*Hi, TVirl developer here.*I was investigating this issue. I've tried ~10 different versions of "Live Channels" on Fire TV Stick (3rd gen with Fire OS 7.2.2.8 ) and most recent versions crash with the error:

Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: Failed to find provider com.google.android.gsf.gservices for user 0; expected to find a valid ContentProvider for this authority

Another one was:

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to get provider com.google.android.tv.livechannels.epg.provider.EpgContentProvider: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Google Play services is missing

So it looks like, missing Google Play Services breaks it.

It's a bit strange since according to my statistics there are Amazon devices watching TV with TVirl. But 99% of them are using Android 7.1.2, while most recent Fire TV Stick should be using Android 9. So there is a chance that something is broken in most recent Fire OS.

On the other hand, I would expect TVirl to work properly in Amazon's pre-installed Live TV App, since TVirl uses TV Input Framework supported by Fire OS. I will investigate further what is missing. But there is a chance that allow-listing is required by Amazon for TVirl

Ok

Does anyone know I wouldn’t be able to get the live channels app to open? It installs but then will not open. It flickers for a second then closes. The tvirl app works fine but I can use it as the live channels one does not. Thanks in advance.