Pure Vision.Room to Breathe.
Zero ads. Zero clutter. The moment your screen wakes, it’s just light, shadow, and your own horizon.
Your TV, truly yours.
The poise of a flagship set, on the TV you already own.
Crafted for You.
Default home screens exist to serve someone else. HLine TV brings the screen back to you.
Stock Launcher
- An ad before anything else
- A home full of recommendations
- Your own apps, several clicks away
- Preinstalled apps you cannot remove
- Ads first on boot
- Cluttered home feed
- Apps buried deep
- Unremovable bloatware
HLine TV
- Instant Access — Time, weather, and your top apps, elegantly presented
- Distraction-Free — Pure visual balance with zero ads across the entire screen
- Within Reach — Keep your essential apps neatly pinned at the bottom
- Zero Risk — No root required, effortlessly switch back to stock UI anytime
- Clock, weather, and your favorite apps at a glance
- Zero ads on screen, pure focus on what matters
- Your essential apps pinned right at the bottom
- No root needed, effortlessly revert anytime
Quiet, Yet Captivating.
Everything you need. Nothing you don't.
Weather, at a glance.
Subtly anchored in the corner—temperature, air quality, and city, waiting for you the moment you turn on.
Time, where you want it. Adjust clock and weather independently. Scale, placement, and presence are entirely up to you.
Beauty in motion.
Cinema-grade aerials, curated photography, or your personal memories. Every glance feels like the first time.
Grace in repose.
Let breathtaking aerial footage, rotating wallpapers, or a quiet clock take over when idle. Set the timer from a minute to hours. Your TV remains stunning even when untouched.
Effortless curation.
Long-press to move, group, hide, or remove. Or simply open a local link on your phone to switch wallpapers and cities. Give your remote a rest.
CIBN酷喵
Your icons, your rules.
On a stock set, the icon is decided by the maker. Here you scan a code and the page opens on your phone: swap it for a photo, rename the app if you like — and put the old one back if you change your mind.
Seamless Localization.
Multi-Language, Instantly Familiar.
No matter your system language, HLine TV conforms effortlessly, making you feel right at home.
27 Models, Tested Hand in Hand.
ADB menus, potential snags, and clever workarounds—all mapped out in the docs.
Even if your model isn't listed, if it runs Android 5.0 or above, it's ready.
Hisense
Sony
OPPO
Konka / Letv
International
Boxes
Others
Installation. Done in Seconds.
Fluid setup. Graceful restore.
No root required, no system files touched. Revert anytime, effortlessly.
curl One-Line Setup
# TV and computer on the same network; enable ADB on the TV first
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Harleyline/hline-tv/main/tools/install.sh \
| TV=192.168.1.20 bash
Direct Connect & Install
# if you already know your way around adb (TCL / FFALCON refuse it)
adb connect TV_IP:5555
adb install HLine-TV.apk
Plug, Play & Install
Copy HLine-TV.apk onto a stick and open it from the TV's file manager. On TCL / FFALCON, copy HLine-TV-Guard.apk instead — the TV rejects the other one with an install error.
Seamless Fallback for Locked Systems
Some firmware (most often TCL, FFALCON and OPPO) refuses to install an app that declares itself as a home screen. HLine-TV-Guard.apk is the same app without that declaration — it takes over the Home key through an accessibility service, and looks and works identically. Install it from a stick on these sets.
More about HLine TV
Does it affect the warranty? How do I go back?
It doesn't root, flash or remove system apps — it only becomes the default home screen. To go back, pick the original home in the TV's settings, or uninstall HLine TV.
Which TVs and boxes are supported?
Android TV 5.0 and later — televisions, boxes and projectors. Xiaomi, Redmi, TCL, FFALCON, Skyworth, Sony, Hisense, OPPO and others have been tried. Samsung (Tizen) and LG (webOS) are not Android and cannot run it.
I get an install error and nothing installs.
Usually the wrong file. HLine-TV.apk has to declare the home category to serve as a home screen, and firmware from TCL, FFALCON and OPPO refuses to install anything that does — on screen it is a plain install error, over adb it is INSTALL_FAILED_VERIFICATION_FAILURE. Use HLine-TV-Guard.apk: the same app without that declaration, taking over the Home key through an accessibility service, and it looks and works identically. TCL also refuses adb installs across the board, so install on the TV itself — a stick, or the TV's own file manager.
Installed, but Home still opens the old screen.
Xiaomi, TCL and Skyworth lock the home role to their own launcher, so a third-party app cannot claim it; HLine TV takes over the Home key through a home guard instead. Three steps, in order: ① allow HLine TV to use accessibility in the TV's settings (some sets also need notification access); ② open HLine TV once more; ③ restart the TV. If it still will not stay, that firmware starts its own launcher from a hard-coded component at power-on — some Skyworth sets do — and we would need to add support for that model. The app itself still works.
Does it collect data or show ads?
The launcher records nothing about what you watch, and has no advertising slot anywhere. Only the features that need the network — weather, wallpapers, updates — use it.
How do updates work?
When the control centre offers a new version, tap "Download and install". It installs over the old one, and your settings and layout stay.
Can I use my own photos and videos?
Yes — from the phone page. Photos become wallpapers, videos become the screensaver, and both stay on the TV.
Do updates keep my layout?
They do. Apps, order, folders, custom icons, wallpapers and settings all survive.
Is it free and open source?
Free, MIT licensed, source on GitHub. No account, no in-app purchases.