Sideload Channel Launcher 3
Full featured launcher for your Android TV devices with Reddit viewer
App info
App description
Android App Analysis and Review: Sideload Channel Launcher 3, Developed by DXIdev. Listed in Personalization Category. Current Version Is 1.56, Updated On 12/09/2021 . According to users reviews on Google Play: Sideload Channel Launcher 3. Achieved Over 4 thousand Installs. Sideload Channel Launcher 3 Currently Has 101 Reviews, Average Rating 4.7 Stars
Sideload Channel Launcher 3 (SLC3) has been built upon our already successful Sideload Channel Launcher 2 (SLC2). We have kept everything SLC2 offered and brought a whole host of brand new features to the table.Key features:
* Ability to view Reddit images, videos and GIFS directly from your home screen
* A brand new File Manager with thumbnails
* Ability to use GIF images
* A new cleaner easier to use user interface
* Ability to select wallpapers to auto cycle through
* Ability to create mulitple user profiles using our new database for faster switching
* Fully customizable layouts and design
* A huge selection of customization and appearance options
* Widget support
* Ability to design tiles using:
• Application icons
• Icon packs
• Images
• URLs
• An included icon
* Ability to add multiple apps and actions to any tile
* Ability to set an admin PIN to protect your setup and tiles
* Import and export of your configuration
* No ads
What sets our TV launcher and channel creator apart from other products?
* Ability to add media content from Reddit onto your home screen
* Multiple profiles/layouts can be configured and switched between
* Ability to use GIF images
* SQL database backend for stability
* Ability to create tiles from multiple sources
* Ability to add website bookmarks to a tile
* File Manager
* Ability to PIN protect tiles, configuration and access
* Fully customizable user interface
* 100% ad free
For Leanback Launcher/Android Home users you can also save your created channels into the main Android TV home screen.
** IMPORTANT **
This app uses Accessibility services. Our app offers the use of BIND_ACCESSIBILITY_SERVICE which can monitor your key presses (KeyEvent) and can open the recent app menu (performGlobalAction) if you enable the service.
Enabling the accessibility service gives us the ability to detect button presses so that you can configure an easier/quicker way to open SLC3. Choosing your own button means that you can pick a more suitable/accessible button to launch SLC3 which may help accommodate you or another persons needs. SLC3 does not collect, store or share any of your personal information and this option has only been implemented to assist users. In certain cases we may also use the performGlobalAction Accessibility Service to open the recent app menu.
SLC3 does not watch or collect any user actions or personal information.
If you love our TV launcher please consider leaving us a 5 star review.
What's New
What's new:
Ability to specify wallpaper fade in/out time.
Interface changes.
Previous release highlights:
New tile drawer 'Rows' customization option added.
Ability to change tile drawer background color.
New system bar customizations.
Ability to hide app names within tile drawers.
Ability to add content from Reddit onto your home screen.
GIF images can be used for tiles and wallpapers.
Ability to create multiple profiles.
Ability to specify wallpaper fade in/out time.
Interface changes.
Previous release highlights:
New tile drawer 'Rows' customization option added.
Ability to change tile drawer background color.
New system bar customizations.
Ability to hide app names within tile drawers.
Ability to add content from Reddit onto your home screen.
GIF images can be used for tiles and wallpapers.
Ability to create multiple profiles.
Recent Comments
Danny Green
I was never quite happy with the stock Nvidia Shield overlay (icons too big, couldn't fit on one row) and when Google pushed ads at the top of a $200 device, that was the final straw. This launcher is very customizable and you can get your home screen to look exactly how you'd like. The dev was super responsive for a question I had which is amazing. If you have a second Shield in your house like I do and you get an error when trying to install Sideload, it's a Play Store bug and you need to clear Play Store Data and Cache from Nvidia settings.
Lindsay Mathieson
Installed on my NVidia Shield and set as the home launcher - yay! no more ads! Perfect for my needs, easy to customise the way I want it - a row of streaming apps, video apps and music. Top row is widgets - clock, weather, and Android settings. Wife is happy - easy to access our stuff, home screen looks clean and not busy. Only thing that would be nice to add, would be app channels - Plex "Continue watching" etc. But not critical. Used a reddit /r/ShieldAndroidTV post for instructions on how to set it as the home screen, easy, but not sure if it is ok to link here.
Nvidia Shield
Fantastic piece of software. Blown away with the customisation options. I do have a few ideas and questions. Where can I go to converse with the developers? I would like the option to remove the pulsing border from the widgets as it looks a lot cleaner if it's just pulsing around the icons. I realised I was using the Gif from a network storage location and the gif was 19mb! Since moving it to local storage its fine.
Max Buckland
Very nice and helpful devs. I bought this app to stop seeing the forced ads the Nvidia Shield has to display on their homepage because of Google's new policy. Not cool Google. It has a launch at boot up option and a way to set a button to return to the launcher. The customization is nice and you can make it look clean. You can also have the background change every hour which is a nice touch. Haven't played with the reddit features yet.
Don Kontner
I own a Nvidia Shield and finally decided it was time to rid the home screen of unwanted, and sometimes, offensive ads. I tried several options until I found SCL3. I've disabled the Android Launcher and am now a happy camper. It's very easy to configure. I now have a clean, minimalistic home screen with a weather widget, custom rotating wallpaper and a few of my favorite apps. I would like to see a 'shuffle' option for wallpaper changes. I have several folders (seasons, holidays, etc...) As it is now, if I select all images in 'Christmas' and 'Autumn', it changes the images in order (all the Christmas, then all the 'Autumn'). I can't recommend this app enough.
Tejan Teji
An excellent replacement for the stock Android TV interface. Very clean and, mostly, easy to understand. Works amazingly on my Shield TV. Only reason for the 4 stars is that, I don't know how to get it to launch with the home button on my Chromecast with Google TV and there isn't a clear guide on how to get that to work.
Leif Nelson
Get this App! This is a fantastic launcher. No more ads on my 2017 Shield. Completely customizable. Don't like an icon - change it, or set it to transparent. Delete a row, add a row. Change the clock widget, and add another. What ever you want to do, you can probably do it. EASY. Dev was helpful and offered a few suggestions when I did run into a problem. Ended up being COMPLETELY USER ERROR!!! Not the app at all! Very much 5-Star.
Mike
Just saw that v3 was out and I had to get it. It's a great replacement for the annoying UI on the Chromecast w/ Google TV. I've tried all the other launchers and the SCL family is my favorite. One thing I wish I could do (maybe it is already possible, and I just can't figure out how) is if you could have transparent "blank" tile spaces. For example, if I have a row, I'd like to be able to have an app in spaces 1 and 5, but leave 3 empty spaces in between. Or any other way to align app tiles so that they aren't just in a contiguous row. Other than that, keep up the great work. EDIT: The dev's followup below worked perfectly for what I was asking. If I could give 6 stars, I would. Thanks!