OTG USB drive.

by TheMusto

Hi guys. The Nexus player came out in Australia today. I was wondering (in your personal experience with Android TV) is it is possible to use a USB drive via an OTG cable to side load apps, I have tried a file manager but the USB drive doesn't show up. If it is possible to do do I need to root the device?

lion2

I don't use USB storage on my Nexus Player, but I take a different approach to sideloading apps. I create a network share on my desktop that has all the apps and files I want to sideload and then use ES File Explorer to navigate to that network share to install apps or copy files.

forlooped

I'm curious on this as well.

If you cant install a file explorer why dont you try adb? I've used adb connect <ip address> on an android set top box to to install apps in the past

peimusicrocks

Have you tried ES File Explorer?