A tale of 4 user interfaces.

[mvallevand]

Here is a video demo of four methods of accessing NextPVR on Android.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPlUmre-MqY

1. pvr.nextpvr Kodi native client
2. knewc  UI client in Kodi
3. Android Live Channels
4. Sub's Android client

I find that even with all these newer choices sub's original NextPVR UI still looks pretty good.

Of note I show how to work around the issue with recordings in sub's Android client, using a remote with mouse to give focus to the recording list. 

This is on the Tivo 4KStream Android TV box pretty much the cheapest client h/w there is right now.  I used Kodi to launch Android app's but I could have gone back to the Android TV launcher.

Martin

[VCR58]

...I find that even with all these newer choices sub's original NextPVR UI still looks pretty good.

Of note I show how to work around the issue with recordings in sub's Android client, using a remote with mouse to give focus to the recording list. 

This is on the Tivo 4KStream Android TV box pretty much the cheapest client h/w there is right now.  I used Kodi to launch Android app's but I could have gone back to the Android TV launcher.

Martin

I just acquired a Fire TV Stick 4K and installed the NextPVR android app on it. It's plugged in the HDMI port on my TCL Roku TV. I agree I think it looks good as well.

Also, I had no issue with navigation of my recordings list using the stock remote. The only issue I had was with skipping. Any attempts at skipping ahead or back caused the recording to start over.

[mvallevand]

@VCR58 it's not clear how you installed sub's apk on an Amazon device unless you also sideloaded the Play Store. Because of this I've never sideloaded it on a FTV I can't say, but the navigation issue isn't on all versions of Android. Also when there are more than a screen full of recordings it isn't a big issue since the off screen item does get selected. You can see the issue easily on Android TV (which is not the same as Android) in the video around at 4:10, the recording comes up on the list but there is no way to navigate to the list item to play it with arrow keys so I needed to use the remote mouse to activate it.

Martin

[VCR58]

@VCR58 it's not clear how you installed sub's apk on an Amazon device unless you also sideloaded the Play Store.  Because of this I've never sideloaded it on a FTV I can't say, but the navigation issue isn't on all versions of Android.  Also when there are more than a screen full of recordings it isn't a big issue since the off screen item does get selected.  You can see the issue easily on Android TV (which is not the same as Android) in the video around at 4:10, the recording comes up on the list but there is no way to navigate to the list item to play it with arrow keys so I needed to use the remote mouse to activate it.

Martin

I have NextPVR purchased from Google Play on my Android phone and used Apps2Fire to install NextPVR from my phone to Fire TV. It was very easy to do.

[mvallevand]

Interesting, I wonder if the apk calls home and will eventually lock you out?

Martin

[VCR58]

Possibly. It was mostly an experiment to see how well it worked.

Maybe with a few tweaks it would be a good client for Fire/Android TV .