App activity launcher on Android TV , possible ?

by aghozzo

TV: Sony Bravia

Scenario : i have an app that contains sections : series, movies, live stream . I want when the app starts the live stream activity starts immediately instead of main menu .

Things i tried:

1- modify the apk to change the "mainActivity" to the live stream activity . after repacking the app and signing it . the app doesnt install ( i think it gets corrupted ) . i used APK Editor Studio

2- use an application like " Activity launcher" which shows you which activities included in any app and you can make a shortcut for the activity you need. However on Android TV i get the message "its not allowed to pin shortcut in this launcher"

Any help / solution is appreciated

Farhanito

Not an app, but Button Mapper probably can modify your remote buttons behavior to do what you need. It can tell a button to launch shortcut or execute shell command.

pawdog

Wow that's deep. Seems like the app itself would have to be coded to allow that kind of thing.

Kodi_Fan_Omicron

The tvQuickActions button mapper paid-app can set "any" app Activity to open with a button press, or assign an activity to a user created menu/panel, and has the ability to create a shortcuts "Channel" row to add your created menu/panel to the homescreen.