Hello guys.
I'm wondering if our device supports feature of Android 8.1 API of mouse capture. I think this feature is mandatory to play remote desktop games on android, or to play android emulted shooters or minecraft PE on windows 10. Because otherwise, mouse acts like a touch, and drag screen will be needed to move your mouse on screen. In my case, i use Lineage 15.1 OS, it's based on Oreo 8.1, mouse capture functionality in Android API is available for that But it's not working.
It's a problem for Emulators too, like bluestacks, Nox, Memu.
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Hey All,
New to Shield, not to Android or TV boxes.
For the past year I've been using the Amazon FireTV. Mostly for YouTube which I connect to my phone and for KODI and various add-ons for it. And before that I got a Chromecast early 2013 when they were first released.
Recently I've been loading the FireTV with emulators and connecting a USB hub, Xbox 360 controller dongle etc got a pain so I decided to buy a Shield.
So far, things I like
- Default TV launcher (I have a sideload launcher for my other apps)
- Play Store
- Game performance
- Design of device and peripherals
Things that bug me...
- No pause/play, rewind, forward buttons on either the gamepad or the remote controller? This thing is marketed as Android TV and coming from a Fire TV, I really miss these. Even my 10+ year old Sky remote has a pause button.
- No context / menu button. Makes using some sideloaded apps a real nightmare. Any workaround?
- I have yet to find a way to open the context menu on KODI to add my favourites.
- Cast functionality on the YouTube app is not as expected. If I open the YouTube for TV app from the launcher, I can view my subscriptions and watch videos and I can use the remote for the on-screen controls. There's no way to queue any videos.
- If I connect my phone's YouTube app to the Shield, the Shield goes to the basic UI my old Chromecast used. I can queue videos on the phone, but I can't use the remote or controller on the Shield to do anything except pause.
- I can't see any value in the remote. It adds nothing extra.
Any tips / suggestions?
Thanks!
skymera said:
Hey All,
New to Shield, not to Android or TV boxes.
For the past year I've been using the Amazon FireTV. Mostly for YouTube which I connect to my phone and for KODI and various add-ons for it. And before that I got a Chromecast early 2013 when they were first released.
Recently I've been loading the FireTV with emulators and connecting a USB hub, Xbox 360 controller dongle etc got a pain so I decided to buy a Shield.
So far, things I like
- Default TV launcher (I have a sideload launcher for my other apps)
- Play Store
- Game performance
- Design of device and peripherals
Things that bug me...
- No pause/play, rewind, forward buttons on either the gamepad or the remote controller? This thing is marketed as Android TV and coming from a Fire TV, I really miss these. Even my 10+ year old Sky remote has a pause button.
- No context / menu button. Makes using some sideloaded apps a real nightmare. Any workaround?
- I have yet to find a way to open the context menu on KODI to add my favourites.
- Cast functionality on the YouTube app is not as expected. If I open the YouTube for TV app from the launcher, I can view my subscriptions and watch videos and I can use the remote for the on-screen controls. There's no way to queue any videos.
- If I connect my phone's YouTube app to the Shield, the Shield goes to the basic UI my old Chromecast used. I can queue videos on the phone, but I can't use the remote or controller on the Shield to do anything except pause.
- I can't see any value in the remote. It adds nothing extra.
Any tips / suggestions?
Thanks!
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Since it's an Android device, you got options. You can usually pair just about any Bluetooth remote. In addition Google made a really neat and minimalistic app called Remote Control that works wonderfully with Android TV (at least that's the case for my Nexus player and Shield TV console). There's also this www.amazon.com/dp/B00M4JYTWA/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_5XHvwbH3D7DKJ
Supposedly you can program it to your liking and it has lots of functionality including play/pause and volume controls. There are also controllers with a mouse pad and keyboard built in. Both remotes I suggested have play/pause functions. The Google remote control app doesn't have a mouse, but has a keyboard, a play/pause, select, home, back, and scrolling buttons, of you can opt to use a directional pad with tap to select function, I usually find myself using this remote app over Nvidia controller, it's a free app and very reliable. Personally I like Nvidia's accessory controller concept, but not sure I'd pay $50 for a half baked product when there are so many better universal and all in one remotes out there.
Syndrome666 said:
Since it's an Android device, you got options. You can usually pair just about any Bluetooth remote. In addition Google made a really neat and minimalistic app called Remote Control that works wonderfully with Android TV (at least that's the case for my Nexus player and Shield TV console). There's also this www.amazon.com/dp/B00M4JYTWA/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_5XHvwbH3D7DKJ
Supposedly you can program it to your liking and it has lots of functionality including play/pause and volume controls. There are also controllers with a mouse pad and keyboard built in. Both remotes I suggested have play/pause functions. The Google remote control app doesn't have a mouse, but has a keyboard, a play/pause, select, home, back, and scrolling buttons, of you can opt to use a directional pad with tap to select function, I usually find myself using this remote app over Nvidia controller, it's a free app and very reliable. Personally I like Nvidia's accessory controller concept, but not sure I'd pay $50 for a half baked product when there are so many better universal and all in one remotes out there.
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Thanks for the reply.
I have since discovered that X on the gamepad shows the context menu in Kodi and I downloaded Yatse app on my phone which is also nice.
May look into a bluetooth remote.
Never found a workaround for YouTube, but it's only a minor annoyance.
I just sideloaded Market Helper using the Nvidia Shield Utility found on this forum, and I used it to install All 4 and RTÉ Player. As these apps are designed for touch screen devices I am unable to navigate them using the physical remote control.
Is there some way to make the physical remote control work on these apps, cycling through each different option on screen as I select the cursor key? I am hoping it is possible to do this rather than having to connect a mouse etc.
Upgrade to 6.0. If the app doesn't have any lean back code you can use the right analog stick for a mouse.
Thanks, that is useful, but if the choice is between using the analogue stick with an app on Android TV, or using a normal remote for a version of the same app in Kodi, Samsung Tizen TV OS, or the Roku 3, I will choose one of those, at least where possible.
Is what I'm asking for even theoretically possible? Somehow identifying all the different options on any non-native touch screen app running on Android TV, and the Shield remote cycling a highlight through them as the cursor buttons are pressed?
So i'd like to sideload a game onto my Shield TV, is this possible? I know it's possible with Apps, but this is a full game. Thanks! (Game is Witcher3)
if its an .exe no but if its in a format that can work with an emulator then you can test it.
In case of an exe, what you can do is stream from your PC the game using an app like Splashtop (it supports hardware accel) to remote control your PC or if your have a compatible Nvidia Card on your PC you can use the Gamestream feature by Nvidia in your Shield TV.
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I don't know about Splashtop, but the native way to stream on the Shield TV is using its native app GameStream, if you have an nVidia Card.
Beside that, you can't sideload an .exe on the Shield, and generally on Android. And you wouldn't have the computational power to run a game on it like The Witcher 3, natively.
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was this a serious question?
First of all, you can't run windows games on Android devices. Second, this device doesn't even have the performance to run that game.
Third, the shield tv is equipped to stream windows game from your computer to your device, or from the cloud to your device. You can only stream PC games to the Nvidia Shield (tv). Windows Applications won't work either. Unless there's some x86 emulator somewhere.
I'm trying to run Kodi on the 10" Onn tablet. I use Kodi as a frontend for mythtv. While it will play the recorded programs, the touch interface that allows skips and jumps by swiping the running media does nothing. I can bring up the progress bar below the media with a press, which would allow very crude positioning.
I'm running exactly the same version of Kodi on my pixel 3 phone, and I have checked every setting and they exactly match, including the skin settings estuary. On the phone the swipes work.
Touch works on the Kodi interface on the tablet, just not the media swipes. Is it that the tablet can recognize a touch but not a swipe?
I've used the Plex app on mine before and it works fine. I know the older versions of Plex was based off Kodi.
I have had the same problem on my 8" Onn tablet though they sometimes work if you make the same gesture over and over but only on certain parts of the screen. That being said, other video software like VLC works just fine with gesture control it is only Kodi that fails.
Android is a bit buggy on the Raspberry Pi 3B+, but it runs decently, doesnt crash too often and supports android apps natively without hassle, while also having a good UI and simple controls. I was planning on using it with my TV, but then I realised that there was no CEC support, kinda defeating my "Smart TV" idea. CEC on android builds (e.g. lineage os) for the RPi would be great, if it can be developed then I'm sure many would appreciate it.
I, however, went with KODI (LibreELEC) as it supports CEC, YouTube, YouTube casting and IPTV. I'm really fond of the Eminence 2.0 skin, it has a simple and user friendly, premium looking UI, and looks and functions as though it's built-in software on my TV