This is for anyone who has trouble signing into the Apple Music app on your Fire TV.
The pesky on-screen keyboard prevents you from entering the validation code.
Use a wireless keyboard and mouse (since the interface is meant for mobile devices). That on it's own won't be enough however.
You'll need to stop the on-screen keyboard from hijacking the screen and preventing you from completing the login process.
You'll need to adb connect to your device and then run:
adb shell pm disable-user com.amazon.tv.ime
This worked for me on my 2nd Gen Fire TV Cube running Fire OS 7.2.4.2. It should work on the Stick and maybe even Fire TV Edition.
Apple Music reports Hi-Res Lossless playback (If you enabled it).
p.s: To re-enable the on-screen keyboard: adb shell pm enable com.amazon.tv.ime
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I sideloaded the new Amazon Instant Thirdpartyclient APK onto my shield. http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/amazon-mobile-llc/instant-video/amazon-video-3-0-63-239301-android-apk-download/
When i first tried it, it shows the same interface as on e.g. my Nexus 7. There are no borders around the currently selected items.
If you try to play a video, it loads a bit and then closes the video and goes back to the main screen.
(I invested this issue by checking the logcat and the problem is, that the app tries to show a xraycard in the navbar and i think androidtv doesnt support a navbar.)
I then looked through the files in the apk a bit and found some folders referencing a television mode (/res/layout-sw540dp-television).
So that lead me to the idea to test it with a different display density. To change that, connect your shield to your pc, enable abd debugging and open a command shell on your pc.
Code:
adb shell
Code:
wm density 321
This will change the interface of the amazon app to be somewhat useable on a tv. you see a border around the currently selected item and video playback is possible (only sd now).
Also you can't choose to play a specific episode of a season because the play-icon is not selectable with the remote or the controller.
thx ist works
but only stereo sound
PeterPan6754 said:
thx ist works
but only stereo sound
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yeah and only sd-quality... but better than nothing.
maybe now that appletv gets support we will get an androidtv version.
wrote to [email protected] i hope there have an open ear to do this for nvidia shield
Does this have further consequences for other (native Android TV) apps?
Via this IFTTT Trigger:
https://ifttt.com/recipes/342269-use-alexa-to-trigger-activities-on-your-harmony
What is amazing/scary is that I loaded this link in Firefox and it already knew my Logitech Harmony Ultimate Activities. I have Activities for DirecTV, BluRay, FireTV, CD Deck, and OTA TV. With one button I power on the source and switch to the correct HDMI feeds to the display and to the sound system . So now if I say, "Alexa, Trigger FireTV" my FireTV is ready for action with the picture and sound correctly selected. "Alexa, Trigger DirecTV" properly re-configures everything for that. Still working on Power Off but it sort of works.
Logitech is working with Amazon to make it all native but for now, IFTTT is slick as snot.
Hello, I bought Autovoice. It works great in my phone. I installed it on Nvidia Shield Tv and I only have trial. Also, voice recognition on Nvidia shield TV does not work. Somebody help me
You have to sideload AutoApps (create an apk from your smartphone and install it on your Shield) to activate it.
I'm looking for a solution for my intended set up. My three-year-old can't operate a remote or mouse so I'm trying to find a way to mirror YouTube Kids on her Kindle fire to her TV so that she can select her own shows by pressing them on the screen. She just dunked her previous tablet in her bath water so I'll be buying a new fire HD 8. From what I'm reading the newer versions can't do screen mirroring. Is there a way to accomplish this by rooting it or installing play store apps? And what kind of device do I need to buy to attach to my TV? I planned on buying a standard fire TV stick but I want to make sure.
mastermind729 said:
I'm looking for a solution for my intended set up. My three-year-old can't operate a remote or mouse so I'm trying to find a way to mirror YouTube Kids on her Kindle fire to her TV so that she can select her own shows by pressing them on the screen. She just dunked her previous tablet in her bath water so I'll be buying a new fire HD 8. From what I'm reading the newer versions can't do screen mirroring. Is there a way to accomplish this by rooting it or installing play store apps? And what kind of device do I need to buy to attach to my TV? I planned on buying a standard fire TV stick but I want to make sure.
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Install Google apps via Fire toolbox: https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/development/official-amazon-fire-toolbox-v1-0-t3889604
Sideloaded apps show blank
And Apple TV apk doesn't work on echo show 15
Is there a way to get it like fire tv as close as possible