Widget is not functioning anyoonger

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I had spent quite some time to have widgets with direct access to my main Google TV apps and after my summer holidays are not working anymore (I click on the widget icon and doesn’t open the app). Only one is working (Netflix). I haven’t changed anything only firmware update of the remote. I have reboot it and no luck. Can someone help on this?

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I have two types

Input source and then selecting the app in source submenu

Play media and adding the following code in media ID: market://launch?id=com.dazn

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your source input field is empty, thats why its not working. check the integration if entities are still connected.
ensure that input has a value.

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It has a value:

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Post LogFile of Android TV? Best ist to restart the remote, start your activity, press 1 or 2 widgets which do not start and then download the log. This way it is not so long and confusing.

Ralf

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I can confirm this issue!

Apps that rely on a custom URL instead of the default options in the drop-down list no longer work.

Previously, I opened Videoland by using nl.rtl.videoland as the source. It used to open the app’s Play Store page (showing the “Open” or “Uninstall” buttons). While that behavior was already different from built-in apps, it worked. Now, the screen just flashes briefly and nothing happens.

I tried nl.rtl.videoland and android-app://nl.rtl.videoland as urls.

I’m running this on an Android-based Google TV media box.

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It seems that starting apps on Android TV changed a couple of days ago. In my case all apps from the drop-down list starting the app with market: were not working. My solution is to use ADB to start Apps which I already used in plain Android and Fire TV.

Ralf

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Hi Ralf, can you explain how you did that?

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You must pair your device with the ADB integration like described a bit here

And then send command APP:package name works for most Apps and ACT:activity of App starts an app on a button press.

Ralf

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Thanks Ralf! Now is working. Thanks for the solution! This community is awesome!

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Do you know that ADB has now a select entity which offers a pull down list with all installed apps and start them? Sadly it is not so simple to get the App name with ADB.

Ralf

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I didn’t know about the entity drop down but I saw the list of apps and there are only 2 for me interesting. Rest I did it either way coding.

thanks for the heads up.

Again I love the remote….

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Does this work with the Nvidia Shield?

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ADB integration works with Android, Android TV and Fire TV. So it works with Nvidia Shield. Latest version has a select widget and input/source command to easily select an App.

Ralf