aerial-tv

Project Overview

Stock TV launchers drown in recommendations and membership badges, and the system keeps killing background apps. Aerial swaps in a clean layer: an Apple TV-inspired Android TV home with just your apps, wallpapers, and an aerial screensaver. It launches on boot, survives standby, needs no root, touches no system apps, and reverses anytime.

Item	Value
Platform	Android TV (TVs, boxes, projectors)
Install	ADB sideload, no root
Screensaver	114 Apple TV aerial clips
Wallpapers	Bing daily picks, 14 built-ins, phone uploads

With this home, booting the TV lands on a glass dock and an aerial screensaver.

Key Features

• Home layout: a dock of favorite apps on a glass base with the full app grid below; hidden system apps like Xiaomi's App Center and Mijia show up too
• Organizing: long-press OK or the menu key to move, folder, hide, uninstall, or set Launch at boot; docked HDMI inputs map to Apple TV, PlayStation, Switch, Xbox, PC icons, and more
• Phone organizing: scan the TV's QR code to drag-sort, rename, re-icon, folder, hide, and even dock HDMI sources from your phone
• Control center: press up from the first row for inputs, network, settings, volume, brightness, and personalization
• Aerial screensaver: 114 Apple TV aerial clips in 4K or 4K Dolby Vision where supported, or photos, a clock, and local videos added from your phone
• Wallpapers: Bing daily picks or phone-uploaded photos and videos, playing behind the tiles after 10 idle seconds
• Personalization: 4 / 5 / 6 apps per row, one or two rows, clock size and position, focus style, and key sounds

Quick Start

1. Enable ADB: Xiaomi taps Product model repeatedly, TCL taps up-down-left-right quickly, Haier enters the factory menu with left-left-up-right, OPPO with up-up-right-right, and other Android TVs tap Build number 7 times
2. Connect from a PC on the same network with adb connect <IP>:5555 and install the APK
3. For Android 11+ TVs with wireless debugging only, pair first: adb pair <IP>:<port> with the 6-digit code, then adb connect the other port shown on the wireless debugging page

System Requirements

Item	Requirement
Device	TV, box, or projector running Android TV
Network	ADB for install; Bing wallpapers need connectivity in use

Notes

• Stock home untouched: Aerial installs as a normal app — uninstalling restores the original launcher with no system changes
• Screensaver quality is device-bound: 4K and Dolby Vision need hardware support, otherwise it downscales automatically
• Pairing ports differ: wireless debugging uses separate pair and connect ports; follow what the TV screen shows