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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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How to get Fire TV Device name like Fire TV Stick - 2nd Gen

I need to device name of Firetv like "Fire TV Stick - 2nd Gen" I am using below code for getting device name. String AMAZON_MODEL = Build.MODEL; if (AMAZON_MODEL.matches("AFTN")) { Log.v(TAG, "Yes, this is a Fire TV 3rd Gen device"); } else…
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Crash when tapping clear on Fire Tv which has an Outlined Text Field on jetpack compose but it works perfectly fine on Android Tv

FATAL EXCEPTION: main Process: com.abc.firetv.screen.debug, PID: 3070 java.lang.RuntimeException: Error while applying EditCommand batch to buffer (length=1, composition=null, selection=TextRange(1, 1)): CommitTextCommand(text.length=0,…
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How to start app automatically on boot of a FireTV?

I have an Android 7 application for Android TV (Fire OS 6), I would like to start it automatically on boot. I have tried this solution: Is rooted device required to start app on boot? But it doesnt work. I would like to avoid to use other…
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Setting up Ime Action as search has no effect on fire tv

I have an Outlined Text Field to which my ImeAction is set as ImeAction.Search.The search action is visible for the soft keyboard in Android TV But does not work for fire Tv.Any solution for this. passed KeyboardActions.Default.copy(imeAction =…
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Exoplayer Dolby playback issues with dynamic ad insertion

Im playing a DAI supported DASH stream with Exoplayer 2.18.1 (on firetv 4k) where the multi-period manifest gets stitched with the ad period. The ad period sometimes have dolby (stereo or 5.1) audio tracks and when the playback switches to ad from…
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Android TV/FireOS TV volume control

I want to create a TV app to control output volume. For FireOS TV to be precise. FireTV Stick does not have any system volume control for its users. So I tried creating a normal TV application to programmatically set volume using…
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Where are the test packages for Android TV?

I'm starting my first FireTv app in Android Studio and noticed that if I choose Android TV as a new project template, it does not come with the test packages like the phone & tablet templates do, ex: com.company.app (test), com.company.app…
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Amazon Firestick; FireOS; VoiceOver reads "1 of 1" on each element of the list [BUG]

FireStick VoiceOver is a direct AndroidTV Talkback competitor for helping disabled people use mobile apps. When we have a list it reads the current index of the element on that list. In this specific case it would read aloud: "appstore - seven of…
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How to target Fire Tv devices in android studio?

i created an app for fire tv, i tested it on my firetv it works but won't show up on amazon store on Fire Tv. After contacting them they send me an email. * Thank you for contacting us. Your app didn't target any Fire TV devices. When you submit…
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Kotlin Headerstate messing up display on Android TV

so I'm new to Kotlin. Been working in it for a few weeks. I am currently trying to figure out how to remove the blue banner header thingy. When I try to remove the banner using headersState = BrowseSupportFragment.HEADERS_DISABLED it makes the whole…
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ADB Shell equivalent for iOS device - Remote FireTV

I'm looking for a way to control an Amazon FireTV TV on an iOS device. I researched and found that most FireTVs are controlled by the Adb Shell method. But on iOS it is not supported. Is there any way to solve this problem? Thanks !
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How to restrict width of firetv input for EditText (number password) to 4 characters

Using android:maxLength="4" attribute, I am able to restrict the input into 4 digits. But still the input popup in firetv stick shows spaces for 5 digits. Customer is getting confused because of these. Any solution would be appreciated. I declared…
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Renew login session if user remain active in Android TV/Fire TV

Once user login to my Fire TV/Android TV app, they have a 4-hour login session. Neither the Fire TV nor the Android TV remote has an exit button. Users usually press the "home" button to minimize the app to access other applications they installed.…
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How do use PlayReady on Fire TV web platform or WebView?

According to Amazon's documentation: Q: Can web apps for Amazon Fire TV support digital rights management (DRM) for media playback? The Web App Platform supports DRM for Widevine and PlayReady. For details about DRM support for native FireTV…
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Agora SDK for fire stick application

I want to integrate Agora SDK for my fire stick application to share video. Wanted to check feasibility of agora sdk for fire stick. Would appreciate for any response. Also if any sample for Android TV/Fire stick can be provided for agora…
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