With the "E3" update 1.0.298 we get a new odd behaviour: All Java apps with an ActionBar (the title bar with icon) and also some others with xml layout now have a TV-safe zone even when Overscan compensation is turned off in
Manage - System - Advan…
I guess that when I set the option manually it survives system updates. So when I set
setprop persist.sys.hdmi.videoview 1
then the controls are gone even if the firmware would support them by default.
Another problem: If the user goes to Manage - …
Was this fixed in the E3 update 1.0.298? I have set
setprop persist.sys.hdmi.videoview 1
just before updating, but the video overlays are still missing after the update. I had to call
setprop persist.sys.hdmi.videoview 0
again to get the overlays ba…
Yes, now it works in all players I tested, including Youtube! Ah, after some googling I understand what is going on: This is about mirroring video to the HDMI output: With a phone, it makes sense to just show the video on the TV, and keep the contro…
I have the same problem with my Android app on the OUYA and found this thread when looking (in vain) for a solution. Further investigation shows that many apps are affected by this problem. Here are just a few which I have tested (side-loaded via ad…
