WTH can't I see what my android tv is doing?

Month of "What the heck?!"
21

Running into the exact same issue and android debug bridge no longer detects the app running on my tv which means I can’t use custom rules to detect if apps are playing content or not :sob:

22

FWIW, This issue is also affecting the new Walmart Onn 4k pro Android TV (Android 12).

You can add it to HA, but the integration has issues.

It reports the Android TV as idle, when its playing something. And regardless what you do in the Android TV device it says the status has not changed in hours.

Also It reports that the google launcher is open when in fact youtube is open in the foreground playing a video. And the volume mute button is not working (but volume bar is).

The media_player.android_tv state is Idle and attributes of the entity are:

adb_response: null
hdmi_input: null
device_class: tv
friendly_name: Android TV
supported_features: 23997
volume_level: 1
is_volume_muted: false
app_name: Google TV Launcher
source: Google TV Launcher
entity_picture: /api/media_player_proxy/media_player.android_tv?token=e976a3383e1cd24e53b7ba4cfbc80ae5fca34e0cc114545aa099ed2c0bf5172f&cache=fc1e1a9f1b304f5a
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Nice! Here is my take on it for reference. I also disable the normally active presence automation in the room when something is playing, and set it back on when nothing is playing.

alias: TV States
description: Check TV states
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: media_player.hisense_google_tv_2
    from: null
    to: null
condition:
  - condition: or
    conditions:
      - condition: time
        after: "13:00:00"
      - condition: time
        before: "06:00:00"
action:
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: template
            value_template: "{{ trigger.to_state.state == 'playing' }}"
        sequence:
          - service: light.turn_off
            target:
              entity_id:
                - light.theater
                - light.desk
                - light.globes
          - service: light.turn_on
            target:
              entity_id:
                - light.ambient_left_light_2
                - light.ambient_right_light_3
            data:
              color_temp: 454
              brightness: 86
          - service: automation.turn_off
            target:
              entity_id: automation.family_room_motion
      - conditions:
          - condition: template
            value_template: "{{ trigger.to_state.state in ['paused', 'idle', 'turned_off'] }}"
        sequence:
          - service: automation.turn_on
            target:
              entity_id: automation.family_room_motion
          - service: light.turn_off
            target:
              entity_id:
                - light.ambient_left_light_2
                - light.ambient_right_light_3
          - service: light.turn_on
            target:
              entity_id:
                - light.theater
                - light.globes
mode: single