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Android TV launcher · Formerly Solitary TV
Your TV. Your Space.
A calm, cinematic home screen for Android TV. Your apps, categories, wallpapers and screensavers, all in one place and all on the remote
01 / THE INTERFACE
Everything on one calm screen
Real screenshots from STV running on an Android TV box. Move with the remote, press OK, and you are there
02 / FEATURES
Made for the couch, not the mouse
Categories
Movies & Shows, Anime, Live and Music, plus your own. Rename, hide, reorder and sort
Wallpapers
Dark built-in wallpapers, a live scenery mode that follows the weather, or your own photo
Screensavers
Starts when the TV is idle, with the time, date, weather and next prayer on a calm background
Fonts
Choose the Arabic and English fonts separately, with a live preview
Navigation sounds
Four original sound styles and three levels that never stack when you hold a button
Arabic and English
Switch instantly. The whole interface mirrors to right-to-left for Arabic
Remote first
D-pad, OK and Back everywhere. The Menu button opens a quick panel with the controls you need
Backup and restore
Save your setup on the TV or export it to a file, then restore it any time
03 / MAKE IT YOURS
Change the look without leaving the sofa
Every gallery previews the change as you move, OK keeps it and Back cancels
04 / SEE IT MOVE
36 seconds on a real TV
Recorded on an Android TV box running STV 1.5.1
05 / DOWNLOAD
Get STV for Android TV
- Version
- 1.5.1
- Release
- Stable
- Platform
- Android TV · Google TV
- Requires
- Android 8.0 or newer
- Size
- 22.8 MB
- License
- MIT
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Download STV
Release notes ↗
Tested on an Android 12 TV box. Weather and prayer times are set to Jeddah in this version
06 / INSTALL
Install in a few minutes
Allow the installer
On the TV, allow your file manager or downloader app to install unknown apps. The setting is usually under Apps → Special app access
Get the APK
Download STV-v1.5.1-AndroidTV.apk on the TV, or copy it to the TV's Download folder
Install and open
Open the file and choose Install. STV shows up in your apps as Solitary TV for now
Make it Home, if you like
In STV go to Settings → System & general → Choose the default Home app. You can switch back the same way at any time
No Home option on your device? Set it from a computer with ADB
adb shell cmd package set-home-activity tv.customhome.launcher/.MainActivity
07 / QUESTIONS
Good to know
Is STV free?
Yes. STV is free and open source under the MIT License, with no ads and no account
Does STV need root?
No. It is a normal Android app. It does not disable or remove anything on your TV
Can I change the wallpaper?
Yes. Pick a built-in wallpaper, the live scenery mode, or import your own picture
Can I create my own categories?
Yes. Create, rename, hide and reorder categories, and choose which apps go in each one
Does it support Arabic?
Yes. The whole interface is available in Arabic and English with a proper right-to-left layout and Arabic fonts
Does weather work in my city?
In version 1.5.1 weather and prayer times are set to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A city picker is not available yet; developers can change the city in the source and build their own copy
How do I update?
Install the new APK over the current one. Your settings stay. Do not uninstall first
How do I go back to my previous launcher?
Choose it again as the default Home app in Android settings, or uninstall STV
Will it work on my device?
STV needs Android TV or Google TV with Android 8.0 or newer. It has been tested on one Android 12 box, so try it as a normal app before making it your Home screen
Enjoying STV?
Report a bug or ask a question on GitHub, or support the project to keep it growing