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[Android Apps and Games] hunter11:
Thanks, good idea. I had background process limit set to standard limit. Changed it to at most 4 processes, and it resulted in the same blank screen with sound still working.
[Android Apps and Games] T3rmux:
AFAIK, Google play services manages the subscription, so maybe that service - which runs in the background - stops working after a while or something?
[Android Apps and Games] Jale1:
Any idea how to solve the problem? 😊
[Android Apps and Games] hikouka71:
Trying out Projectivity as a replacement for stock on my shieldtv pro 19, when editing the channel options to show on home screen, Max won't show up even though it's selected as 'visible' everything else I put in shows up, and turning other ones on and off, they show as welll (and go away when removed) but Max just isn't there as a preview channel (the channel opens fine from tvapp row)
[Android Apps and Games] hofs1:
Same here for Max and Disney plus Netflix wont show up either Anywhere in the selection list
[Android Apps and Games] eqagunn:
Hi. Many thanks for the app. Coming over from Flauncher and ATV Launcher before that. While these two could never replace the default launcher completely yours looks like it might. The app is very polished and customizable.

Here are a few minor issues that caught my eye:

- "Status Bar > Icons Container Opacity" slider is reversed. Compare it, for example, with "Launcher Idle Mode > UI Opacity" which is correct.

- While moving down into the next category/channel the icons of the one after will jump down in not-so-smooth fashion. Perhaps due to title+description appearing instantly. Adding a few frames to that might ease the jump of the row below.

- Custom categories have empty placeholder under card title for description which will never be there. To my understanding only channel cards will ever have descriptions. Compare it, for example, with Favorites category which doesn't have this placeholder. Most noticeable with Vertical Spacing set to 0%.

- When entering a category and moving to the another card within it one side of the new card will remain below the card you came from. Exiting a category from another card and returning to that category again will transfer the bug to that card. In other words, the card you land on when entering a category will be drawn over cards next to it even when that landing card is not focused.

- Pressing Home with any of the status bar icons focused will not focus the very first card.

And some features I'd like too have:

- Emojis (primarily flags) as custom icons for categories.

- Full titles that go the full width of the TV instead of being cut-off with triple dot. Same for descriptions.
[Android Apps and Games] jeffers24:
When launching Projectivy Launcher the message in the screenshot displays for a few seconds then disappears.

I'm using a 4Kk max fire stick and I'm not able to select enable.

What is Projectivy Launcher's Accessability Service and how do I enable it on my stick?
[Android Apps and Games] jeffers24:
I'm getting the same message as you got when I try to manage settings, export and locally 'you don't have an app to do this'.

I installed X-File and FX File managers, but still got the same message.

I'm using the ONN Google TV box, not ATV. Could this be my issue?

Or, I haven't paid for premium, could that be the issue?
[Android Apps and Games] hofs1:
I use cx file-explorer app to save to from my network drive and to add items to the onn pro builtin storage
[Android Apps and Games] AndroidMint:
I have Projectivy installed on my Onn 4k Pro box that comes with GoogleTV. I've tried to go through all settings to get the channels added from like Stremio or Syncler but it keeps coming up with an invisible icon. Is anybody else having this type of problem?
[Android Apps and Games] hofs1:
same for Max Disney
[Android Apps and Games] VisualWarlock:
Hi, I have recently been using Projectivity Launcher (free version) on my chromecast hd. I love the app, its fantastically designed but i am encountering an error which causes the app cards/icons to re-scale themselves at random. If for example set all icons to medium it will change them randomly to a larger scale when I power my tv back up and the load the chromecast(not each time though). When the icons scale has been changed adjusting them in the appearance settings seems to adjust their size but the scales remain inaccurate (i.e medium will be showing small icons, medium set icons displayed as large etc) and title text will not display. I have tried clearing my settings and reinstalling projectivity, clearing cache and data but it hasn't resolved the issue.
[Android Apps and Games] patrickdrd:
do I need to disable setupwraith after disabling default tv launcher?

because I found out that it causes problems with internet (wifi),

is it ok to leave it enabled?
[Android Apps and Games] serpentxx:
I just purchased premium and am running it on my shield TV, so far it works great.

Feature suggestions I would like to see.

Extra Status bar options next to the clock (Sleep, Reboot)

Accent colours for the settings, they appear to change randomly?

Hide titles for specific categories, I'm fine with them on my channels, but don't want it on the Apps

Custom category icons

Custom logo and text in top left, the top section feels a little empty now there's adverts gone (I know that's the whole point)

Double tap to show left headers, I rarely use them but its inconvenient to disable/enable them when i want to customise and double tap could avoid misclicks.

Consolidate the settings, there appears to be two separate setting menus, one for the launcher and one in the top right status bar, also for the one that customises the cards, it would be great to see those customisations in real time as you have to set then view it in the launcher, and re-open the settings menu to change again.

I cannot use YouTube as a source for channels

Also worth mentioning I held off using Projectivity launcher for some time as I assumed it was dedicated to Projectors, Clearly it has evolved past this and is pretty much one of the best Android TV launchers but the name threw me off.
[Android Apps and Games] Duvel999:
It there a app or solution for the Live Google TV channels?

Btw Great Launcher.
[Android Apps and Games] Shmad:
Hi. I just purchased projectivy launcher, and I am having trouble with it staying my default launcher.

Sometimes it works, but then after watching a program for a few minutes, I will hit the home button and it goes back to the Google TV launcher.

I have enabled in the accessibility systems on both projectivy launcher, and android.

I have a TCL 65 inch TV with Google TV on it.

Am I missing something?
[Android Apps and Games] ytsejam1138:
Make sure you gave Override Current Launcher in Projectivy Launcher Settings under General.
[Android Apps and Games] Shmad:
Thank you. I did that and it appears the Google is blocking it. I toggle enable but the settings show that it is off. If I get it to show that it is on, it then switches back to off on its own, leaving the toggle switch enabled but the setting as off…as in the pic.

These are my current settings. And you can see I have override on. I have toggle enable under accessories on the system. But it is still saying that it is not in enabled. Thank you for your help.
[Android Apps and Games] Duvel999:
Reinstall it again.

Install from scratch.

Reboot
[Android Apps and Games] Sid32:
You need - https://xdaforums.com/t/app-firetv-noroot-launcher-manager-change-launcher-without-root.4176349/
[Android Apps and Games] jaymanny:
2 questions here:

#1 Is it possible to put an HDMI Input in the Favorites Category? I have everything in Favorites, all other categories turned off ... but HDMI 1 input is not an option for Favorites. I have to put it in the input category by itself, which I don't want to do.

#2 Can HDMI inputs be set to NOT require Parental control password? I enabled parental control to protect settings, but now when I go to HDMI Input 1, it asks for the Parental control password.

Thank you
[Android Apps and Games] •Rimuru:
On androidTV I’m unable to select a folder to load my wallpapers from. When I select configure and then click “pick folder” nothing happens at all. Is this a bug or is there something I can do to work around the issue? Maybe there is a settings file I can manually add my desired folder location too? I’d appreciate any kind of help, thanks for reading my message! 😊🙂‍↔️😁
[Android Apps and Games] Duvel999:
Go to your wallpaper (folder by explorer), three dots right, share & install it with projectivy..
[Android Apps and Games] hispanico957:
Thank every minute for this faboulus app.

I use a lot Emby similar to Netflix and when i play movie on Emby and exit with home to launcher, the video remain little in home and impossible to close. I must come back in emby and stop or back on movie so i return on home the video not more appear.

How can solve it..?

Other question there is a possibility to have on home of launcher weather gadget or similar..?

Thank

Hispa
[Android Apps and Games] tmihai20:
I use JellyFin and I have no issues like yours. It may be a bug on Emby's side. Does it happen with other apps?
[Android Apps and Games] hispanico957:
No issue with netflix or prime

Hispa
[Android Apps and Games] dewettie:
Is SmartTube channels showing in the launcher?

Can't seem to get it to show, enabled 'Recommended' channel.
[Android Apps and Games] hispanico957:
Because even if everything is set regularly (Default launcher, accessibility etc, I select HOME from NetFlix, Prime, etc.. and it goes to the default launcher (AndroidTV) of my NVidia Shield Pro and after 1 second or more it returns to the home page of Projectivy ???

How fix this bug ???

Thank for help

Hispa
[Android Apps and Games] seven21075:
I had to uninstall projectivy launcher. There must have been some weird background activity wich caused the MX Player to stutter while playing a video file. Problem solved after stock launcher was set as default again.

Android TV 5. Philips PUS6501. Projectivy Launcher 4.36.
[Android Apps and Games] tmihai20:
I don't have such issues with any streaming apps and I have a lot. Since the issue only appears with Emby, it may be a bug on Emby's side. The developer knows about it now.
[Android Apps and Games] hispanico957:
it would be convenient if every time you select HOME, in addition to returning to the first category, all the other categories that may have been used and have the icons moved to the left or right, these would also be put back in order like the first...

Hispa
[Android Apps and Games] spocko:
I just set it up on a TCL TV and had a similar issue with the accessibility service. To resolve it, I had to go into the system Accessibility screen shown in your screenshot, go into the Projectivity Launcher item that you have selected, toggle it off and back on. Then it seems to work unless the TV is fully restarted. After a full restart, I have to repeat this process. I haven't really used the TV with the new launcher yet except for the initial setup, so I guess I will find out later if I have the issue you reported where the accessibility setting turns off intermittently.
[Android Apps and Games] spocko:
Feature suggestion from a new user:

It would be nice to have the ability to reorder the categories on the home screen. Given all of the other customization options, it surprised me that this ability is not present.

Edit: Nevermind, I just hadn't figured out how to do it, see following posts. The only suggestion then is to make this capability easier to discover. Maybe add a "Reorder" option in the Category settings menu, which could be a shortcut or could just give some instructions.

Question:

Does the launcher do anything with ADB? After installing it, I saw intermittent prompts for ADB debug permission. But could have been from the ADB TV app, which is also installed.

Thanks and kudos to the dev!!
[Android Apps and Games] Duvel999:
Reorder

Check categories, right on the setting's wheel.

Then left side there are up / down arrows.

Now you can reorder or add new categories.

Also you can manage the apps in categories.
[Android Apps and Games] spocko:
Aha, thanks for the tip! I'm not sure what you mean by "Check categories, right on the settings wheel", but I found that if I cursor all the way to the left on the home screen, that exposes some controls (called "left headers") which include up/down arrows that allow categories to be rearranged.
[Android Apps and Games] hispanico957:
I solve this installing Button Mapper and set "HOME" to Projectivy Launcher

Hispa
[Android Apps and Games] spocko:
Button Mapper also relies on the Accessibility service, and on my TCL TV, Button Mapper has the same issue as the integrated mapper in Projectivity. With either one, the Accessibility service gets disabled if the TV is fully restarted. However, if the "Quick Start" option is enabled in the TV settings, then the Accessibility service remains active through "quick" power off/on cycles. This seems like a TCL/Android issue, probably not something that the launcher can fix.

After a full restart, when the Accessibility service gets disabled/confused, here's how to get it working again:

1. Open Projectivity from the stock launcher. (Must do this before trying to reset the service)

2. Go to Android Settings > System > Accessibility

3. Scroll down to Projectivity, and toggle the service to Disabled, then back to Enabled.

Edit:

Found a solution that works better on my TCL TV.

1. Disable the Accessibility service in system settings, and the launcher override option in Projectivity.

2. Install Launcher Manager, and configure it to set Projectivity as the active launcher.

This works great, persists through reboots, and eliminates some lag in response to remote buttons that was happening when Accessibility service was active.

Launcher Manager can be found in the following thread. Be sure to get the version for Android TV (ATV).

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[Android Apps and Games] paradoxiumwind:
Suggestion with video;

Watch VID_20240620_033304 | Streamable

Watch "VID_20240620_033304" on Streamable.

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Ability to make the rows not move up as you go down, make the entire thing work like a grid because it looks dumb when you get to the bottom and most of the screen is empty. It should only move up if there is no more room below, not move up every time you go down.

Also yeah, this 100%.

IT's crazy that hitting back when in the menu doesn't take you back to the top left. I always end up opening Fotoo because I naturally expect it to take me there and hit it too many times..

This guys suggestions are also things I would like to see and have seen suggested before also;

Also, please add a way to remove the 'shortcut' that brings up the little menu to change input profiles etc, it comes up when I'm hitting the button trying to do something else all the time, and I don't even use those at all.
[Android Apps and Games] Neo3D:
Having some issues with this launcher.

Video wallpaper is very buggy.

It doesn't reload when returning to homescreen.

It just shows a gray background.

The only way to get it to work again is to reboot.

Device: Nvidia Shield TV Pro

I really want to pay for premium, but video wallpaper is the main feature that I'm looking for.

Anyone else able to get it working?
[Android Apps and Games] paradoxiumwind:
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[Android Apps and Games] frgo:
Inputs category disappeared and I can no longer select hdmi input on my android projector. Any ideas? Inputs are visible and enabled in android settings.

EDIT: I reenabled the stock launcher and then started projectivity and inputs came back. But not always all of them so it's a bit random.
[Android Apps and Games] m000k:
I'm using Projectivy 4.5.4 on two devices: CCwGTV 4K and a 2023 ONN 4K streaming box. I am using Launcher Manager 1.0.4 for Android TV to manage the default launcher. Both devices have the same issue.

Any time I go back to the launcher, the app that had been playing is killed and the "Now Playing" section disappears after about 0.5sec. I then have to navigate through the app to my desired content again, opening the app from the launcher does not return me to my previous spot.

Tested sources:

Plex

Pluto

Hulu

Settings:

Projectivy: Accessibility Service: Enabled

Android: Apps > Special App Access > Notification Access: Enabled

What am I missing? In this current state I will not be able to proceed with Projectivy launcher.

Example: https://streamable.com/uce6vs
[Android Apps and Games] DavisNT:
Thanks again for the great launcher!

This time, instead of suggesting particular features, I would like to suggest setting up a feedback portal (e.g. Fider or another free tool) where users could more easily suggest new features and vote on features suggested by others.
[Android Apps and Games] Swalex133:
Hi

After I install on my Chinese projector, the launcher also has the Chinese. How can I change to English? please help
[Android Apps and Games] mavuonglau:
Can I apply this guide to Formovie X5?
[Android Apps and Games] ungern:
Yesterday, suddenly two of my categories disappeared. Checking settings, in Categories a bunch (both own and default) of them have a "visibility forbidden" (?) icon next to them, like a small eye and a "no parking" sign in one. What the hell happened?
[Android Apps and Games] piruzinho:
Thanks for the Edit instructions - going to do this now. What commands did you use to to install Launcher Manager (or did you not do it via shell)? I have a TCL Android, the default G launcher is killing me in how bad it is.
[Android Apps and Games] spocko:
I didn't install via shell. I just transferred the apk to the TV, and installed from a file manager.
[Android Apps and Games] Bcummings15:
They reached out to me today as well saying they’re forwarding the issue to their engineers. But yeah not looking good. I wish this launcher worked for me but after enabling the accessibility service, I can get it to boot to the HDMI source on my next startup but everyone after that goes back to Factory Test.
[Android Apps and Games] dafunky:
Keep the faith Vava owners.

I was affected by an horrible Fengos 2.0 firmware update that made my C2 almost unusable.

After 5 months complaining to the support, they finally sent me via OTA a beta version that fixed the bug.

I've been using the beta version for 3 months now, many other users could also get the beta firmware by writing to the Fengmi support.
[Android Apps and Games] boomerboomer:
EDIT: Ive found the answer, both the launcher codes built into the OS, but also, I *think* the icons for HDMI2 and HDMI3 didnt appear bacuse I hadnt used them to switch HDMI2+HDMI3 in the launcher provided with Project Ivy!!

What I would love to find a way to do, is switch the Sound Output setting, between "TV Speaker, SPDIF and Earphones". This seems a complicated one, as the inbuilt settings app (something like com.xiaomi.mitv.settings runs a widget(?) and then applies a change to a hidden settings file (not the global, system, secure files). I personally dont have enough knowledge or experience to do this and cant figure the entrypoint/activity.

Also, as mentioned below, if you do manage to make an MQTT interface, that would be amazing!

Thanks

Hi @spocky12

With my rainman projector and launcher 4.02, I can only use

adb -s 192.168.1.100:5555 shell am start -n com.spocky.projengmenu/.ui.guidedActions.activities.input.SourceHDMI1Activity

HDMI 2 and 3 dont seem to have options for that command anymore, and on the stock interface, i only see application icons for interfaces "HDMI1", "AV" and "SRC".

I cant see anything on the forum posts on here from others about this, nor can I find your original post about using this feature, only the few posts above.

I did have this working on a much earlier release of the launcher... maybe v2.

Is this something that will be added in future, or is this something odd with my installation/projector configuration? Or maybe a different command for SourceHDMI2Activity and SourceHDMI3Activity?

P.S. If you do manage to add MQTT support... Im in!! :)

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] boomerboomer:
I guess spocky has already answered this, but you can sleep the projector by connecting ADB and then by sending:

adb shell input keyevent KEYCODE_SLEEP

The only way Ive found to wake it up from that is either pressing the remote power button OR using a bluetooth remote keyboard device set up for an Android device..... e.g. I use a logitech Harmony Hub, that has the projector set as a Nvidia Shield. The power buttons it provides in the interface there, can both sleep and wake the projecor.

From there Im using home automation software e.g. Openhab (but others work like home-assistant) and enabling the Harmony Hub developer settings (so Openhab or other) can communicate to the Harmony hub and send the wake command.

I do note in the Projectors android global settings file, there is a Wake On Lan setting, which Ive enabled (or set to true) but the projector doesnt honor the setting...... perhaps the netowrk card in it (or the WIFI, as Im on a physical cable) doesnt support Wake On Lan........So there may be no option there.

Ive not looked into other network enabled bluetooth command senders, Ive only used the Harmony Hub... and I have no idea how you capture a Bluetooth signal to replay it... BUT maybe there are other bluetooth senders out there, that are cheaper than the Harmony Hub, that have other possible integrations you could use.
[Android Apps and Games] bluesith:
Hi , I recently installed and paid for it as it's a fantastic launcher for my Nvidia shield. However I've discovered that I can't launch certain apps from it if accessibility is enabled. The first app I noticed this was with clearchoiceMP.
[Android Apps and Games] pupma:
I'm using this launcher on Sony's Android TV and it works as I want!

I don't mind English UI but my family does, so can I help you with Japanese localization?
[Android Apps and Games] SamiSamu:
Great work ! I've tried many launcher for my Android TV, this one is clearly the best.

If there's a way to add the ability to change icons for sources (HDMI, etc...), it will be awsome (like having a console logo for the console input).

But your launcher is far better thant the Google one ;)
[Android Apps and Games] diablosephiroth:
Hi, i've formovie c2. I see, with the super cool Projectivy Launcher, the possibility to change the thermal strategy.

How knows where to find the orignal file and how to change it ?

Thanx
[Android Apps and Games] lvalics:
Fengmi and FengOS content is in chinese, how can I switch to EN?
[Android Apps and Games] Draygon:
Hello, I really want to purchase Premium but my Android TV Box does not have Google Play.

I read earlier you are working on it, any expected time frame for that? I will purchase immediately!

Maybe via Paypal donation with a code you provide to enter manually?
[Android Apps and Games] JoyG1241:
Really like this launcher. Works well on my 4kMax Firestick. I'm trying to purchase the premium version. How can I do that without being able to go through Google on my Firestick?