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[Android Apps and Games] timekeeper:
You are a beast! Love the addition of the new features including channels in the latest release.

I’m curious, it possible to get some sort of ‘quick connect’ row for Bluetooth devices like wireless headphones that have been paired before?

The default android tv way is to go into Settings -> Remote Accessories etc. which is pretty user unfriendly but that’s google for you.
[Android Apps and Games] millercentral:
This is fantastic, thank you for your work on it. I upgraded to premium within 10mins.

A couple of suggestions/feature requests:

1. It would be great if there was an option to make it so you had to Press and Hold Left to expose the section names on the left side. Personally I only find the need for these while configuring the layout.

2. It would be nice if on first launch the active selection was centered on the first icon of the first row (favorites in my case). Right now I think it starts on the setting gear in the upper right which can cause confusion.

3. It seems like there are some lingering issues with multi-row and medium sized icons. I can’t get more than 2 rows in this setting and changing the size to medium can cause layout/rendering issues. (I am running on Shield TV Pro 2019)

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] pwborders:
This is IMHO the best home screen launcher for Android TV. Works great on my Nvidia Shield Pro.

This latest version is especially nice, just paid for the premium to help support continued development.

Only real issue I have, and a few others have mentioned, is the latest version totally reset all configuration I had done. Possibly you changed the way settings are stored or it just overwrote the configuration since there are so many new options.

What would be really nice is a way to backup the configuration to local storage, and restore it. Since you would have total control over restoration you could map the old settings to the new one as needed and that would handle changes to the base configuration file format. Save the backup in something easily parsed like xml.

Either way the best I have found and great support, please keep it up for all of us.

Peter B.
[Android Apps and Games] GeniusCode:
Amazing how much time has passed since the first use of this fantastic app

I started years ago with release 3.00 on my MiProjA1 (rainman)

Up until about early December everything worked perfectly and I never thought about updating the app or anything

I was quietly using the google home to access the apps

then one day I came across the app update in this new thread and plucked up my courage

after an initial impact with some things that no longer worked as before (for example, the log press of the Home button no longer gave me the list of open apps) I got used to it and for about ten days everything went well

then all of a sudden I found myself turning on the projector and finding that google had done an update (but it should have been disabled!)

a lot has happened since that day, i tried reinstalling the app, updating magisk, disabling stock apps again and more

in principle the system, even if not as before, worked and I didn't worry too much

then today something changed again but this time the projector is unusable for me

after a few seconds it turns on if I leave an hdmi cable plugged in the screen goes black and there is no way to get out of it

i tried all the combos i could think of I changed hdmi cables but the result is always the same

I tried to set Projectivy Launcher as default it actually starts instead of google but the result doesn't change

if I connect an HDMI (whether it's the pc or chromecast or the console) it ends up with the black screen

it seems that the projector works even with the black screen because if I press the off button it goes into shutdown regularly

as with no HDMI connected I'm able to access settings before going down the road of a full reset I'd hope for some suggestions

Thank you
[Android Apps and Games] lmandroid:
I've got a Sony TV and with this launcher installed, I am unable to long press the volume. Is there a way to fix that?
[Android Apps and Games] auldthief:
Absolutely love what you did! This is now default on all my TVs and set top boxes! Now getting greedy and asking for live wallpaper support! Would love to see the earth 3d wallpaper on my TV!
[Android Apps and Games] robc3d:
Great on the Nvidia shield. Couple feature additions would be great.

1. Let us use more of the space at the top. 50 percent of the screen is just wallpaper, would be nice to move the rows up to fill the gap.

2. It would be great to use the shield's shortcuts like long pressing the back button to bring up the Android settings menu, and double pressing the home button to bring up the app switcher.

3. An option to wrap the rows instead of scrolling infinitely.

An issue I saw today, I was going to try and buy the premium version and the continue button wouldn't take me to the play store for some reason. Other than that great stuff all around, probably gonna be my default launcher on all my devices going forward.
[Android Apps and Games] whybepaul:
We have Onn TV boxes and the same happened to us. @spocky12 is this expected behavior?
[Android Apps and Games] brackenhill_mob:
Isn't that available for you in the new version? Is for me on NVidia Shield 2017.
[Android Apps and Games] brackenhill_mob:
That's available and working for me in the new version on NVidia Shield 2017.
[Android Apps and Games] Codename_Falcon:
+1 for this request
[Android Apps and Games] Codename_Falcon:
How exactly do you configure a live wallpaper?
[Android Apps and Games] Justice Forever:
Icon packs cam you apply? Many ask for a launcher?
[Android Apps and Games] obvious:
This is awesome. Thanks @spocky12 - I'll checkout premium. On Fire Stick 4K max, updates are blocked and I've been using wolf but projectivy wins. Anyway, art first glance I'm not seeing how to enable accessibility. Any tips? Perhaps "Launcher manager" has hijacked the settings.
[Android Apps and Games] brackenhill_mob:
Maybe I misunderstood what the original poster meant by "live wallpaper support". I was thinking of the option to use the live wallpapers from Reddit which is an option in the app
[Android Apps and Games] its_dxman:
Thanks for all your hard work @spocky12 . I discovered this app earlier today and installed v4.22 on my 2017 Nvidia Shield TV (non-root) via the Play Store. Everything is mostly working great, however I'm running into one pretty significant issue:

Most of the time, the majority of my app icons are not appearing. I can navigate all of the menus, launch apps, etc. but each app is just a blank space with the app name below it. I have tried rebooting the Shield and that causes some of the icons to load initially, but they disappear again after a minute or two of use. I am mostly still on the default settings. The only things I've changed so far were the visibility and ordering of some of the categories/channels.

I'm happy to provide any additional relevant information. I'm fairly tech savvy and poked around in the Shield's files to see if there were any error logs, but if they are present, I am not sure where they are.

Thanks for your time!
[Android Apps and Games] choppadeee:
Please could you add changing of icons and names of apps i bought premium thinking i would be able to do so.. either way, well worth supporting absolutley best launcher available

And the fact it supports nextv wow

Take my money

Ccwgtv

Ps tldr

Which file manager can i use
[Android Apps and Games] its_dxman:
Got it, thanks. I've already got ADB set up, so no problem there. I'm not running anything that should be eating up much memory, but I will investigate. If I discover anything in the logs, I will let you know.
[Android Apps and Games] Peat1980:
Regarding notifications:

My main device is also a shield tv. It's almost never showing notifications if i press home no matter what app (NewPipe, SmartTubeNext, Open Radio, KODI, etc.) but if the launcher is somehow refreshed / reloaded while something is playing in background notifications then show for every app.
[Android Apps and Games] Peat1980:
Regarding visually disappearing icons:

Steps to reproduce:

Set your categories as multi row,

Highlight different things on each row,

and then change the rows a few times.

Sooner or later some icons will disappear.

It seems like the row acts like single row and hides some items as if they were slided off the screen.

Attached is a video demonstrating this behaviour.
[Android Apps and Games] Peat1980:
Also would it be possible for a future version to have an option to close an app in the app long press menu? Maybe instead of the "open" entry?

I ask because i have to force close KODI often cause it tends to freeze sometimes. 🤣

Still, besides those little issues, projectivity is awesome and a joy to use. 😎👌
[Android Apps and Games] DoctorBRR:
@spocky12, thank you very much for the excellent work! (y)

Undoubtedly the best home screen I've ever tested on my Xiaomi Mi Box and Mecool Kd3 Google TV Stick. :)

To be perfect just missing:

Reduce the space between the first row and the top of the screen, so that more content (other rows) is visible (as in the first image);

Go to the first shortcut on the first row on the home screen when the "Home" button of the remote control is pressed. Currently (with version 4.2.2) nothing happens when using the button;

The size of the watch could be a little smaller (as in the first image).
[Android Apps and Games] sdcollins47:
Great Launcher!! Only issue I'm having is locating where to unhide apps.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Android Apps and Games] brackenhill_mob:
In the main row/block which listed all the apps when you first install ProjectIvy. At work so can't tell you what that row was called
[Android Apps and Games] sdcollins47:
Thanks but I never could figure it out. Just cleared the data and started over. Lol! I did succeed in getting done though.
[Android Apps and Games] Peat1980:
You just have to press left on the tv apps row and navigate to the gear logo, press ok then scroll down and choose the hidden item(s) you want to unhide. Thats it. 😀👌
[Android Apps and Games] stevevalo:
I have the WEMAX One rooted and cannot update any apps via the Play Store - when I click on update they just show Pending... and never progress to downloading or installing.

Can any advise on how to fix this issue.

Long version - WEMAX One rooted from the beginning, using Projectivy launcher since it was released. Up to version 4.02 I could not even launch the play store, it would just never work, no matter what I tried. I had version 4.21 installed for a couple of weeks and it was the same story, click play store and nothing happened or I got a login screen which did not work.

The other day I powered the WEMAX on and left the room for a couple of minutes, when I came back the screen was a set-up screen for android, this I thought was strange, anyway I followed the steps entered google username etc etc and the WEMAX started as normal. I thought I would try the play store and it worked, but nothing updates or installs.

Any advise please.
[Android Apps and Games] djdrumz:
Is there anyway to make a backup of the the settings for this launcher?
[Android Apps and Games] spocky12:
Thanks for the bug report. It should be fixed in next release.

Thanks again. It seems to happen only on categories defined as multirow while having only one row.

It happens on the framework, but I thing I managed to implement a workaround. Hopefully it didn't break anythign else ;)

Only system app can kill other processes. For your needs, just go to "App settings". There you will have the force close option.

I've been able to restore the 1st icon selection on launch despite the bug in the framework.

Regards your 2 other requests, I added them on my todo list.

I believe you need to activate the accessibility service and use the Override Custom props (on old MiTv systems, Xiaomi added checks for prevent the google services from working).

Not yet, but its planned for a future release.
[Android Apps and Games] rustemcaushi:
Very impressive application, the native launcher is an ads hub, recommend buying premium! Good job to the team

I love the parental control feature, through the arrow combination especially with kids nowadays.

I have a few questions:

1. Is there any way to back up the configuration of the application I have multiple devices and I need the same settings.

2. is there any way to password-protect also "settings" of the application?

3. anyway to recover the forgotten password (arrow combination)?
[Android Apps and Games] cbarber@calibrescientific:
Hey,

Just purchased premium! to support the development. only one thing missing for me, otherwise an excellent alternative to stock.

The ability to change the clock size / and 12/24hrs time format. - I did look to see if this was set on a global level before posting. but doesn't look like it is.

Thanks again for the continued work!
[Android Apps and Games] spocky12:
1. Not yet

2. Every action available as a card can be protected by parental control ("Projectivy Launcher Settings" makes no exception). But there's a bug on the current version that bypasses the parental control check if you launch this action from the right handside menu. I've just fixed it. Despite not being the most practical (you need to protect each "setting" entry one by one), this should cover most of your needs (yet, card/category management wouldn't be protected). I'll think of a more global feature in a future version.

3. That's on my todo list. I still haven't found the best approach : a universal reset code would be easily found on internet and then protection wouldn't be so useful. Any idea ?

Thanks for your support!

Clock size is definitely planned soon.

Regarding the clock time format, Projectivy doesn't manage it at all : it requests the clock from the OS and globally listens to OS-wide changes. This means that changing the clock (time, format, timezone...) in stock Android settings should be immediately reflected in Projectivy (it seems to be working fine on all the devices I've tested so far).
[Android Apps and Games] lvdoan:
Share the same ideas/suggestions to perfect the app. Both "Back" and "Home" buttons should be used to go to the first shortcut on the first row on the home screen. Multirow of each Category is very useful, it woulbe even better if the number of apps/shortcuts can be set for each row or category.
[Android Apps and Games] lvdoan:
Ya, it would be nice to move the rows up to fill the gap on upper part of the home screen.
[Android Apps and Games] rustemcaushi:
I will get the pro version anyway love the app.
[Android Apps and Games] rustemcaushi:
Thank you for your reply very much appreciated.

Regarding the recovery could be a screenshot of the arrow combination or something like "<^>v " to the account on the google play store (most the users will install through play store and the account is alredy configured )
[Android Apps and Games] cbarber@calibrescientific:
Thanks! - you are of course right it's global ignore me! away to default the application rows to the default start position could be useful too! and please add STube support for Watch next! that could be awesome - if it's possible.

One thing bug maybe? I noted was on my Sony Bravia with Google TV - if I search for a custom wallpaper it will not do this says no application found or something, on Wolf/ATV launcher this worked and found the android / google TV file manager browser.

Thanks again! keep it up!
[Android Apps and Games] Peat1980:
Just install a file manager and it should work.

For example i'm using MixPlorer on my bravia tv and that works fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Warnahly:
Hello everyone,

Today marks the 1 year anniversary of my S21 Ultra, thus, my warranty ended. That being said I'm thinking about rooting my phone now. But I do have some questions beforehand. I know that you'll lose access to Samsung health, Samsung pay/pass, and Secure folder for good. But will I be able to use applications like local Banking applications? And is there any other risks that I'm not aware of?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] mookiexl:
Not worth the time for workarounds and patches to make things work or losing HD streaming on nearly all paid streaming service. Wavelet is an excellent non-root alternative to V4A. As a former flash a holic goodlock has been more than sufficient for my needs. On top of that you will lose that awesome trade in value Sammy tends to give to customers. Rooting always comes with a risk as one mishap may result in a bricked device. That's my two cents.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Francoisdprob:
Perfect answer. s21u rom development has been slow compared to my previous devices as well
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Warnahly:
Wait, I'll lose HD streaming on paid streaming services wth? lmao, that's new. Other than the trading issue which I really don't need since my device actually has a screen crack, they won't give me a lot even if I wanted to trade., is there really anything else?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] burnxtc:
Agreed on this as well. This is the first Android I've owned since the Razr Maxx that I have not rooted. Before this phone, I found root to be absolutely necessary. With this phone plus the automated scripting provided by ADB Appcontrol and added Samsung customizability, I am 95% happy with my unrooted root-like abilities and 1000% happy with the device itself.

What I miss: abilities within Titanium such as full backups/snapshots/XML backups & freezing background apps from within the device. The ability to skip entitlement check from Verizon when I'm (legally) tethering.

I've chosen to live without this. When you cross over into unlocked BL, there is no going back. That alone could be horribly disappointing when you're paid such a premium and gotten used to such a kick ass device like the s21 Ultra. Doing this & experiencing highly diminished returns is one of those decisions that sounds like it'll create great regret.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] mookiexl:
Yes titanium and swift back-up truly have no alternative. As far as freezing the abundance of system apps, Shizuku with Icebox does the exact same thing and only require a few initial ADB commands to set up. Just by all means don't freeze Device services (com.samsung.android.kgclient)

https://shizuku.rikka.app/apps/
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] GeeAyeZee:
I rooted my S21 ultra at the start out of force of habit. I ended up locking the bootloader again and putting it back to normal. There just wasn't enough gains to warrant keeping it like that. And Viper audio doesn't work properly with the latest OS anyway.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] blackhawk:
Hopefully Samsung will remember what a Note is, to include a nested spen on the right side, that's there's plenty of room for the SD card too, to tone down the scoped storage nightmare and a big fat battery isn't the same as efficiency... maybe on the next generation (unlikely) flagship release.

If that happens you will want to recover as much from the trade in as possible for this beautiful phone.

Rooting can't solve it's core issues...
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] jameslapc2:
Kind of unrelated to root, but I'm happy to hear about a competent alternative to Viper. It's always been that one thing that's been missing for me since I got off my rooted Note 8 years ago.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] mpore14:
Personally would only consider root when they stop the security updates. OS is still revolving and updating. The first answer on this post is spot on.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] blackhawk:
Anything from Pie up is reasonably secure if you don't do stupid things.

This stock N10+ is still running on Pie and this load will be 2 yo this June. Security simply hasn't been an issue. I disable wifi, watch what I install, hawk the download folder, use Karma Firewall, Brave browser, no social media apps are installed and occasionally run malware scans. It's a very drama free load, that's fast, stable, requires minimal maintenance... and fulfills its mission.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] mpore14:
I can see the future of my S21U on your comment haha
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] burnxtc:
Well said, as usual.

I operate nearly identically. Whenever people send me screenshots of gifs etc. I'm always voyeuristically looking at their status bars then I nag them like a neurotic stepmother - "dude what's with all those background processes" "is that an xbox icon? you don't own an xbox" "do you want me to tell you how to disable 'network notification?'" "how many friggin bt devices do you own for pete's sake" "snapchat? what are you turning into?"
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] blackhawk:
People make a mess of their phones then wonder why they're slow, eat battery and have malware issues. Those same people then blame the phone manufacturer when the junk they installed is far worse than the factory bloatware.

They just don't get it... and their homepage looks like a Tokyo billboard🤣
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] AsAnine63:
I LOVE Titanium Backup!

Just purchased my first NEW phone (usually wait and get renewed or version 1 version down fro the latest) S22 Ultra. Fine... But I keep hearing in the back of my mind, "TITANIUM BACKUP"!
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] burnxtc:
Just installed both Shizuku & Icebox and it's functioning as it should. Thanks for the tip!
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] GeeAyeZee:
i had wavelet on my S21 Ultra, to me its neither here nor there if i have it or not. Definitely nowhere near the gains from V4A but anyway...
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] RangerKevin2:
I'm on CVC4 build, rooted with the BKLYN kernel v1.2.6 (permissive). Everything work fine, VIPER INCLUDED. I used some tweaks to pass safetynet with original fingerprint and device model. I'm now able to use Samsung Health. I also installed a module to disable thermal throttling.

I decided to broke the knox warranty bit after 1 year (i have 2 years warranty) and i don't regret it :)

- S21 Ultra Exynos (G998B)View attachment 5604871
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] cd993:
Sorry for the slight off topic, though I'll be receiving my device this week and so wonder if you could let me know which viper (and any other necessary steps) to get it working? Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] RangerKevin2:
@cd993 Of course !

once your phone is rooted, you have to flash the BKLYN kernel (credit: @bklyn_syed). See the attachment.

This one has a permissive SELinux, Viper doesn't work on enforcing ones.

WARNING: if your s21 is not the p3s model, don't flash it ! To find out which model you have, download aida64 and go to system/device. You also need to FORMAT (not wipe) the data partition from TWRP after flashing the kernel before rebooting. You'll just end up with a bootloop if you don't

Once done, Download viper v2.7.2.1 from attachment. Launch it and click on ok (driver installation) after the reboot, enable Legacy mode (not compatibility mode) in Viper settings. Enjoy !

Before you root your s21u, i recommend you to downgrade it to CVC4. (It's just a recommendation)

Btw, i understood what you meant in your topic, i was just "making an ad" for my phone to show you that it's worth it to root your s21u. Sorry for the confusion !
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] cd993:
Thanks very much for this!!
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] dr.ketan:
That's wrong info. Viper audio works perfectly with stock enforcing kernel
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] RangerKevin2:
Mmh... I installed Viper on 8 different phones, i never managed to get it working on any of them with enforcing kernels.

Permissive always worked for me.

We don't always have to flash custom kernels. 'setenforce 0' is enough

In this case, the stock S21 kernel don't support permissive. And of course, Viper doesn't work at all ! A custom kernel is thus required
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] dr.ketan:
Currently I am using Viper on Note9, Note10, Note20, S21 ultra and S22 ultra exynos with stock kernel without touching setenforce.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] kittipot1:
May I ask which magisk module you use to prevent thermal throttling?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] RangerKevin2:
Here it is, Enjoy !

Warning: ONLY FOR EXYNOS !

Credit to @Star56IQ