Sideload Channel Launcher 1

DXIdev

About this app

Version 3 has been released (separate download). Version 3 includes many new and exciting features!


Create your own Android TV channels to launch your installed sideloaded applications or any other installed Android application.

With our channel creator you can access your applications directly from the home screen which means you do not need another launcher to open any of your applications (sideloaded or not).

Your custom channels can hold as many of your applications as you wish and you can customize all aspects of the channel; from it's name to it's logo.

You can design your own tiles from the applications icon/banner, use an icon pack, pick from an included tile, or specify the location of an image online.

With the added ability to add multiple apps to any tile you can organize your applications into the style that suits you.

Sideload Channel does also includes a "launcher mode" so that you can test your configuration or use it as an alternative method to launch your applications.

Requires Android 8.0 Oreo

Ratings and reviews

This is a very good app to deal with the horrid Oreo update*. You can customize the screen as you like. Very easy to use and sensible operation. To get to 5 stars it would be ace if you could :- 1. Allow more lines of apps - so apps can be sorted to more horizontal lines. 2. Allow for changing background images/wallpapers, which i am really missing from previous stock v7 version 3. Create Status bar for - Time, date, location etc... 4. Create Tabs on app lines which contain more relevant apps (like drawers) Cheers & Keep up the good work !!!

Great app! Makes my Nvidia Shield TV way more efficient. It seemed difficult at first, but just follow the tutorial closely and you'll figure it out. The ability to add images via URL is really useful, given that there is no way to add images directly from your device. I found Pasteboard works well to upload your images. Just use the "Embed Image" link, not the link of the image itself. And I'm not sure if the image has to be a PNG, but that's how it worked for me. I made a good looking icon to replace the Steam icon on the shield if anyone wants to use it :] (Insert dots & dashes as needed (cdn pbrd co images HJv1GBR png)). The only issues I have are (like others have mentioned), having the channel name on the left say "Sideload Channel" instead of what I actually named it, and also not being able to assign the channel icon to open a specific application. But again, great app! Thanks!

Great app that improves the customization of the new AndroidTV launcher. Some features id like to see would be: - a 3rd tile option of vertical rectangle, just like how the NVIDIA Games channels shows video game covers. - changing the size of the tiles if such a thing is possible - extra launching features such as youtube videos or opening files with certain apps

What's new

* improved the detection of available application banners.
* Added 'Quick add' button allowing you to quickly add an application.