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Hi ,

i want to used updated version of leanback 28 and also want to change targetSdkVersion, compileSdkVersion, buildToolsVersion

but I got an error

" Cannot set the value of read-only property 'outputFile' for ApkVariantOutputImpl_Decorated{apkData=Main{type=MAIN, fullName=debug, filters=[], versionCode=10, versionName=1.0.7}} of type com.android.build.gradle.internal.api.ApkVariantOutputImpl.
"

can we write api call using volley library for firestick insted of feed configuration because i want show video according to user

Fireapp builder uses older version of leanback i.e "com.android.support:leanback-v17:23.1.1". I need to make customised design that needs leanback updated library i.e "com.android.support:leanback-v17:28.0.0" because this library has the classes that i need to use in my code. I need to know how do i update the library

How do I stop a video from looping or going back to the first video in the playlist after it ends?

Is this project use code from https://github.com/amzn/exoplayer-amazon-port ?

I saw it include two jar in libs
AMZNMediaPlayer.jar exoplayer.jar

What version is exoplayer.jar (1.?)
What is AMZNMediaPlayer?

I'm new to this but I've been able to follow the docs thus far. I'm getting two errors on my app and I'm stumped. Any help is greatly appreciated:

E/com.amazon.android.tv.tenfoot.ui.activities.SplashActivity: Service is unavailable. Please try again later.

E/ContentBrowser: Recipe chain failed: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String com.amazon.android.model.content.ContentContainer.getName()' on a null object reference at com.amazon.android.contentbrowser.ContentLoader.lambda$getCategoriesObservable$2(ContentLoader.java:196) at com.amazon.android.contentbrowser.ContentLoader$$Lambda$3.call(Unknown Source) at rx.internal.operators.OperatorMap$1.onNext(OperatorMap.java:54) at rx.observers.SerializedObserver.onNext(SerializedObserver.java:95) at rx.observers.SerializedSubscriber.onNext(SerializedSubscriber.java:95) at rx.internal.operators.OperatorConcat$ConcatInnerSubscriber.onNext(OperatorConcat.java:199) at com.amazon.dynamicparser.DynamicParser$1.onRecipeCooked(DynamicParser.java:346) at com.amazon.dynamicparser.DynamicParser.translateMapsToObjects(DynamicParser.java:613) at com.amazon.dynamicparser.DynamicParser.lambda$cookRecipeObservable$0(DynamicParser.java:334) at com.amazon.dynamicparser.DynamicParser$$Lambda$1.call(Unknown Source) at rx.Observable.unsafeSubscribe(Observable.java:8098) at rx.internal.operators.OperatorConcat$ConcatSubscriber.subscribeNext(OperatorConcat.java:172) at rx.internal.operators.OperatorConcat$ConcatSubscriber.onNext(OperatorConcat.java:136) at rx.internal.operators.OperatorConcat$ConcatSubscriber.onNext(OperatorConcat.java:79) at rx.internal.operators.OperatorMap$1.onNext(OperatorMap.java:54) at rx.internal.operators.OperatorMap$1.onNext(OperatorMap.java:54) at com.amazon.dataloader.dataloadmanager.DataLoaderModule$1.onRecipeCooked(DataLoaderModule.java:88) at com.amazon.dataloader.dataloadmanager.DataLoaderModule$3.onSuccess(DataLoaderModule.java:391) at com.amazon.dataloader.datadownloader.ADataDownloader.loadData(ADataDownloader.java:52) at com.amazon.dataloader.dataloadmanager.DataLoaderModule.loadDataFromSource(DataLoaderModule.java:433) at com.amazon.dataloader.dataloadmanager.DataLoaderModule.access$500(DataLoaderModule.java:44) at com.amazon.dataloader.dataloadmanager.DataLoaderModule$2.onSuccess(DataLoaderModule.java:324) at com.amazon.dataloader.cacheManager.CacheManagerAdapter.loadData(CacheManagerAdapter.java:115) at com.amazon.dataloader.dataloadmanager.DataLoaderModule.loadDataFromCache(DataLoaderModule.java:417) at com.amazon.dataloader.dataloadmanager.DataLoaderModule.access$600(DataLoaderModule.java:44) at com.amazon.dataloader.dataloadmanager.DataLoaderModule$LoadDataTask.loadData(DataLoaderModule.java:251) at com.amazon.dataloader.dataloadmanager.DataLoaderModule.cookRecipe(DataLoaderModule.java:140) at com.amazon.dataloader.dataloadmanager.DataLoaderModule.lambda$cookRecipeObservable$0(DataLoaderModule.java:73) at com.amazon.dataloader.dataloadmanager.DataLoaderModule$$Lambda$1.call(Unknown Source) at rx.Observable$2.call(Observable.java:162) at rx.Observable$2.call(Observable.java:154) at rx.Observable$2.call(Observable.java:162) at rx.Observable$2.call(Observable.java:154) at rx.Observable$2.call(Observable.java:162) at rx.Observable$2.call(Observable.java:154) at rx.Observable$2.call(Observable.java:162) at rx.Observable$2.call(Observable.java:154) at rx.Observable$2.call(Observable.java:162) at rx.Observable$2.call(Observable.java:154) at rx.Observable$2.call(Observable.java:162) at rx.Observable$2.call(Observable.java:154) at rx.Observable$2.call(Observable.java:162) at rx.Observable$2.call(Observable.java:154) at rx.Observable$2.call(Observable.java:162) at rx.Observable$2.call(Observable.java:154) at rx.Observable.unsafeSubscribe(Observable.java:8098) at rx.internal.operators.OperatorConcat$ConcatSubscriber.subscribeNext(OperatorConcat.java:172) at rx.internal.operators.OperatorConcat$ConcatSubscriber.onNext(OperatorConcat.java:136) at rx.internal.operators.OperatorConcat$ConcatSubscriber.onNext(OperatorConcat.java:79) at rx.internal.operators.OperatorMap$1.onNext(OperatorMap.java:54) at rx.internal.operators.OperatorSubscribeOn$1$1$1.onNext(OperatorSubscribeOn.java:76) at rx.internal.operators.OnSub

Hi,

Currently, I can only use one closed caption, do fire app builder support multiple closed captions ? like other fire app, they have an slide menu in the right when click "CC" button but I didn't see that, is it already included ? or not ?

Thanks

Hi,

Is it possible to use a custom user-agent string for some links to work properly. Thanks.

I have been unable to build the sample application due to the above error. I have verified that I am running the correct version of Java (1.8) but can't get past this. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Hi,

Is it possible to disable the detail page, i mean when i click a channel it starts it immediatly without displaying the detail page ("add to favortites" or click "play") and when i click back on the remote it come back to the main screen.

Thanks.

Hi ,
How I can use video module in my tv android project

HI,
I have published app on the Amazon app store but not able to find in AppStore as well in firestick.

Hello!

We have an issue where one of our clients is reporting users videos are just broken. Snippet below:

Customers with the Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+ are reporting there was an update (information on update below) that has since caused videos to not show up within the app, clients state that there is just a large white space where the video/image should be and do not have an option to play video.

Update details:
Android 9 Pie
Release date: 02/25/2019
Android Security Patch Level: February 1, 2019
Software Version: PPR1.180610.011.G960USQS3CSAG

Any ideas what could be causing this?

Hi! When you start a search it search between the data already loaded. How can I tell the app to load contents from a json everytime a user click ENTER?

For example, I want the json http://mybeautifulapp.com/search.php?query=PETALOSO , how can I load that?

(EDITED because the link was a chinese scam website - sorry about that)

The app doesn't load and immediately crashes. I keep getting this error each time I run the app for testing.

How i can add subtitle to video

If the XML response for a Vast ad contains a MediaFile element that has minBitrate and maxBitrate (ex: HLS) as opposed to just bitrate, it causes an error in MediaFile.java:134.

Example of working MediaFile element:

<MediaFile id="GDFP" delivery="progressive" width="320" height="180" type="video/3gpp" bitrate="237" scalable="true" maintainAspectRatio="true">
  <![CDATA[MEDIA_URL]]>
</MediaFile>

Example of MediaFile element that causes an error:

<MediaFile id="GDFP" delivery="streaming" width="1280" height="720" type="application/x-mpegURL" minBitrate="45" maxBitrate="1775" scalable="true" maintainAspectRatio="true">
  <![CDATA[MEDIA_URL]]>
</MediaFile>

Full stacktrace:

E/AdTagProcessor: Caught IllegalArgumentException.
  java.lang.NumberFormatException: Invalid long: "null"
    at java.lang.Long.invalidLong(Long.java:124)
    at java.lang.Long.parseLong(Long.java:345)
    at java.lang.Long.parseLong(Long.java:321)
    at java.lang.Long.valueOf(Long.java:511)
    at com.amazon.android.ads.vast.model.vast.MediaFile.<init>(MediaFile.java:134)
    at com.amazon.android.ads.vast.model.vast.LinearAd.<init>(LinearAd.java:80)
    at com.amazon.android.ads.vast.model.vast.Creative.<init>(Creative.java:81)
    at com.amazon.android.ads.vast.model.vast.Inline.<init>(Inline.java:77)
    at com.amazon.android.ads.vast.model.vast.AdElement.createInstance(AdElement.java:97)
    at com.amazon.android.ads.vast.model.vast.VastResponse.createInstance(VastResponse.java:125)
    at com.amazon.android.ads.vast.processor.AdTagProcessor.process(AdTagProcessor.java:122)
    at com.amazon.android.ads.vast.VASTAdsPlayer$2.run(VASTAdsPlayer.java:578)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)

Fire App Builder Version: 1.0.7

Let me know if you need any additional information.

When the RSS feed has only one item I get the following error: Recipe chain failed:
java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.String cannot be cast to java.util.ArrayList

Is this a bug or am I missing something in the setup?

From reading this document: Create a New Fire App Builder Component, if we want to provide an Analytics Component and implement IAnalytics, do we make a PR to this repository, following the methods in the contribution guideline? If not, how do we make an analytics component that is available for the FireTV? Thank you.

Any plans to bring the app builder to the fire tablets?

Soon I hope!

It doesn't appear that CEA-608 captions are supported even though exoplayer 1 does.

Are there any plans to support these captions for HLS streams? The FCC requires we support captioning for livestreams that were broadcast on television.

When I import the application project after following the rest of the directions. I get the gradle sync failed error, and I see this in the Messages Gradle Sync Tab: Error:Cannot set the value of read-only property 'outputFile' for ApkVariantOutputImpl_Decorated{apkData=Main{type=MAIN, fullName=debug, filters=[]}} of type com.android.build.gradle.internal.api.ApkVariantOutputImpl.

Hi,
I am not able to generate apk

This popped up in 1.0.5.

Utilizing the VastAdsComponent, if the ad tag returns empty (no ad's available) the app restarts while on a AFTB v1. When using the emulator, the app freezes and requires a press of the home button.

If more information is needed, please let me know 👍

Hi,
how i can set font-family for header text i.e. for navigation and header which is created

hi
how to find index of navigation activity i.e category(list bellow the search option) of video in FullContentBrowseActivity activity

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/mobile-apps/dex/fireappbuilder/fireappbuilder_fullbrowse._TTH_.png

Hi,
I was wondering if there was anyway to override the current logo size constraints of 356 x 108 for both the splash screen and the home screen. The current size constraints are making my logo look compressed.
Thank you!

Just see a ton of open issues and my bosses are asking why we cannot launch our fire app. I have had tickets that remain open with the response that we should be looking for fixes in the next update. When is that going to happen? Does Amazon still support FireAppBuilder?

how to disable scrolling of navigation drawer in android

can any one tell how to customize fire app builder UI ? for fire stick

Are there plans to have the Fire App Builder support loading YouTube channel videos or playlists?

Leaving this here as we have gotten little to no response in the Amazon developer forums.

We are a broadcast entity and sometimes we only have 1 live video playing and but FireApp Builder will not show any other feed item if only one exists in the live feed.
History of Support forum engagement: https://forums.developer.amazon.com/questions/181328/fireapp-builder-with-only-1-live-hls-video-in-the.html

We've been told the bug has been fixed but not deployed yet. When will this bug fix be pushed?
Thanks

Is there an easy way to disable the settings or "terms of use" option from showing up?

The documentation describes how to change the contents but what if you want to just make it go away.

I'm getting this build error:
Cannot set the value of read-only property 'outputFile' for ApkVariantOutputImpl_Decorated{apkData=Main{type=MAIN, fullName=debug, filters=[]}} of type com.android.build.gradle.internal.api.ApkVariantOutputImpl.

How can i fix this?

There are multiple localization files (e. g. PassThroughAdsComponent/src/main/res/values-en-rUS/strings.xml) with following text "../values/strings.xml".
Due to this Gradle crashes with “Content is not allowed in prolog” error.
Removing these files solves the problem.

Fire App Builder will not pull in .VTT files from a valid url We are required by law to provide closed captions for our videos. The @mCloseCaptionUrls value never populates from a valid url. Error: Value for mCloseCaptionUrls was null so not set for Content, this may be intentional.

Recipe:
"cooker": "DynamicParser", "format": "xml", "model": "com.amazon.android.model.content.Content", "translator": "ContentTranslator", "modelType": "array", "query": "/feed/item", "matchList": [ "title/#cdata-section@mTitle", "contentId/#text@mId", "title/#cdata-section@mDescription", "media/streamUrl/#text@mUrl", "#attributes/hdImg@mCardImageUrl", "#attributes/hdImg@mBackgroundImageUrl", "contentId/#text@mChannelId", "srt@mCloseCaptionUrls" ]

The XML:
3 <title> </title> 56075 Talk SD HLS SD https://invintus-otfp.global.ssl.fastly.net/2443575804/ed274fc0263c9feb8f7bba20ef9fce00ec6ee485,ed274fc0263c9feb8f7bba20ef9fce00ec6ee485,ed274fc0263c9feb8f7bba20ef9fce00ec6ee485_384p_30fps,ed274fc0263c9feb8f7bba20ef9fce00ec6ee485_320p_30fps,ed274fc0263c9feb8f7bba20ef9fce00ec6ee485_240p_30fps,ed274fc0263c9feb8f7bba20ef9fce00ec6ee485_180p_30fps/master.m3u8 Live Events, News or Original Programming 00:39:12 https://invintus-client-media.s3.amazonaws.com/2443575804/3f747fffd382998dd04de3f4435d4add0bde630b.vtt Please help me understand why this is happening

Is anyone else having trouble changing the background color? I am following the documentation that is here:

https://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/devices/fire-tv/docs/fire-app-builder-customize-look-and-feel

None of the changes I put in the custom.xml file seem to affect anything on the main browse screen. I was able to change the background color on the splash screen.

HI i set launcher logo size as given in document but still logo is not shown properly fit inside home screen .

We use the latest version from last year. We have an issue on Android devices where the app will restart if the user is playing video, and taps anywhere on the video. Any idea what is causing this?

I'm trying to hook into the player events for analytical purposes. I'm seeing debug information such as: -

D/PlaybackActivity: State change event! Oldstate= PLAYING NewState= READY
and
I/ExoPlayerStateMachineImpl: getDuration()= 61529

I'm wishing to listen to this if possible.

Could someone point me in the right direction?

The ExoPlayer in the app is outdated, Which when I am playing HLS stream, it causes it to skip.

Can the ExoPlayer be updated or even changed to videoView?

What version of exoplayer does fire-app-builder use? The amzn/exoplayer-amazon-port is exoplayer2 but the classes in AMZNMediaPlayerComponent/libs/exoplayer.jar are exoplayer 1 classes.

Hi ,

I have list of categories on left and the corresponding list of videos related to all the categories on the right.
Currently , i can select any of the categories on the left and the focus goes to the video list on the right.
what i need is , if a user selects a category from left , then , only video list related to that category should be listed/shown and other videos (unrelated to the categories i selected) should be hidden/not shown

Also want that if consider i have category list like home , about ,setting,video ,song then if user select home screen then all category list accessible after that while click down button list goes down and other category display and change show in in category list but consider if i select video category only the list of video category should be accessible. and i also want to design different screen for home category and for other i want design same screen like give in sample git repository

Hi,
Fire app builder uses older version of leanback library "com.android.support:leanback-v17:23.1.1" for making custom design i need to update leanback library.
So how do i update leanback library in fire app builder ? from "com.android.support:leanback-v17:23.1.1" to " com.android.support:leanback-v17:28.0.0"
here is clip:
(https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/26214193/53089228-f31dd900-3531-11e9-8af8-812904363040.png)

1. Is it possible to define the category order via JSON without having to hard-code the categories in navigator.json?

2. Is it possible to change the ImageCard to a 16x9 aspect ratio, instead of the 548x452 resolution?

Thanks!

When loading large json feed (65 mb) app crashes in NetworkUtils.java (line 68) with following error : Throwing OutOfMemoryError "Failed to allocate a 171966472 byte allocation with 4186328 free bytes and 103MB until OOM"

Hello,
I am using the TenFootPlaybackControls and TenFootCnntrolBar in my app and it is working fine till android 7.0 but when run in 8.0 the controls (The Controls Bar only, and any Row below it is working normally) are not getting focus.
I am using the Leanback version 27.1.0 and compileSDK is 27
Can anyone help me on why this occurs.

Hi,

Can we run android studio default tv app on firestick os if we used leanback libarary and exoplayer for video .

I want to detect contact number which they used while registration firestick device

Hi am adding registration page but i got error i configure this page in navigator.json file still i got error

err:
Process: com.fireappbuilder.android.calypso, PID: 6667
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.fireappbuilder.android.calypso/com.amazon.android.tv.tenfoot.ui.activities.RegisterActivity}: java.lang.IllegalStateException: You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with this activity.
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2913)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3048)
at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:78)
at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:108)
at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:68)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1808)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6669)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:493)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:858)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with this activity.
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7.createSubDecor(AppCompatDelegateImplV7.java:310)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7.ensureSubDecor(AppCompatDelegateImplV7.java:279)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImplV7.java:253)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:109)
at com.amazon.android.tv.tenfoot.ui.activities.RegisterActivity.onCreate(RegisterActivity.java:13)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7136)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7127)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1271)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2893)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3048) 
at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:78) 
at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:108) 
at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:68) 
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1808) 
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106) 
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6669) 
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:493) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:858) 
2018-11-16 13:25:35.778 6667-6667/com.fireappbuilder.android.calypso E/ModularApplication: Uncaught Exception in thread Thread[main,5,main]
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.fireappbuilder.android.calypso/com.amazon.android.tv.tenfoot.ui.activities.RegisterActivity}: java.lang.IllegalStateException: You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with this activity.
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2913)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3048)
at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:78)
at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:108)
at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:68)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1808)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6669)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:493)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:858)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with this activity.
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7.createSubDecor(AppCompatDelegateImplV7.java:310)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7.ensureSubDecor(AppCompatDelegateImplV7.java:279)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImplV7.java:253)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:109)
at com.amazon.android.tv.tenfoot.ui.activities.RegisterActivity.onCreate(RegisterActivity.java:13)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7136)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7127)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1271)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2893)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3048) 
at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:78) 
at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:108) 
at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:68) 
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1808) 
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106) 
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6669) 
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:493) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:858) 
2018-11-16 13:25:35.780 6667-6667/com.fireappbuilder.android.calypso E/ModularApplication: This is crash number 1