Sideload Channel Launcher 1 for TV
by DXIdev
Version 5,000+
📅 Updated Jul 6, 2018
Version 3 released! Create your own Android TV channels using any of your apps!
Features Sideload Channel Launcher 1 for TV
Version 3 has been released (separate download).
Version 3 includes many new and exciting features!nnnCreate your own Android TV channels to launch your installed sideloaded applications or any other installed Android application.nnWith our channel creator you can access your applications directly from the home screen which means you do not need another launcher to open any of your applications (sideloaded or not).nnYour custom channels can hold as many of your applications as you wish and you can customize all aspects of the channel; from its name to its logo.
nnYou can design your own tiles from the applications icon/banner, use an icon pack, pick from an included tile, or specify the location of an image online.nnWith the added ability to add multiple apps to any tile you can organize your applications into the style that suits you.nnSideload Channel does also includes a "launcher mode" so that you can test your configuration or use it as an alternative method to launch your applications.nnRequires Android 8.0 Oreo
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"Is this version 3? I am confuse I have 2 now and 3 doesn't seem to ask for money. I brought 1 and 2."
Randall Lind
"Before your app was 5 stars. After nvidia shield update as for 20.04.2020. it doesn't launch at startup. Do you know what is up with that? I would appreciate if you could fix it because before was perfect, I power up nvidia shield and at startup sideload channel opens."
Tomislav Šokić
"I only bought this in August and now there's another app with more features than this. Money, money, money."
Jason Leeman
"so, instead of updating this app, you make another with new features that should be available to people that supported you with this, lame dev, very lame..."
mushmash mashed
"This is a very good app to deal with the horrid Oreo update*. You can customize the screen as you like. Very easy to use and sensible operation. To get to 5 stars it would be ace if you could :- 1. Allow more lines of apps - so apps can be sorted to more horizontal lines. 2. Allow for changing background images/wallpapers, which i am really missing from previous stock v7 version 3. Create Status bar for - Time, date, location etc... 4. Create Tabs on app lines which contain more relevant apps (like drawers) Cheers & Keep up the good work !!!"
kzashi
"Great app that improves the customization of the new AndroidTV launcher. Some features id like to see would be: - a 3rd tile option of vertical rectangle, just like how the NVIDIA Games channels shows video game covers. - changing the size of the tiles if such a thing is possible - extra launching features such as youtube videos or opening files with certain apps"
Serpent
"Sideload Channel by DXIdev is the only launcher I have come to love on my Nvidia Shields. Unlike some others that toss out the functionality of Google's Android TV OS UI, Sideload Channel complements and augment it. When I turn my shield on, the UI still tells me what is good to watch on HBO Now, Amazon Video, Netflix, Acorn TV, Vudu and Hulu just like it would without Sideload Channels apk. However, this app gives me the ability to add 3rd party sideloaded apps to the menu which isn't always possible without it. I can have a file utility channel, a music channel, a cloud channel, a vpn channel with two vpn service providers, general maintenance channel with 3rd party app store and cleaners. This is how a launcher should work. Not stomp on over the existing work Google and Nvidia put into the UI of the operating system, but simply augment its capabilities. If you have a Shield TV, this app is a no brainer. A solid Five Stars from me."
Teddy DaBear
"Great app, exactly as advertised."
Nick Neish
"Great app! Makes my Nvidia Shield TV way more efficient. It seemed difficult at first, but just follow the tutorial closely and you'll figure it out. The ability to add images via URL is really useful, given that there is no way to add images directly from your device. I found Pasteboard works well to upload your images. Just use the "Embed Image" link, not the link of the image itself. And I'm not sure if the image has to be a PNG, but that's how it worked for me. I made a good looking icon to replace the Steam icon on the shield if anyone wants to use it :] (Insert dots & dashes as needed (cdn pbrd co images HJv1GBR png)). The only issues I have are (like others have mentioned), having the channel name on the left say "Sideload Channel" instead of what I actually named it, and also not being able to assign the channel icon to open a specific application. But again, great app! Thanks!"
MVM
"I like the app just having trouble figuring out how to make the apps show like normal apps in the home page,they get installed to something like a folder ---like sideload launcher. I am editing my review to 5 stars they were good enough to answer me and give me a little video on how to use it,exactly what I needed! No other way to contact thye devs was wondering if I could get link to tut that you had made for me,as a lot of people I send to app need help"
Ted Wood
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Available for Android 8.0 and above