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A custom launcher for Google TV Streamer

Teja Karlapudi built a custom launcher for their Google TV Streamer with Claude Opus 5.5, featuring a minimal UI, quick audio output switching, and long-press actions to manage apps. The code is on GitHub.

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Teja Karlapudi@teja2495

I built my own TV launcher for my Google TV Streamer with Claude Opus 5.5!

GitHub: t.co/v8zTCTIq5S

Wanted something simple, clean, and functional. Here's what I've built so far:

1. Minimal UI: Just Continue Watching and Apps. Also added a subtle glow behind the currently selected app, which looks pretty nice!

2. Time & Date: Right at the top. Might add weather here too.

3. Audio Output & Settings: I frequently switch between Bluetooth audio devices, so I wanted a quick way to change the audio output without digging through settings.

4. Continue Watching: This isn't actually real-time since apps don't expose that data. Think of it more like Favourites. I can pin shows with deep links, and clicking one opens the show directly in its respective app.

5. Long-press Actions: Long-press any app to reorder, hide (moves it to More Apps), uninstall, or force stop it. Force stop is surprisingly useful when an app gets stuck or when I want to refresh YouTube recommendations.

What do you think? Anything else worth adding?

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