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No Netflix icon? [answered]

asked 2016-02-29 18:55:20 +0200

Moshroom

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I installed Netflix from Aptoide/apps. Works well, but the icon doesn't show in the launcher so only way to launch it is through Aptoide. Not very practical.

(Icons of other Android apps appeared automatically after install and I already tried to reinstall. System specs: Jolla Tablet, Taalojärvi.)

Is there any easy way to make the icon appear (other than create .desktop file with PC, get root access and manually drop the file to Applications folder)?

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I have the same issue.

attah ( 2016-03-01 10:11:06 +0200 )edit

Anyone tested if this happens on the phone also?

avhakola ( 2016-03-01 18:39:19 +0200 )edit

It does not (for me anyway)

attah ( 2016-03-01 23:23:26 +0200 )edit

Have you tried installing Netflix directly with the .apk from Google Play? That seemed to work on my device...

Pornis ( 2016-03-02 11:23:11 +0200 )edit

@Pornis, I don't have a Google Play and I don't want to have anything that wastes my battery life and wlan bandwidth just to show ads. Jolla Tablet doesn't have a great battery and the internet connection in my current location is poor, so I'd like to keep the unneccessary backgroud processes minimum.

(Well actually I haven't even tried it in my Jollas, so I'm not 100 % sure how much battery it would eat. But when I had it in my Samsung XCover 2 the average battery life was less than 24 h. When I removed it, the battery life doubled and the only issue I had (in addition to not being able to get more apps) was that Podcast Addict started to tell me it required me to reinstall it (which was a lie - the only part of Podcast Addict that stopped working were the ads).)

Moshroom ( 2016-03-02 12:19:49 +0200 )edit

I have the same issue.
attah ( 2016-03-01 10:11:06 +0200 )edit
Anyone tested if this happens on the phone also?
avhakola ( 2016-03-01 18:39:19 +0200 )edit
It does not (for me anyway)
attah ( 2016-03-01 23:23:26 +0200 )edit
Have you tried installing Netflix directly with the .apk from Google Play? That seemed to work on my device...
Pornis ( 2016-03-02 11:23:11 +0200 )edit
@Pornis, I don't have a Google Play and I don't want to have anything that wastes my battery life and wlan bandwidth just to show ads. Jolla Tablet doesn't have a great battery and the internet connection in my current location is poor, so I'd like to keep the unneccessary backgroud processes minimum.
(Well actually I haven't even tried it in my Jollas, so I'm not 100 % sure how much battery it would eat. But when I had it in my Samsung XCover 2 the average battery life was less than 24 h. When I removed it, the battery life doubled and the only issue I had (in addition to not being able to get more apps) was that Podcast Addict started to tell me it required me to reinstall it (which was a lie - the only part of Podcast Addict that stopped working were the ads).)
Moshroom ( 2016-03-02 12:19:49 +0200 )edit

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answered 2016-02-29 23:22:09 +0200

nelbrog
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I have the same issue on the tablet, but also with some more apps such as Word, Excel and some more. My work-around: Create a .desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications/ No root-access needed for this folder. I also placed the icons there. Not a very nice solution, but it works.

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Thanks. Saves time and energy. However another problem occured. When I wrote this:

[Desktop Entry]
Exec=apkd-launcher /home/.android/data/app/com.netflix.mediaclient-1.apk
Icon=/home/nemo/.local/share/applications/netflix.png
Name=Netflix
Type=Application

It seems that it creates an icon that doesn't do anything. I guess there is something missing from the Exec line, but unfortunately I haven't been able to figure out what (I've never launched Android apps through command line so there might be something there that I don't know).

Moshroom ( 2016-03-01 20:23:03 +0200 )edit

I transplanted the one from my phone to /usr/share/applications but should work the same with the above dir. With this content it works for me, YMMV:

[Desktop Entry]
Exec=apkd-launcher /data/app/com.netflix.mediaclient-2.apk com.netflix.mediaclient/com.netflix.mediaclient.ui.launch.UIWebViewActivity
Icon=/var/lib/apkd/apkd_launcher_com_netflix_mediaclient-com_netflix_mediaclient_ui_launch_UIWebViewActivity.png
Name=Netflix
Type=Application
Version=1.0
X-Nemo-Application-Type=no-invoker
X-Nemo-Single-Instance=no
X-apkd-apkfile=/data/app/com.netflix.mediaclient-2.apk
X-apkd-packageName=com.netflix.mediaclient

attah ( 2016-03-01 22:31:39 +0200 )edit

@attah, that works. It seems launching an Android app is not as simple as launching a Sailfish app. Thanks.

Moshroom ( 2016-03-02 12:23:06 +0200 )edit

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