Is it not possible to dump the apk from the firestick to run on my shield? I'm guessing this must have been tried as surely it can't be that simple? :|
Is it not possible to dump the apk from the firestick to run on my shield? I'm guessing this must have been tried as surely it can't be that simple? :|
Tried it, but couldn't get it to work. UKTV does, as does NHK World, but All4, unfortunately, does not. I used an app to modify the APK (forgot the name, sorry).
It needs the developers at Channel 4 to do a few codes changes. It feels relatively straight forward
From the FireTV developer guide
"Because both Amazon Fire TV and Android TV use Android, you can push your same Android app out to both the Amazon Appstore and Google Play Store. Making your app available on both Amazon and Google stores can significantly increase the visibility and downloads of your app.
However, there are some differences with Fire TV that you need to account for in your code"
The guide then explains the process
https://developer.amazon.com/docs/fire-tv/differences-from-android-tv-development.html
I can only assume there's a commercial / exclusivity reason why Channel 4 haven't done this already