I am soon replacing my ancient Minix Neo G4 with the Shield, and am excited. But one thing I could never get satisfactorily working on the G4 was a device lock. There was no lockscreen option in the ROM on the Minix, and every possible app I tried was ineffective or worse.
On the Shield, can you set a PIN? Or are there now apps available that lock the device in a sensible way? My compromise for the Minix was (after a long search) using Locx for just select apps.
Thanks.
Side load an application called AppLock.
It can lock specific settings and applications based off of your needs. They have a PIN option that works quite well. I use it on my son's Nexus Player to avoid him going into Settings or the Google Play Store.
Since Android TV (like, actual "Android TV" and not a TV box running Android) isn't made to accept a touchscreen as its main input, there is no lockscreen. I don't see a need for a lockscreen either.
Why do you want a lock screen?
The fuck is going on in your house that you need to lock your TV?