mattspew:
Wolf Launcher has become very popular amongst Shield owners since Google pushed out their bloated ad filled UI.

However you're being accused of "pirating" ATV Launcher all over Reddit. Some say you flat out stole it, other say ATV was abandoned and you took over, some even claim your version is a security/privacy risk.

Would you be able to clear up how you came about the code for ATV Launcher?
[Fire TV General] mattspew:
Ran this though Google translate, and I have no idea what you're trying to say.

Who are you the author of ATV. Listen, you already zadolbal, the author has not updated anything for 2 years who stole what. What are you talking about. I love Wolf Launcher. I am ready to provide my purchased ATV Pro version to the Wolf developer for modification. I paid for it
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
I do not have any source code of ATV launcher, the apk came from play store, which i can use anywhere except FireTV because there is no play store on it, as written in the OP it is a Modded version of ATV Pro.

And about the privacy and security risk, I cannot say anything about it, you have the whole apk by yourself, you can decompile and check for anything suspicious or you can check if i am stealing any data from you.
[Fire TV General] TheUndertaker21:
Can we have the extra space for wallpaper back? Empty sections now says this section is empty line and can't be removed

And also the single column takes the whole screen.

No way to get it down to only one small widget or resize it
[Fire TV General] jaibubwan:
Hello, what's the difference between ATV Launcher by Surghikov & Wolf Launcher? Both are in the attachments, but no information about the difference. I'm a Shield user and wondering if both are relevant to my system...or only one.
[Fire TV General] lskn160:
Hello. Is it possible to add a border adjustment to the launcher settings: border thickness, border color and rounding (rounding) of the corners?
[Fire TV General] Finnzz:
I just wanted to thank you again for all the work that you put into both the Launcher Manager and your Wolf Launcher mod. I personally find the ever growing ads from both Amazon and Google unbearable. Having a costume launcher to combat that noise has been such a help!

I hope you reconsider continuing to update Wolf Launcher. There will always be someone eager to jump in and complain about something, I wouldn't pay it too much attention.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
i have unlocked the Widget section just for that, you can use that for wallpaper, you can also increase/decrease size of the Widget Section in Launcher Settings
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Wolf Launcher is Modded by me, ATV Launcher is an edit of Wolf Launcher which is a mod of ATV.

ATV Launcher is not edited by me, Its up to you what version you want to stick to. they both can be installed alongside each other.

I have decided to drop any more further update to the Wolf Launcher.
[Fire TV General] mattspew:
This isn't a confidence-inspiring reply.

I don't actually care if you took an abandoned app and updated it making it your own, but the second half of your reply is just unnecessarily confrontational.

You could have just reassured me that your edits were safe, but you choose to be defensive instead.

I think I'll remove your launcher and look for something via the Play Store.

I've lost all confidence in Wolf Launcher.
[Fire TV General] mattspew:
That's an extremely confusing reply.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Look I'm gonna tell you and everyone what I've done with the launcher till now,

I have changed the way it launches the app, on latest pro (any pro) it used to crash the apps.

I fixed the title bar. I then optimized it for FireTV (not any other OS, which caused it to misbehave on some device) which i later fixed. Then some people were having trouble installing both ATV and Wolf simultanously. so i had to change package name which made me to change the launcher name also (that might have been wrong on my side). then i optimized the app once again for FireOS (it caused some freeze issue). Then to fix Setting of Amazon HUD (older version of FireOS), I had to add a code to handle settings (it only works on Amazon and no other device). I changed some sections to give user large wall (that was temporary fix). I removed some http links, but they are used either for update check or to change Network State in the launcher.

Then i added "App Info" to the launcher, which i only added for non-system apps.

Later i removed the large section mod and unlocked the widget for Firestick 4k.

Then I added "Other Settings" which contained option to clear cache and Backup/ Restore function.

i also added a code which starts the services of Launcher Manager (thats also mainly for FireOS and thats because of Boot Delay). I also added a stroke for tiles.

thats all i have done to the apk. I have not done this mod to make any money, and i can assure you this app is safe to use. My only intention to mod this app was that this app was almost perfect and there was some bugs which i had to fix myself because the support of this launcher were down. And the only issue at that time was app crash for which i decided not to compile a launcher by myself. I am not forcing you to do anything, I am just clarifying myself, The apps which i have created are safe. and are to improve the user experience only.

i do not like to or want to rip someone off. I started this mod for FireOS only and no other OS.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
The last version of the original ATV Launcher pro was 0.1.5, I took it to 0.1.9 with Wolf Launcher. and then someone edited Wolf Launcher 0.1.9 to ATV Launcher 0.1.9 and send it to me. so i posted it on OP and it started causing confusion. The ATV Launcher 0.1.9 is not original and also its not edited by me. and also because of that services for Launcher Manager will not be started by the ATV launcher, it can only be started by Wolf Launcher.
[Fire TV General] pras_pp:
Search long and passionately. Good Night and Good Luck.
[Fire TV General] lskn160:
No need to listen to paranoid. The project needs to be developed further. Good luck in developing the launcher!
[Fire TV General] mattspew:
Yeah, asking questions is bad... 🤦‍♂️

Moron.
[Fire TV General] sasha900:
Are you still here ??? I thought you were looking for a replacement on the Google Play Store. 😆🖕😛🤣
[Fire TV General] jaibubwan:
Thanks for response. I understand your answer. Please continue development, because many people use Wolf Launcher on both Shield and Amazon devices. We need you!

The "I'll uninstall and go to the play store" part is what came off as offensive. He was hesitating to respond because he'd have to remember all the constant changes he'd made in updates - and correctly told you to decompile the apk (or hire someone to do so).

Please have some common-sense. Many Shield users have network monitoring enabled and can detect suspicious activities. That's how Google's ad-serving URL was discovered by the community. If Wolf Launcher was doing something bad, someone would have noticed by this time & gotten a bazillion upvotes on Reddit for posting about it.

And if you didn't notice, pretty much all the launchers on play store have been abandoned by their developers. Far as I know, this is one of two that's actively developed. The work @SweenWolf is doing here to over-come Amazon's censorship will benefit us - if Google attempts to impose that on the Shield.

So in-between passive-aggressively accusing him of stuff - say thank you for being one of the few who is keeping alternate launchers ALIVE.
[Fire TV General] Finnzz:
The whole line of questioning seems absurd.

Starting with the old, 'people are saying' and 'I'm just asking questions'. And then being offended by not getting a happy friendly reply, to what you are insinuating.

If you don't trust the developer of the app+mod to not add malware, why would you trust him to tell you if there is malware? The logic there is rediculous. If you don't trust the developer, investigate the app yourself. If that's beyond your capability, don't install it and move on.

I see a couple comments on Reddit asking why Google services was removed (including from the person complaining here), apparently oblivious to the fact that they are in the FireTV section of XDA and that FireOS doesn't have the Google Play Store.

Some simple reading of this thread and one can see that this app+mod was developed for FireTV devices. As it's become more popular AndroidTV users have asked for modifications to use it for their devices.

It's one thing to be cautious and another thing to passive aggressively accuse someone of something with zero evidence.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Try Launcher Manager Ultimate (1.0.8)

It has some fixes.

I previously added the note because some people were getting bootloops (which is now fixed)

Follow these steps and don't do anything else.

Install any Custom Launcher First (mandatory)

Open LMU

Click on Enable Custom Launcher

Wait few Seconds and do not press any button on the remote or do anything which should close the app.

when it says LMU (No custom launcher selected) go to "Change Custom Launcher" in Launcher Option

wait few seconds until it loads the list of installed apps.

select any app to work as a launcher and click save.

(Additional Steps) go to "Disabled Apps" in Launcher Options

and note the packages (keep it safe), ensure that there are no "Android" or "Android System" in the list, if there is Press Disable custom launcher (It is fixed in this version but check just to be sure)

Press Home.
[Fire TV General] AlexRuEkb:
Hi!

how to add a widget on launcher version 0.1.9?
[Fire TV General] Nathaniel9:
Since the last Fire OS and system component update, the Fire TV starts up faster again. Before the Fire TV logo pulsed 25 times and now only 6 times.

Tested on a Fire TV Stick 4K with Launcher Manager 1.0.9 installed.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
If you are using mantis that it doesn't support it officially (maybe need tweeks to the OS) but on any other os just give it proper permissions and just add the widgets.
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Thanks for the information, i hope it will solve problems for many users.
[Fire TV General] Michael Westen:
"6.2.8.0 with patched Accessibility"

How you do that?
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
Thats for rooted FireTV

https://xdaforums.com/t/fire-tv-stick-4k-6-2-8-1-old-ui-mod-port.4298357/post-85279829

You'll have to replace this file but in order to do that you need root. And this was patched for 6.2.8.0 only, using this patch on other version will result in a bootloop
[Fire TV General] lskn160:
Sorry to bother you, when are you roughly planning to release the update?
[Fire TV General] Michael Westen:
I think I'm unable to root since I went and let it update to 6.2.8.0 straight away after unboxing and hooking it up. Should'a read the threads first... bummer

On the plus side, Wolf's launcher rig works pretty well as is. Cheers to that.
[Fire TV General] cannondale0815:
The latest 0.1.9 version now shows a rectangle over the selected app icons when you scroll left/right/up/down. As all my icons are rounded, the rectangle looks out of place.

Any way to turn that off? I don't remember seeing that in the older version.
[Fire TV General] Finnzz:
Yea, I think that was added on 0.1.9

I also use rounded icons. It would probably look better if we could make the outline rounding match the icon rounding. Or just an option to turn it off I guess.
[Fire TV General] Michael Westen:
As long as we're proposing improvements, here's one I'd appreciate....having the ability to set a default launcher tile shape and color for all apps in batch. As it is now you have to go and configure each one individually which is time consuming especially if you have a lot of apps.
[Fire TV General] b-b-lee:
Hi, I just wanted to say thanks for the great job!

I bought a Fire TV Cube 2nd Gen a week ago and I was shocked by how much useless advertising was there in the original launcher and by the fact that there so little space available for your own apps to be displayed/arranged.

Your launcher is amazing, works perfectly on the latest OS and I think I will be using it from now on!

I'm just missing a little peace of info I couldn't find reading all this thread and online; is there a way to quickly access the original launcher from Wolf Launcher (just like you can reach Wolf Launcher from the stock launcher running the wolf launcher app icon)? I love to operate hand free searches asking to Alexa and I want to dive into Alexa Skill development, but the results are presented only on the original launcher, so I was wondering if there could be an icon link (or a buttons shortcut) to temporarly access the stock launcher to get those results without resetting the launcher via Launch Manager.

Thanks again for the amazing job!
[Fire TV General] Surghikov:
@SweenWolf

It would be great if you didn't stop modifying this launcher.
[Fire TV General] Finnzz:
I believe that the Launcher Manager actually disables the default launcher or service it relies on, and that's why you can't have a link to jump to it. The link would have to re-enable the stock launcher (which is what the Launcher Manager does).

You can see this with these links, that link to different areas of the stock launcher. After the Launcher Manager enables the Wolf Launcher (disables Amazon launcher), the links no longer work.

Introducing my new Loader Shortcut Apps for Fire TV devices — Load key parts of the Fire TV more quickly and easily

I'm excited to announce the release of my newest Fire TV apps, which I'm calling Loader Shortcut Apps. While these new apps are very simple in their functionality, they will hopefully help Fire TV owners save a lot of time in the long run by helping you access frequently visited areas of the...

www.aftvnews.com

I have a question for you too. I also have a 2nd gen Cube that I still have on FireOS 7.2.2.9 FireTV Home version 6241048.1 (pre new UI). I had heard that after the UI update there was a longer boot time (20-30sec more). I'm wondering if that is still present. How long does your Cube take to reboot and what FireOS version are you on?
[Fire TV General] krsmit0:
Is there a download link for the latest Wold Launcher? I can't find anything anywhere.
[Fire TV General] sasha900:
Wolf_0.1.9. apk ATV_Mod_0.1.9.apk - Google Drive

drive.google.com
[Fire TV General] MrTooPhone:
I was going to tell you to look at the OP, but I see those links were removed. I see @sasha900 provided an alternative link.
[Fire TV General] srsryan:
Do I need to get both the regular and Pro version in the drive, along with the remote adb shell?

Do I need to get both the regular and Pro version in the drive, along with the remote adb shell?
[Fire TV General] krsmit0:
i spent an hour looking for it. looked up and down the first page several times.
[Fire TV General] MrTooPhone:
I do not have the pro version. Just using the Wolf Manager 1.0.9 and Wolf Launcher 0.1.9. No issues. Works great!
[Fire TV General] srsryan:
@SweenWolf is there a download link for the Wolf Launcher?
[Fire TV General] minimeh:
The apk file provided, "Wolf Launcher_0.1.9.apk", in the link is different from the one I downloaded from the OP here (before it was removed). A cursory examination shows that AndroidManifest.xml and resources.arsc are different. META-INF has a different MANIFEST.MF and different security certificates. There are also multiple differences in the res folder.
[Fire TV General] lskn160:
Файл из Облака Mail.ru

Облако Mail.ru - это ваше персональное надежное хранилище в интернете.

cloud.mail.ru
[Fire TV General] Michael Westen:
I uploaded them after I downloaded them from here

Launcher Manager (FOS) - 1.0.9

1.96 MB file on MEGA

mega.nz

Wolf Launcher 0.1.9

3.12 MB file on MEGA

mega.nz
[Fire TV General] minimeh:
The "Wolf Launcher 0.1.9.apk" matches what I have. (y)

The MD5 hash of Wolf Launcher_0.1.9-Wolf.apk is

70597fb37712c7ea824adedb35f0a761

Folks should check that whatever they download as being "Wolf Launcher 0.1.9.apk" matches that.

IDK about the "Launcher Manager (FOS) - 1.0.9" because I never grabbed that one.
[Fire TV General] Michael Westen:
Wolf Launcher is based on ATV Launcher Pro (v0.1.5). Wolf Launcher itself, as far as I know, is simply released as 'Wolf Launcher', not 'Wolf Launcher Pro'.
[Fire TV General] Alekos:
I'm hoping SweenWolf can temporarily add the original files back to the op.

We appreciate everything you have done the past few years Sween - you are truly an amazing dev!
[Fire TV General] minimeh:
Speaking of, did @SweenWolf take down the OP with the links or did a forum administrator? I know @SweenWolf took a lot of heat for "pirating" the original code, even though the original code was abandoned by the developer, @SweenWolf didn't ask for money for his efforts, he actively supported his work, and he readily acknowledged the original code that his work is based on. Not your typical pirate operation.

This is why we can't have nice things.
[Fire TV General] Alekos:
I agree with everything you just said. I am not sure who took down the files. It was either an Admin or SweenWolf. He really changed the way we use our streaming devices. I have so much respect for him!
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
I had a chat with a forum mod, so i will not post anymore launcher, about everything else, i will update them if i have something to update.

Right now I'm doing my own things, but previously i was busy patching OS of Firestick 4k.

And we were able to successfully enable widget support on that device and reenable Accessibility. Unfortunately thats only for Rooted Sticks
[Fire TV General] lskn160:
I apologize for possible errors in the text. I use a translator because my native language is Russian. Didn't understand your message. Will there be no more launcher updates?
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
больше нет обновлений
[Fire TV General] lskn160:
Very sorry. In any case, thank you so much for the work done.
[Fire TV General] HoreaM:
Hi SweenWolf,

Thank you for the app, it worked perfectly until a few days ago. I'm thinking it got updated again and that's why it stopped working. Could you please upload the newer version? Do you have any tips to keep the app updated while having custom launcher and rooted firTV stick? Thank you!
[Fire TV General] SweenWolf:
So here's the issue, the app did get updated, and the previous version of the app started crashing on the profile loading screen actually. I will upload the newer one but i doubt it will work because of the TEE, but it may work.

My stick is also rooted and i do have the latest version of the app as well as latest TZ installed.

If you do have a rooted Firestick 4k then you can follow this thread, this will patch your OTA both on OOBE and the System (means it will block the system update, and will not force you any)

It will fix Accessibility, so you can use FireTV Settings instead of Launcher Manager (You can have both stock and custom launcher installed like older times, with app store and everything working, except Peacock TV which i think doesn't work for you as you are already rooted)

And you can also have access to AppWidgets on your stick, this fixes this also.