As some of you may know, the latest update to the Android TV Launcher disabled the ability to set other launchers as default. Up until this update I used Google Now Launcher on my SHIELD because it works well with a d-pad and of course, lets you launch apps that aren't specifically optimized as Leanback apps. Not wanting to be forced into using something by Google, I decided to take things into my own hands.

I wrote an app that lets you run launchers directly from the Android TV interface. It adds a "Home Screen" tile that, when selected, will load the launcher of your choice once it has been sideloaded onto the device. It's unimaginatively titled "Home Screen Launcher" because yo dawg, I put a launcher in your launcher so that you can launch while you launch.

Wanted to share this because I know there are a few people in this sub that are also affected by this, and while it's not a perfect solution to the problem, works well enough for me.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farmerbb.launcherhack