Launcher Fire TV. Part II. Leanback On Fire on Android AOSP

The second part is an addition to the Video Launcher Fire TV . In this article, we will look at how to solve the problem if the regular Launcher starts after the device is rebooted. Also, if you have Root access, get a recommendation of third-party applications on the main screen. This action can only be done if you have a “BackUp Firmware” so that in case of an error, you can restore the device (all actions are under your responsibility).

At the moment, the version of Launcher 23 , on Android 8 +, it is not possible to get recommendations, even the items Enable recommendations and the Recommendation line have disappeared. In this article, all actions are performed on TV Box Android 7.1 AOSP .

In the last article , we settled on the fact that we managed to get recommendations from YouTube:

Now go to the Launcher settings:

Select "Sources of recommendations":

In 23 , recommendations from third-party applications appeared, but they are not on the main screen:

Let's see how to solve this problem.

Open ES File Explorer :

Link to Google Drive with files for download - http://catcut.net/6lUP .

First, turn on the “Root Explorer”:

Go to “Device” and select the “Download” folder:

Select the file “ tv_core ” and click “Copy”:

Select "Local Storage" and "Device". Folder “ system ”:

etc folder and the permissions :

In this folder there is already a folder “ tv_core “. Click "Insert":

In order to return to Android AOSP, you will need to delete the folder that you pasted:

We return back. Disable Root Explorer:

Now you need to install two applications so that after rebooting the device, Launcher Fire TV will then start.

Select the application “TDUK-FireHelper” and click “Install”:

Install and click "Finish":

Next, select “TDUK-FireTVSettings” and click “Install”:

Install and click "Finish":

We return to the main screen. Go to "Settings":

If you do not have developer rights yet, then go to the “About device” section, select “Build” and click 7 times:

Rights received. Now go to the “For Developers” item and turn on “USB Debugging”:

We confirm:

Next, open the "SettingsHelper" application:

This application will now issue a shell command:

Press "Ok":

The “FireTVSettings” application has opened:

Here you can select an application that will be launched when the device starts. Let's choose Launcher:

Check the boxes and click "Save":

Now you need to reboot your device.

After the reboot, there are recommendations:

Let's see how the Play Market works. Unfortunately, it will be like on TV - a stripped down version:

We see that this version is not suitable for the device, so we will update it.

Go to ES Explorer:

Go to “Device” and select the “Download” folder:

Select "Google Play Store" and click "Install":

Install and click "Finish":

The two files that remain are Google Voice Search for Smartphone and Android:

We return to the main screen. Go to " Google Play Store ":

We see the TV version:

Go to the device settings and disable “USB Debugging”:

The “FireHelper” application can be uninstalled.

There is such a side effect, if the system starts to voice the action on the screen, then you need to find the “Google Speech Synthesizer” in the system applications and turn it off:

We confirm: