[Firefox TV][FIX] Menu button issues on Firefox TV is now solved!

by GraphicHealer

OK, So I may not be the first one to think of this, but I didn't see any other posts about this. So here is the solution I found!

What you need

  • An Android TV device (duh)
  • A way of getting APK's installed
  • ADB (get this )
  • Firefox TV installed (APK or Google Play)
  • This version of button mapper Here (it has to be this one)

Installation

  1. Install the file explorer (if you wish)
  2. Install Firefox TV
  3. Install the Button Mapper APK from above
  4. On your computer:
    1. Open Command Prompt and run adb connect <ip address> where <ip address> is your TV's IP address.
    2. Then run adb shell pm grant flar2.homebutton android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
  5. Back on the TV, Open button Mapper
  6. Choose settings
  7. If it does not go to the accessibility settings directly:
    1. Go to either "Settings > Preferences > Accessibility" or "Settings > System > Accessibility" depending on your TV hardware
  8. Click on Button Mapper
  9. Enable Button Mapper
  10. Say Yes/OK
  11. It should go straight to button mapper once enabled. If not, open button mapper.
  12. Choose the "Back" button
  13. Enable "Customize"
  14. go down to "Long Press"
  15. It should be selected on actions, if not, choose the drop-down menu and select actions.
  16. Click the dropdown menu
  17. Choose "Advanced"
  18. Choose "Custom Keycode (ver 2)"
  19. Input "82" and choose "OK"
  20. Go back home and start "Firefox TV"
  21. Go to any website, then long-press the back button
  22. Tada! You are done!

You should now be able to access the menu option from any app, but more importantly, Firefox TV.

Let me know if I missed a step, or if I need to fix something. Enjoy!

dmcjr22

Will this work with Firefox mobile? On newer versions of firefox mobile the menu button doesn't work so i use last version which the menu button worked.

SimShade

Any chance at all of doing this without ADB? I don’t have a PC :/

m-p-3

Now if we could get Mozilla to update their Firefox TV app to work correctly on something else than the Fire Stick..

DamnTarget

Thank you for this amazing guide

The method works for making the Amazon Silk Browser useful on the CCWGTV (except for a minor visual bug regarding text entry on the address bar)

Finally, a perfect alternative to puffin TV browser for watching sports streams

MustardOrMayo404

I came across this Amazon dev doc detailing differences between Fire OS for TV and Android TV, one of which is that the former uses Android's 'menu' button (that was deprecated over on the Android side some time back, if I recall correctly), to display additional options, in turn done on Android TV by holding down the Enter key. The Prism+ Q (Skyworth UB7500) has a 'menu' button of its own, but that only opens its own display settings, and does not work as the Android 'menu' button (as far as I know)

Keycode 82 is likely that Android 'menu' key, that'll likely work within any app designed for Fire TV but not Android TV.

celedora

Hello, I stumbled upon this thread in my attempt to fix firefox on my android tv, but I can't seem to install the button mapper apk - it says 'failed to parse' and does not install. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

tzuyuda18

Does not work on Mi TV Box S
after long pressing the back button it just go to main menu not the menu option. It works on other apps but not on firefox tv