Select Netflix (or other apps) in Android TV

[theclue (Gabriele Baldassarre)]

Since a couple of months ago, my Sony Bravia Android TV used to have a very detailed set of sources which actually was the list of the installed apps. It was totally easy to create a script using the “select source” service to turn on the TV and start the given app (ie Netflix, Disney+ and so on).

Suddenly, the source list became much more detailed, including only HDMI1, HDMI2, Composite and, well, the real TV sources and ofc my script stopped working.

I was wondering if there is a way to get my script working again. I see I could use ADB but I’m not really expert on that protocol and btw it looks a bit overkill to me.

Is ADB really the only way?

[FloatingBoater (James Derrick)]

Seems so:

Android TV Remote - App Links/Deep Linking - Guide

This is a guide for how to find out URLs to pass to the Android TV Remote - Home Assistant integration for opening apps. It’s also an attempt to collect URLs for the most common apps. How to find out URLs It would be good to start by reading and understanding Deep Linking on Android Developers. If an app allows deep linking, in its manifest it will have intent-filter with data like the following examples: <!-- Accepts URIs that begin with "http://www.example.com/gizmos” --> <da…

[MattP (Matthew Purnell)]

Do you use NodeRed? I control my Bravia devices with the NodeRed Bravia integration and it works great.

Can start a number of the main apps. I have buttons with logos (Plex, Netflix etc) in my dash that send the TV to that app with a single press

[doctorkb (kb)]

I know this is a little necro, but seems worth posting here anyways.

If you’re using the Bravia integration, you can select the source like this:

Sony Bravia TV