[mythtv-users] fixing themes on Android Mythfrontend?

[Peter Bennett]

On 3/3/22 17:50, David Engel wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 03, 2022 at 03:12:14PM -0500, James Abernathy wrote:
>> My backend and frontends are on MythTV fixes/32. I have patched my favorite
>> theme, Functionality, to work on V32 and have this included on all my x86
>> frontends.  However, I don't have a clue as to how to get the same theme
>> onto my Shield TV and FireTV 4K versions of mythfrontend.
>>
>> Anyone know?
> I beleve you pretty much have two options.  One, you can upload your
> theme to the public repository so it can be downloaded by
> mythfrontend.  Two, you can build your own apk with your theme patched
> into the builtin, themes directory.  I do the latter.
>
> David

I have built a script that will let you easily copy things from android, 
to android or between androids. It was built for leanfront, but should 
work for any android app that is not flagged as production. That 
includes leanfront and mythfrontend.

Copy acopy.sh from the github repo here:

https://github.com/bennettpeter/android-MythTV-Leanfront/blob/master/extras/acopy.sh

If you run it without parameters it shows the options

acopy.sh
Copy android files from one device to another or to PC
/home/peter/bin/acopy.sh <options> files ...
List of Options:
-f      xxx  ip address to copy from. If omitted this copies only from
              the PC staging directory.
-t      xxx  ip address to copy to. If omitted this copies only to
              the PC staging directory.
-a      xxx  application (default org.mythtv.leanfront)
--db         Add leanfront database to list of files
--settings   Add leanfront settings to list of files
--stage /xxx Staging directory on this PC, default /var/tmp/acopy
Filenames are relative paths below the android app's directory.
File or directory names with spaces are not supported.
Required:
     -f -t or both
     --db, --settings, or at least one file name
Do not duplicate options. That may cause unexpected results.

To copy files into android, overwriting any that are already there, use 
this:

Make sure your computer can connect to the android with adb.

copy the theme files into /var/tmp/acopy/files/themes/Steppes (for 
Steppes theme)

acopy.sh -t <ip address> -a org.mythtv.mythfrontend 
files/themes/Steppes/* files/themes/Steppes/*/* files/themes/Steppes/*/*/*

I have not tested this with mythfrontend. If you use it let me know if 
it works or if any changes are necessary.

Peter