{"id":381630,"date":"2015-12-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/droix.co.uk\/blogs\/xbmc-as-a-launcher\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T22:13:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T21:13:43","slug":"xbmc-as-a-launcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/en-gb\/xbmc-as-a-launcher\/","title":{"rendered":"XBMC As A Launcher"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With some of our older models, you are given the option to have XBMC act as your <strong>Android<\/strong> device&#8217;s launcher. This article is not relevant to MCE or openELEC device owners.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you set this option, it means the device will immediately boot straight into XBMC (much like adding it as an AutoStart entry with <a href=\"https:\/\/droidboxforums.com\/threads\/startup-manager-free.86\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Startup Manager (Free)<\/a>) but you will not be able to exit XBMC into one of the other launchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you change your mind and want to be able to access either the default Android stock launcher, or (if included), one of our DroidBOX\u00ae customer launchers, follow the steps below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Obviously we&#8217;ll assume you&#8217;re starting these steps from within XBMC. Return to the homescreen, and scroll to the Programs entry and select it. Now click the Android Apps entry, and locate &#8220;Settings&#8221;. From here, select the Apps menu (if you can&#8217;t find one, select the OTHER tab and click on the Advanced\/More settings button first).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this list of installed apps, you&#8217;ll find an entry with XBMC in its title, please click on it. Now scroll down to where it says Launch By Default and click the Clear Defaults button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press the Go Back (Return) key on your keyboard until you are in XBMC, and exit it via the power\/standby button. Reboot your machine and you should now find you&#8217;re asked which launcher to use. If you want to experiment before deciding, click on a launcher and select Just Once. When you&#8217;re certain which launcher you want to automatically appear when you press the home button or exit a program, select the Always button instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With some of our older models, you are given the option to have XBMC act as your Android device&#8217;s launcher. This article is not relevant to MCE or openELEC device owners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2166],"tags":[2210,3935],"class_list":["post-381630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorials-en-gb","tag-android-tv-box-en-gb","tag-kodi-en-gb"],"lang":"en-gb","translations":{"en-gb":381630,"en":394,"da":140647,"de":16630,"es":16567,"fi":140665,"fr":16607,"it":16651,"pl":140680,"pt-pt":140693,"sv":140650,"en-ie":381633,"en-au":381636,"cs":387939,"bg":389668,"lv":393796},"pll_sync_post":{},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":381632,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381630\/revisions\/381632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}