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Amazon Fire TV and FireTV Stick are Android based (FireOS fork) TV Set Top Box devices. Based on Android 5.1 they support applications and games via HDMI and remote/controller.

The Amazon Fire TV family of devices currently run Fire OS 5, which is based on Android 5.1 (Lollipop, API level 22). The original FireTV and FireTV Stick devices ran Fire OS 3 (Jelly Bean, API level 17), but with the release of the second generation Fire TV the firmware was updated with native support for Android TV and the v17 Leanback library.

First generation FireTV and FireTV Stick support 720p and 1080p output. Second generation FireTV supports 720p, 1080p and 4K/HEVC output. All devices have HDMI connections, First Gen FireTV has TOSLINK audio, First and Second Gen FireTV have Ethernet and all three devices support WiFi

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TV App Amazon functionality validation fail due to video play in background in sleep mode in FireTV stick #520

I have submitted my react-native-tvos app to the Amazon store but they give below a functionality validation error. FireTV-24- Media: Returning to the app from Sleep (System Standby) mode causes inconsistent behavior resulting in a negative…
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How to get the packagename of the app that is running in the foreground on an Amazon firetv stick 4K Max?

I’m messing around with this problem for a long time and I’m very clueless how to get this going. I want to create an app for the Amazon firetv stick 4k max (Android 9 - API level 28), that monitors if one specific app is in the foreground (or gets…
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The remote media buttons don't work on Amazon Fire TV OS with MediaSession

I'm creating a video App for the Amazon platform. I'm trying to enable the "rewind and fast forward" controls on the remote. But it seems like the app doesn't see this action. class VideoActivity : FragmentActivity() { private var…
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How do I make may Android TV App relaunch after a crash

I'm building a corporate app for android TV that I need to have always in the foreground. Every now and then the app will crash along with the service that will relaunch it. Is there a best practice to ensure the app is always running. What I…
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Javascript to capture input from a Firestick controller and turn a single button press into two different button presses

I need html / javascript that will capture the input of a Firestick controller and have it do something else. Specifically I need the "Play/Pause" on the controller aka "Next" on the soft keyboard to minimize the keyboard. Since there is no Key ID…
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How to focus on the ListRow Item which is not focusable on Firestick 3rd Generation( Android API 28) via the remote

I am developing an app using leanback architecture where a certain custom view is not focused using the dpad of remote. The onFocus() of the custom view doesn't get called in FireStick version 3(Android API 28) . The same code gets triggered on…
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SERVICE_MISSING/SERVICE_DISABLED Error - react-native-youtube

I'm trying to use the react-native-youtube package to display a youtube video in my app. When I try to render the youtube video to the screen, I get the following popup: The github README states this: IMPORTANT! (Android Only): The Android…
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Why Fire stick main screen app behavior is different from other apps?

I observed one behavior in fire stick, apps which are present in main screen are always calling onDestroy on app launch, which cause app to restart and not launch where user left off. I checked with Netflix app, even there onDestroy gets called on…
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What Amazon SDK should i use for video ads in FireTv application?

I am developing a FireTv app where the entire functionality is video playback. I look to monetize solely through pre-roll and mid-roll advertising. Typically I am using Google Ads, but upon researching through the amazon docs for FireTv ads, the…
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Why can't I get the permission for RECORD AUDIO in android studio from fire tv cube device?

recently I'm developing an android app, so this app will use the audio record feature. My app already ran successfully, but suddenly, my app stopped from 1 week ago. For this, I'm going to get the RECORD_AUDIO permission, of course, I added this…
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Deepliink not working when user install the app and open FireTV

According to Amazon deeplink document if user search for a movie and open the movie, if app is installed works fine as deeplink is still there but if app is not installed then it redirect user to app install page and user click install and then open…
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How to do proper user authorization using Deezer Android SDK?

I'm currently using the Deezel Android SDK to use audio playback for my FireTV. When trying to authorize users I keep getting an W/System.err: com.deezer.sdk.network.connect.event.DialogError: Invalid SSL certificate received (SSL error: 3) error.…
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HLS problems in fire tv webapp

I downloaded the web starter kit for amazon fire tv from here https://github.com/amzn/web-app-starter-kit-for-fire-tv and used the "simple-live" example app I'm having trouble getting movies into HLS. gives me this error ErrorType : Video Playback…
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App fails to install on new JVC and Grundig devices(Amazon FireTV reject by amazon

My recent app submission failed due to: Steps to Reproduce: Purchase the app and install it from cloud Actual Result: Observe app does not install Expected Result: App should install successfully without any error message. Affected Devices: Fire…
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Fire TV remote actions using ConnectSDK

We are using https://github.com/ConnectSDK/Connect-SDK-iOS-FireTV for controlling(Play, Pause, Forward, Rewind) media and performing actions like go Home and Back. But using these APIs we can control media in Fire TV’s default media player. For any…
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