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 ====== How to sideload the HDHomeRun app on Android TV ====== ====== How to sideload the HDHomeRun app on Android TV ======
-<lead>This guide is for people who either don't have access to the Google Play Store, or need to test a specific version of the HDHomeRun app. Most users should install the HDHomeRun app from the Google Play Store.</lead>+<btn type="success" size="s" icon="fa fa-chevron-left">[[:app|See all app topics]]</btn> 
 +<lead>This guide is for people who either don't have access to the Google Play Store, or need to test a specific version of the HDHomeRun app. Most users should install the HDHomeRun app from the [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.silicondust.view|Google Play Store]].</lead>
  
 +===== Sideloading on Fire TV =====
 +For how to sideload on the Fire TV, see this guide from AFTVnews: https://www.aftvnews.com/sideload-apk-app-amazon-fire-tv-stick-cube-edition-firestick-downloader/
  
-===== Installing =====+Use this code where you would put a URL: **391123** 
 +===== Sideloading on Android TV =====
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 <panel type="success" title="Part 2: Uploading the special APK from a PC or Mac"> <panel type="success" title="Part 2: Uploading the special APK from a PC or Mac">
 +{{ :sideload_xplore_upload.png?400|}}
   - On a desktop or laptop computer, download the APK file on that computer.   - On a desktop or laptop computer, download the APK file on that computer.
 +     * For example, this link will download the most recent release version of the HDHomeRun APK: [[https://download.silicondust.com/hdhomerun/hdhomerun_view_android.apk|hdhomerun_view_android.apk]]
   - Open a new browser window and enter the web address from Part 1.   - Open a new browser window and enter the web address from Part 1.
   - You will see a grid of icons that say things like "Android" and "Alarm", and above those will be a smaller row of icons, including one that is a blue up arrow. The blue up arrow is an "upload" button. Click on that button.   - You will see a grid of icons that say things like "Android" and "Alarm", and above those will be a smaller row of icons, including one that is a blue up arrow. The blue up arrow is an "upload" button. Click on that button.
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   - Select "Stop".   - Select "Stop".
   - You can now exit out of the X-plore app.   - You can now exit out of the X-plore app.
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-Otherwise, you can delete the X-plore File Manager completely, as it is no longer needed: 
-  - Go to the "App launcher" on Android TV. This is the window that shows all apps installed on your Android TV device. If you are on the home screen, you will only see "favorited" apps, but from there you can select the "Apps" button and get to the app launcher, or you can press-and-hold the home button on your remote control. 
-  - Find the "X-plore" icon. 
-  - Press-and-hold the select button while the "X-plore icon is highlighted. This will open a menu for that app. 
-  - Select "Uninstall". 
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 +{{tag>Android}}
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