Why is the Android app much harder to use than the TV app

[xena990 8]

I've been using the past month the Android app on my TV, here is what is what the TV app does better:

1. Exiting the app

Android: you press back, it goes to Home/Favorites, and back again - goes to the slide menu, and back again -  it finally closes the app without any prompts

TV: 1 press of back, asks you if you wanna exit, you press ok, it exits

 

2. Skipping intros (when you have the bottom menu on screen)

Android: you press up once, goes to timeline,  another up press- goes to CC, another up - finally goes to the skip button

TV.: you press once up, it goes on the skip button

 

3. Menu Accent color (there is an option to change Accent color, but it does nothing)

Android: you get white highlight on white background -  it sucks

TV: you get green highlight

 

4. Exiting a library menu (movies,tv shows, etc.)

Android: you press back once, it goes to the movies/suggestions menu

TV: you press back it goes back to the home menu

 

5. Preventing me from exiting

Only on Android, sometimes, it does not exit the playback state, but i can navigate the menus, but i cannot exit the play window, in order to fix it i have to let the movie finish or fast forward to the end.

Same happens on home menu, when sometimes i cannot exit the app at all, it keeps giving me the sidebar menu when i press back, the fix is to restart the app or device.

 

6. No subtitle burn-in option on Android.

 

7. The overall font size and UI scaling

Android: Everything is huge and does not use horizontal space cleverly

TV: nothing to complain

 

So why am i making this? It is simple, some of the plugins and features only work on the android app, some of them are even premium, they don't even say before you buy on which kind of app the feature works. 

I would like for the devs to focus on 1 app and make it the only app. But since the android app gets all the cool things but does not get simple tings like UI scaling, simpler navigation etc. i wonder if the time spent on android app development is managed properly. Maybe more performance/UI fixes and less features.

 

I don't wanna upset anyone, and hopefully there are others who can share more about this, not everybody uses the apps in the same manner.

[Neminem 1518]

Here is a list of things users want added to the new AIO android app.
The list is long, and so is the thread.
4 years later and its still not as great as the Android TV app.

 

[Spaceboy 2573]

see you back here in 4 years time?

[Luke 42077]

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7. The overall font size and UI scaling

Android: Everything is huge and does not use horizontal space cleverly

Hi there, can you please provide an example? Thanks !