Sony Google TV with custom launcher (stock disabled via ADB) turns on to last app instead of going back to launcher homescreen

by Eyetron2020

I have a Sony Bravia A80J with the built-in Google TV. It is running Android TV 10. I hate the Google TV homescreen with the huge ad banner, so I did the ADB trick to disable it and use FLauncher instead. Great.

One very small thing I've noticed that isn't a dealbreaker but would be nice to get fixed, is when I turn off/on the TV, it does not return back to FLauncher/homescreen. It just stays on the last app that was open. It does this even if I leave the TV off for hours before turning on. Is there a way to get it to go back to the FLauncher homescreen when waking / turning the TV on? I am not sure if this is specific for the Sony TV implementation or not. I did try sideloading "Launch on Boot" for the launch on wake option, but that did not work for me.

EDIT: I figured out a solution that will work most of the way for me. I ended up using Tasker (side loaded) to create a task to launch FLaucher when the display turns off. Pretty simple and it seems to work well. The only hitch is that it doesn't have the 30 second wait like the native Sony wakeup (if turned back on within 30 seconds, return to previous screen, if more than 30 seconds then go to home screen), it just always goes back to home screen even on a short off cycle. I'm sure there's a way to do this in Tasker with some type of custom variable that can track screen off time, but I'm too lazy now and I'm thinking I'll be 99% if not 100% happy with the simple task.

Crazy to think that I bought Tasker for my old Droid phone about 12 years ago when I was a poor college student and now I'm still using the same purchased app 12 years later on my TV's operating system.

Jasong222

There's a program, launcher manager? That might help. Search here it the Nvidia shield subs for the name. Some instructions will say to use two programs, launcher of your choice and this launcher program. I didn't have to do any adb anything.

stokholm

Isn't it like turning off the screen on a phone? The underlying system will continue running. Unless you open FLauncher (press the HOME button) before you turn the screen off, you won't see FLauncher open when you turn the screen on again.

CoderCore

Care to share the ADB trick you performed? I may be inclined to do that as well.

Your tv (before any change) stayed on the last app? Mine doesn't do that, but I would like mine to stay at the last app. I'm speaking to changing inputs as well (not on/off)

dj4m

I have tried few launchers but the best user experience I had was with the native Android TV Home 2.3.1 (the latest version without ads/banners), I have pushed this downgrade version with ADB, the only downside is the home channels are not working and I have only the black colour background. Is there any way to coloured background?

horsemonkeycat