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-====== Kodi 18.4 on Tanix Tx6 (Android 9) ======
-Tanix Tx6 with Android 9
-===== Installation =====
-  * Install //Total Commander// File Manager from Play Store
-  * Allow installing apps from unknown sources for TotalCommander, disallow for all other apps
-  * Copy the 2 apks from USB to the Download directory
-  * Install //Zattoo// {{ :android:com.zattoo.player_2.6.0-8413_minapi21_arm64-v8a_armeabi_armeabi-v7a_x86_x86_64_nodpi_apkmirror.com.apk.zip |TV app }} for Android TV OS
-  * Install //U Play// {{ :android:app-release.zip |TV app Thailand }} for Android
-  * Install //ProxyDroid// from Play Store
-  * Install //SSHelper// from Play Store (default username=admin, password=admin)
-  * Install //Screenshot Easy// from Play Store
-  * Install //Kodi// from Play Store
-  * Arrange home apps, my preferred setup is {{ :media:alice_ux.jpg?200|}}
-===== Kodi Setup =====
-  - Enable //Show movie sets// in Settings/Media/Videos. You might want to enable //Include sets containing a single movie//.
-  - Add file paths through main menu //Videos//, then //Files/Add videos.../Browse/Add network location...//, and add the samba path to the folder.
-  - Add file path for (example) **Concerts**, then create movie set //concerts//, then add all movies to the movie set.
-  - Select the movie set, then select //Add to favorites// through the context menu.
-  - Repeat for other movie types you want to group into it's own menu item, for example **Billiard** and **Foreign movies**.
-===== Modify Menu Entries =====
-The new default skin "Estuary" is very good, not too heavy, and well maintained. However, it lacks the ability to customize the home screen. This walk-through exists also for [[media:leia#Modify Menu Entries|Kodi 18.1 on LibreELEC 9.0.1]].
-However, it is possible to customize the home menu items manually. With SSH access to your Kodi box, you can create custom menu entries.
-  - Login to your box through SSHelper and copy the entire skin directory with TotalCommander or the following command:<code>su
-cp -R /data/data/org.xbmc.kodi/cache/apk/assets/addons/skin.estuary /data/media/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons
-; source: /data/data/org.xbmc.kodi/cache/apk/assets/addons/skin.estuary
-; dest:   /data/media/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons</code>
-  - Rename the copied directory to skin.estuary-mod, then rename the skin id and name in the 2nd line of the following file:<code>/data/media/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/skin.estuary-mod/addon.xml</code>
-  - Reboot, then enable the new skin in Addons
-  - Make the desired view a favorite, for example you want to have a menu item for foreign language movies, so add all foreign language movies into the same movie set and make it a favorite.
-  - Note the ActivateWindow command including the parameters in between the (brackets), this will be the command to open your custom menu, in file: entry<code>/data/media/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/favorites.xml</code>
-  - Modify:<code>/data/media/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/skin.estuary-mod/xml/Home.xml</code>
-  - Choose a menu item you do not use, for example "Games", find the string "ActivateWindow(Games)" in Home.xml
-  - Rename the entry within <label>, and replace the png file within <thumb>, for example with movies.png
-  - Remove visibility check within <visible> except !Skin.HasSetting, with which you can enable/disable all custom menu items
-  - If you want to remove the text when moving to your new menu item, first open file strings.po in ~/.kodi/addons/skin.estuary-mod/language/resource.language.en_us, and find the string id (for "Games", this is id 31162 as per Kodi 9.0.1)
-  - Open Home.xml again and find id 31162, comment out from <include content="ImageWidget"> to </include>, this will disable the text "Play your personal games..."
-  - To create more than one extra menu item, copy the new menu item and rename the <label> and <onclick> directives, but keep property name (menu_id and id) the same as for the original games menu item
-  - Reorder your menu items to your liking and reboot Kodi
-  - Change the splash screen by replacing splash.jpg in the kodi install folder, or by placing splash.png into the user folder:<code>/data/data/org.xbmc.kodi/cache/apk/assets/media
-/data/media/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/media</code>
-Refer to the example file {{ :media:home.zip |}} which contains custom menu items replacing the games entry. Note id 43 below, which is the id of the favourite selected.<code><item>
-  <label>$LOCALIZE[20389]</label>
-  <property name="menu_id">$NUMBER[17000]</property>
-  <onclick>ActivateWindow(10025,&quot;videodb://movies/sets/43/?setid=43&quot;,return)</onclick>
-  <thumb>icons/sidemenu/musicvideos.png</thumb>
-  <property name="id">games</property>
-  <visible>!Skin.HasSetting(HomeMenuNoGamesButton)</visible>
-</item></code>
-In my setup, it is 3D(39), Billiard(42), Concerts(43), and Thai movies (47).
-  * [[https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=319520|Want to add a custom menu item...]]
-  * [[https://kodi.wiki/view/Estuary_Modification#Renaming_and_Reordering_Main_Menu_Items|Renaming and Reordering Main Menu Items]]
-  * [[https://forum.libreelec.tv/thread/11249-how-to-change-files-on-read-only-file-system/|LibreELEC: How to change files on Read-only file system]]
-==== Links ====
-  * [[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6066030/read-only-file-system-on-android|Read only file system on Android]]
-  * [[https://www.getdroidtips.com/stock-firmware-tanix-tx6-tv-box/|How to Install Stock Firmware on Tanix TX6 TV Box [Android 9.0 Pie]]]
-  * [[https://discourse.coreelec.org/t/missing-kodi-splash-screen/3641|Missing Kodi Splash screen]]

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