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A libre lightweight streaming front-end for Android.
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[Feature request] Add support for FireTV #899

Closed vyashole closed 4 years ago

vyashole commented 6 years ago

Google and Amazon are not being nice to each other. YouTube will be blocked on Fire TV on new year's day.

Let's not let the consumer suffer while the companies are bickering. Let's bring newpipe to fire TV

ghost commented 6 years ago

If Fire TV is just Android TV, I'm working on it. If not, you're likely out of luck.

theScrabi commented 6 years ago

Fire tv is android as long as i know

ghost commented 6 years ago

@theScrabi: But Android TV has a totally different 'Leanback' interface and I'm not sure if Fire TV uses standard Leanback or an own thing.

theScrabi commented 6 years ago

We may have to try it. I found this documebtation here: https://developer.amazon.com/docs/fire-tv/differences-from-android-tv-development.html

jpf91 commented 6 years ago

Actually, NewPipe can be installed on FireTV already and it works more or less fine (of course, the interface could always be optimized for remote control usage, but it can e used right now).

The main problem for now is when activating the search bar, for some reason the on-screen-keyboard does not appear. You can use an external keyboard, but most people probably don't have a bluetooth keyboard for the FireTV stick.

theScrabi commented 6 years ago

Maybe that was also a good idea to just get the current ui to work on fireTV until the leanback UI is ready.

geebotron commented 6 years ago

@jpf91 Yes I agree. The only thing preventing NewPipe being fully usable with the Fire remote is the fact that the on-screen keyboard doesn't pop-up when the text entry box for the search is selected / focused.

winnebagel commented 6 years ago

@wb9688 I have put newpipe on a fire tv, the issue is that it isn't at all remote friendly. I'm not at all knowledgeable of code, but you can flash the current apk onto a fire tv. The apk works, just not well with remote.

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ChairmanMkay commented 4 years ago

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