How to publish Flutter apps made for Android TV on PlayStore

[pharshdev]

Note: I already know TV isn't supported by Flutter, but I highly feel this issue could be solved using a simple workaround which I'm not aware of yet.

So, I have developed an Android TV app using Flutter and it works as expected. The problem is in publishing the app to Playstore.

I have already made the changes to AndroidManifest as stated in Android docs for TV apps but still when the app is published on playstore, it says "This app is incompatible with all of your devices." including my AndroidTV and AndroidTV emulator.

Here's my AndroidManifest:
`

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /> 
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />

<uses-feature android:name="android.software.leanback"
    android:required="true" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen"
          android:required="false" />


<!-- io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication is an android.app.Application that
     calls FlutterMain.startInitialization(this); in its onCreate method.
     In most cases you can leave this as-is, but you if you want to provide
     additional functionality it is fine to subclass or reimplement
     FlutterApplication and put your custom class here. -->
<application
    android:name="io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication"
    android:label="xyz "
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:usesCleartextTraffic="true">
    <activity
        android:name=".MainActivity"
        android:launchMode="singleTop"
        android:theme="@style/LaunchTheme"
        android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|locale|layoutDirection|fontScale|screenLayout|density|uiMode"
        android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
        android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize">
        <!-- This keeps the window background of the activity showing
             until Flutter renders its first frame. It can be removed if
             there is no splash screen (such as the default splash screen
             defined in @style/LaunchTheme). -->
        <meta-data
            android:name="io.flutter.app.android.SplashScreenUntilFirstFrame"
            android:value="true" />
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LEANBACK_LAUNCHER"/>
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
    <provider
        android:name="sk.fourq.otaupdate.OtaUpdateFileProvider"
        android:authorities="${applicationId}.ota_update_provider"
        android:exported="false"
        android:grantUriPermissions="true">
    <meta-data
        android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
        android:resource="@xml/filepaths" />

`

Any help appreciated, thanks!

[iapicca]

#13749
#13633
#26947
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47844928/how-to-let-flutter-apps-support-tv-device

[pharshdev]

#13749
#13633
#26947
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47844928/how-to-let-flutter-apps-support-tv-device

@iapicca Why link me to Focus and touch operation issues/solution?

I think I clearly mentioned that the app "works as expected" and the issue is on publishing the app to PlayStore where it says app is incompatible even though it works alright when sideloaded.

[kf6gpe]

I don't know if we have a placeholder bug for Android TV support, but I'm imagining that to fully support @pharshdev we'd want some changes on both the framework and tooling side. The specific problem they're running into strikes me as tooling, but I don't think I understand the details.

[pharshdev]

We have already successfully published the Flutter TV app on Playstore. We just needed to move <category android:name="android.intent.category.LEANBACK_LAUNCHER"/> above <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>. Thanks anyways.

[khalilahmad0]

Hey! Can I have your email? I am building a tv app using flutter and I might need some help

[pbertsch]

@pharshdev could you provide the name of your Application ?

[pharshdev]

@pbertsch here you go https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.premiumize.pmtvplay

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