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[Android Apps and Games] spocky12:
When I turn on my shield after it's been in standby mode, it always shows the last app that was on screen before it's been turned off. Don't know why it doesn't behave the same on your device.

If you want a perfectly consistent behavior, you have to make Projectivy the "real" android tv launcher by disabling the stock one (until one day, Google allows changing officially the Android Tv Launcher).

I focused on other things for the upcoming release. It should come with the next one.

This is probably one of these manufacturers specific bug. The accessibility workaround to intercept the home button press is really dependent on how the manufacturer customized low level code in Android Tv. It works fine on all my devices (except FireTv where Amazon does all it can to prevent such things), but unless I can experiment on a device like yours, I probably won't be able to find another workaround.

I rewrote many things in the category management. This might be fixed in the next release.

Are you sure you didn't checked the automatic device power off (with a small timeout) in the power settings ?

I believe the specific code in this custom build was added in official 18.6 (and then totally removed in 19 onwards)

adb shell settings put secure enabled_accessibility_services com.spocky.projengmenu/com.spocky.projengmenu.services.ProjectivyAccessibilityService

But I think I read that Amazon patched its OS to also prevent this on recent releases (not sure it affectes all FireTvs though)

The next release will allow folder selection for wallpapers, which hopefully will fix your issue.
[Android Apps and Games] skadoooosh:
Thank you.

I'm unsure if this other issue I've encountered when trying to pick my own wallpaper via 'Pick image' is related or not. But I receive a 'No application can handle this action' when I try to select 'Pick Image'.

Would the new release fix this issue too?
[Android Apps and Games] Fefeshamu:
This is really a great launcher, I love it but I have problems with it, some might have been reported before.

First, long pressing volume button doesn't work and I have to press the button to increase or decrease the sound one by one.

Second, I have more than 10 apps installed and the only one that doesn't work with this launcher is Paramountplus, if I reinstall paramountplus I can log in for first use, but can't use it anymore once I leave the app, it just keeps loading.

(Xiaomi Stick 4k)
[Android Apps and Games] eXeToR:
That isn't an issue install a file manager and you're good to go.

That was happening on some devices when the accessibility service was on, make sure the default launcher is disabled properly (through adb if possible). I've got no clue about the Paramount+ app.
[Android Apps and Games] spocky12:
Last minute bug that only appears when the app is compiled as release 😒.

Can someone ask mother nature to postpone spring ?
[Android Apps and Games] spocky12:
Spring has finally sprung! 🌸

I've been burning the midnight oil on this one, folks.

A major spotlight this time is on wallpapers. I’ve given the wallpaper manager a complete makeover, now packed with cool new features like Lottie animations. Ever fancied watching your garden grow in real-time while you’re sprawled on the couch, munching on chips? Thanks to support for video wallpapers (yes, RTSP is included), now you can! But here's the real cherry on top: plugin support. Hey devs, if you’re on the hunt for inspiration, how about tapping into fresh wallpaper sources (Bing, Unsplash...), diving into live HD cams, movie trailers, or even showcasing artist pics during "now playing" updates?

Next up: the UI. I’ve polished the main interface till it sparkles, introducing a host of customizable features that let you decide what stays and what goes.

And let’s not forget performance – my middle name (well, not really, but you get the gist). I've gone back to the drawing board, rewriting a ton in Kotlin (I hear you, “See you in 10 years for the Compose integration!” 😜). Expect things to be zippier and lighter on your device's memory.

Of course, what’s six months of hard work without a few surprise bugs popping up to say hello? I’ve been running the development version of Projectivy across all my screens, fingers crossed I haven’t missed anything too glaring. But as tradition dictates, I’m rolling this out to you tech wizards first. Let’s squash these bugs together, shall we? This might sound like the perfect definition for "beta phase", but rest assured, it’s way more stable than your average beta (my optimism knows no bounds, doesn't it?). I'm giving us a dozen of days to hunt down bugs and wrap up localization updates. Once we hit the sweet spot of 99% crash-free sessions, I'll bring it to the Play Store for another fun round of bug bingo – typically the rare or device-specific critters, paving the path to a new 4.5x version. Then, it’s nap time for me... or perhaps I'll finally catch up on any series released since October. Or, you know, check if my kids have grown taller.

Stay tuned for 4.6x, featuring icon pack support among other delights – and I promise, it won’t take another six months.

Enjoy, and let the adventure begin!
[Android Apps and Games] dctrbnsttr:
First of all, thanks for your continued work on this project.

I have tried to use version 4.5. I updated over the prior version. I then tried a clean install after deleting the old one. In both circumstances, I was plagued with the launcher crashing. It seemed to revolve around background issues. It didn't matter if I selected a folder or a single photo. After the launcher crashes, the background picture was not scaled to the screen.

I kept being asked to turn on accessibility.

Also, there are a number of new features listed on the github page, many of which I cannot find in the settings. Are some of these device specific and that's why the seem to be missing?

Cannot restore prior version settings in 4.50. I suppose that might be by plan.

I am back to using the prior version.

Nvidia Shield TV Pro
[Android Apps and Games] spocky12:
Identified, it's due to a modification I made yesterday 😅regarding user custom wallpaper. Give me a few hours.

Most settings listed on the changelog should be device agnostic. Which ones are missing ?
[Android Apps and Games] dctrbnsttr:
I will wait for the update! Can't, off the top of my head recall the missing settings. Will check them again when the new update arrives.
[Android Apps and Games] izao88:
There's no option to configure Selected Program. When configuring User defined wallpaper it also crashes back to homescreen.
[Android Apps and Games] spocky12:
4.51 is released ! As the 4.50 release was less than one day old, 4.51 replaced it totally (the changelog is at the bottom)

"Selected program" is not meant to be configured, it just displays as wallpaper the "poster art" for the currently focused card (which on my tests is pretty much always the same as the thumbnail displayed on the card)

Yeah, the crash is what was reported by @dctrbnsttr and is related to me rushing a last feature last night :)

1- yep, same bug mentionned before. Due to a wrong variable initialization (didn't see it as on my tests it was already set). Thanks for the call stack. Fixed

2- due to a bug in the framework throwing an exception when it tries to hide the left headers and they are disabled. It was probably there before this release in one way or another. Fixed

3- Thanks for the feedback, I've added this activity

4- Added a setting to change the container opacity
[Android Apps and Games] Thegreatcow:
New update is fantastic, glad I'm able to disable the the icon zoom when scrolling! And the colored outline is awesome.

One bug I have is, there is now a (white bookmark flag) on the left of every category Title. There isn't a way to disable it from setting that I can find.
[Android Apps and Games] spocky12:
This is supposed to be the category icon (it's the same than the one on the left headers). On custom categories, the icon is the bookmark flag, on channels, this is the app icon. I'll add an option to hide it.
[Android Apps and Games] Thegreatcow:
I appreciate it very much!
[Android Apps and Games] dctrbnsttr:
Sorry, but I am still having background issues. Picking a folder doesn't work. I don't think that the launcher crashes. The images aren't displayed. Picking a single image works at first. But, on restart of the launcher, the background is black.....
[Android Apps and Games] dewettie:
On v4.51

When you disable Sliding Rows for the TV Apps row, after a while you can't browse past the 3rd app banner then it jumps back to the first one.

If you hold in DPAD_RIGHT to go to the last app then it also jumps 3-4 times back until it goes back to the first app banner.
[Android Apps and Games] spocky12:
Don't be sorry ;) Unfortunately I can't reproduce it here yet : picking a folder (created on the internal storage) works on my shield pro and on my pixel 7. I noticed you have a Shield, which allows mounting remote drives. Is your folder on your network (I didn't test that) ?

Picking a single image is also working here (on the same devices). It's correctly restored even after killing Projectivy and starting it again. Are you using the image picker (that starts the file manager on the shield) or are you entering an external url ?

This has been reported already when using a higher dpi (https://github.com/spocky/miproja1/issues/38).

For now I can't reproduce, be it with standard dpi or higher dpi.

What's your device ?

Are you using standard dpi ?

The only time I've seen a similar problem was related to a touchscreen (on my smartphone). Are you using a touchscreen or maybe an airmouse (anything that doesn't just send repeated "left/right button presses") to scroll le list ?
[Android Apps and Games] jhedfors:
@spocky12 Awesome work!

Two questions regarding screensaver/background:

1) is it possible for your screensaver to override the current default "Ambient Mode"?

2) can the double back button command be made to trigger your screensaver or is there another shortcut to do that?

3)similar to Ambient Mode - it would be great to use the right and left buttons to move through backgrounds.
[Android Apps and Games] dctrbnsttr:
My images are on the Shield's storage and I am trying to access them thru the Projectivy launcher. But, even if I select the image in Solid Explorer and share it to Projectivy to use as a background the same thing happens.

I did upgrade to 4.51 over the 4.36 version. Is a clean install needed? When I tried the 4.50 version, it didn't matter whether I installed over the older version or did a clean install.

When using 4.36 (which I am back to using), I do have to use Solid explorer to share the background picture with Projectivy in order for the custom background to work.

Backgrounds from Reddit work. I would, however, like to use custom images. Could it be that my stored images are too large? They come in at approximately 5 mb each. Are they just not scaling correctly?
[Android Apps and Games] Peat1980:
Great update so far. 😀👌

I also have issues with backgrounds tough.

If i choose a video wallpaper from the mentioned site it says success but it shows only a black or grey backround until i reboot or force close and reopen projectivity. Then the video wallpaper works until i press menu.

Then projectivity falls back to a black background. 🧐

Using a simple wallpaper or a wallpaper folder seems to work fine.

I use a shield tv pro with projectivity set as default launcher via launcher manager.
[Android Apps and Games] Thegreatcow:
Issue Sent via GitHub
[Android Apps and Games] bleunetizen:
Hi,

I have accidentally upgraded my rainman with OTA (or maybe it was forced updated) and ended up in a reboot loop - it would restart the device and go into update screen, and failed to update. Next power cycle will bring to normal screen but then it would reboot after a minute or so of uptime, and repeats.

I've gone into factory recovery mode and restored factory default, then installed all the available OTA to make sure it won't auto update again (at least for a while) then realized that there was a newer version or ProjecTivy app.

I've then rooted it again as usual - updated to the latest magisk and installed.

When I installed Google apps from the launcher and reboot, the booting screen was still not changed to google circling logo and was still showing the Xiaomi human innovation or whatever blue image.

Anyways, while playing with the settings and etc, the screen went blank. I could hear the clicks when pressing buttons on the remote so it was not frozen but the display was no longer showing up. I think this happened when I was changing display profiles.

Having no luck to get the screen back after reboot etc, I've decided to restore back to factory default and start all over.

This time I was paying more attention on what was going on. Before installing the Custom props override, I was not able to change display profiles settings as they were all greyed out. After installing the custom props ovrride and reboot, the the screen goes blank as soon as I go into a profile settings screen. I press back button and it gives me my screen back. I think what I did before to lock me out was that I probably pressed some other buttons when the screen went blank and I was not able to go back to the place where I had to press back to come back out of the display profile settings.

For now I am not using the display settigns in the app and have not installed the Google services as I am afraid of breaking something again, just changing display settings from default Xiaomi settings screen.

Anyways, just wondering if anyone had similar experience or know a way to fix this - I loved the ability to have multiple profiles with the pro version I was using :)

Thanks,
[Android Apps and Games] shamitsingh:
Below is VAVA Chroma in Factory Test Mode. Unable to exit this mode.

The Mobile App is "Projector TEST" which brings up "Engineering Menu"...

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] DarthRidar:
Can HDMI4 be added?
[Android Apps and Games] darkkatarsis:
@spocky12 Is it possible to add option for a rooted projector to go into sleep mode (visible in the network) and be able to communicate with it over ADB? Now, after turning it off, it returns that it is "unavailable". These are the limitations of the old android version or are you able to improve something here? Second question, it possible to add mqtt support for premium users with information about hdmi port, app, volume?
[Android Apps and Games] nyunyu:
Hi @spocky12 , tried reinstalling a few time unfortunately I can't sign into google still.
[Android Apps and Games] SierraWhiskyGolf:
Hey @spocky12 ,

I'm afraid this is the wrong thread, but I will ask anyway.

I've got the batman 4k projector, fully customized with root, Google etc.

I tried to install the "Vanced Manager".apk via my USB Stick and the installation worked. But when I start the Manager, Superuser rights can not be granted... And I am not able to continue in the app, and install the Vanced YouTube player....

When I look into this magisk app to grant Superuser rights manually, it doesn't work 😕😕😕

Do you, or any other user here, solved the problem or knows how to solve it?

Thanks for your help
[Android Apps and Games] kinixtr:
Hi @spocky12 ,

First of all, thanks for that awesome launcher. 👍

I will ask the same question. I am using TCL C735 which has 4 HDMI ports. It would be awesome if you could add HDMI4 into the list.
[Android Apps and Games] chbv:
Hi,

I have a xiaomi 1s 4K since december 2020, rooted it a that time and enjoyed during more that 18 months a perfect projector. Suddenly, a couple a weeks ago, the projector asked to shut down very quickly after startup. I reseted it to factory settings, updated it to the latest, and applied the root + projectivy again. All fine during something like two week, then it restarted again with shutdown. Factory reset again and no more shutdown at the time. I will try to let it run like this for a couple of days to see further behaviour.

Any idea on what could be the cause of this ? I have no issues like white lines and other xioami usual issues ?

What shall I do.

Thank you for any advice.

Christophe
[Android Apps and Games] spocky12:
Hi,

Small update on this project : I'm still working actively on it. No ETA, but next release is on tracks and should be released next month.

Could you please PM me this Tasker version ? I'm currently displaying only one icon per APK installed, selecting what should be the "main" app only. Hopefully this will help me fix this behaviour.

Thanks, I'm working on an alternate way enable it.

The best way to do it would probably be through button remapper. If I add this option, I fear people might get locked out of the app without any mean to disable it.

I've checked the "factory test" app I have from an old dump of a previous vava projector. I don't see any specific code locking the user in "factory mode". This code might have been added in a more recent app version. If you have a full Chroma firmware or if you can send me this apk, I'll have a look at it.

Do you know if this behaviour was also present of previous versions of Projectivy ? I'll try to test on my rainman when I have time. What happens is that Projectivy reads the image settings from the projector and applies it to the new profile. Then when you enter the edit profile screen, it applies this profile so that you can see the effects in realtime. Don't know why this would produce a black screen on your device.

What's your firmware version ?

Done. It'll be available in next release.

Unfortunately I can't change the low level system behaviour :(

Regarding mqtt, I'll see what I can do. Adding interconnections and home automation is definitely on my todo list.

Sorry, I'm not able to reproduce this problem here.

Do you have root in other apps ?

Apart from a hardware issue (that I think we can exclude), the only reason I see for power off is if you don't touch anything since boot (exemple : you boot automaticaly to HDMI and the use the remote control of your external box, without ever using the xiaomi remote control). Is that related to your issue ?
[Android Apps and Games] chbv:
Thank you for your post. I think this is not related since I have my box is connected the same way, that is box - AMP - Projector. On the stock version, no issue with shutdowns, but when I have rooted it, unistalled chinese apps, installed projectivy, the issue start again.
[Android Apps and Games] XtraWater:
Just sent you a PM. Btw, would d it be possible to disable the accessibility warning at the bottom of the screen? As of now i prefer to keep the way the volume behavior is over than accessibility service.
[Android Apps and Games] cmachado0:
Hello I have the fengmi m055fcn rooted and almost everything is working ok except the google assistant is not working ,I don't know what to do .

Any idea?

Regards
[Android Apps and Games] Bcummings15:
I have the same issue with the Factory Test screen on the Vava Chroma. I’m willing to help out with getting you the necessary files.
[Android Apps and Games] nico-xda:
Hi. Vanced has been discontinued...did you know that and are you sure the Manager and/or the players can still be installed successfully? I'm genuinely interested since I have it installed on an Android device and the players still work fine but I don't know what will happen if I ever need to do a fresh install. There do appear to be two newer alternatives available (check youtubevanced dot cc for more info) but I'm not sure whether they are from the same developer(s), or as good as, the original Vanced stuff.
[Android Apps and Games] hotsunshine:
Hi there.

Thank you for your awesome tool which has greatly improved my VAVA Chroma.

Unfortunately i am also stuck in this ‘test’ Mode others are talking about. I’ve requested a full image file from VAVA to do a hard USB reset of the device. Hope they reply and that it helps.
[Android Apps and Games] Bcummings15:
I have as well. We’ve been exchanging emails for months (no exaggeration)…
[Android Apps and Games] FDisk80:
Is there an option to make the icons stationary and not move to the left outside of the screen?
[Android Apps and Games] stevepalmer1977:
I face the same issue with the reboot loop. Is there a way to fix this without doing the factory reset? Are you saying that disabling googleservices fixes it for you?
[Android Apps and Games] hotsunshine:
The VAVA team has today written me that there is not downloadable firmware available !! So we are stuck in this factory mode...
[Android Apps and Games] MrKaon:
Play Store is v4.36. Should I upgrade it to v4.51 with sideloading?
[Android Apps and Games] splitroaster971:
Just found this app and just finished catching up lol great app just what I was looking for but as I sideloaded 4.50 on to my shield I cant get premium. Is there another way to upgrade or buy a pint for the dev to support his work.
[Android Apps and Games] izao88:
Delete 4.51> Install Playstore version 4.36 > Purchase Premium > Delete 4.36 > Install new .APK (will have premium)
[Android Apps and Games] splitroaster971:
Cheers will give that a shot

Update All done worked a treat and even remembered to save my settings so back to normal in secs, now to change my wallpapers lol
[Android Apps and Games] Homar80:
Hi Spocky12 thank you very much for yours hard work.

I just want to inform you so the latest version 4.51 doesn't works any more on

Xiaomi Mi Laser UST Projector 150" 4k (chinese) / MiProjLas2 / model: MJJGTYDS01FM / codename: batman.

Previous version 4.36 working fine on this projector.
[Android Apps and Games] dctrbnsttr:
Spocky 12

I now have a single background custom image working in version 4.51 on my Shield TV Pro. It does occasionally get "lost" and a blank black background appears.

I have been completely unsuccessful in my attempts to choose a folder to cycle through a number of images. When I choose this option, the resulting background seems to be a section of one of the folder's images blown up to huge proportions and obviously not fitting the screen.
[Android Apps and Games] DavisNT:
Thank you very much for the great launcher!

I would like to suggest a few features:

Ability to add a shadow for status bar items (clock, settings icon etc.). Currently when the upper right corner of the background is light (has a similar color than the status bar items), the status bar items become invisible.

Ability to specify how often the background changes.

Ability to "lock the home screen". When locked, any long pressing or attempts to reorder items would show a toast that launcher is locked and it needs to be unlocked in settings before any changes can be made (many phone/tablet launchers have this kind of functionality).
[Android Apps and Games] heymanster2:
I'm having the same issue with Paramount+. If I use CCWGTV launcher, it starts. I've updated to 4.51. installed/uninstalled launcher and app. Restarted.
[Android Apps and Games] heymanster2:
Paramount opens if I add it to tvQuick Actions Pro. Still fails in launcher menu.
[Android Apps and Games] Fefeshamu:
Thank you. At least now I know I'm not the only one with that issue, tried 4.51 and still happens.

I saw that Paramount+ works if I set it to start on boot (although I don't want that), but even if I do, it doesn't work if I leave the app and want to use it again.

I've tried other launchers and had no problem with Paramount+, but I didn't like the other launchers, Projectivy is the best by far but I'm still with the stock one because of this.
[Android Apps and Games] PhantomWhisper:
hey,

installed 4.51 over (paid) googleplay version and on reboot it is not pickingup premium, any ideas?

thanks