Guide swaps Google TV launcher and YouTube to drop home-screen ads
Original title: An ad-free Android TV
The author uses Projectivy, SmartTube and ADB on Chromecast with Google TV and a Hisense TV.
A personal how-to describes replacing the Google TV home screen and YouTube app to remove ads. Projectivy Launcher becomes the home app, SmartTube replaces YouTube, and Button Mapper sends the remote's YouTube button to SmartTube. ADB over wireless or USB debugging disables the stock launcher and some Google packages. The author tested two Chromecasts with Google TV and a Hisense TV.
- Projectivy, Wholphin and Button Mapper come from the Play Store; SmartTube is sideloaded.
- Stock launcher packages are disabled so the home screen does not flash first.
- Built-in YouTube is removed per user when a normal uninstall fails.
- Wireless debugging should be turned off after the changes.
- Vendors
From the original article
3 min read at cretezy.comI like Android TV. It runs every app I care about, it’s cheap on a Chromecast , and it’s built into plenty of TVs. What I don’t like is ads.
By CraftThatBlock · cretezy.com
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