Universal App: Home Screen updates

[MKay 8]

Hello,

ich recently switched from AppleTV to AndroidTV. Specifically Google Streamer 4K.

ich tested both the deprecated Tv app and the universal app. I stuck with the universal since the forums state this is the future. 
 

I am pretty happy with the app and all works. Except for updates of the Home Screen. When I turn the tv off and add a new episode or watch an episode on another device and then come back to the tv, the home screens „continue warching“ is still as if I turned it off. Going to the android Home Screen and reopen the app nothing updates. 
I need to force close the app and restart or watch another episode and return to the Home Screen to have it update. 
currently I solve this by navigating to the show in my favorites, enter the season and play the new episode. 
I with it would update when the app is back in foreground.

is there a setting or anyone else having this problem? It worked perfectly on my appletv and iOS devices. 
 

thanks and I hope I described my „problem“ understandably

[arrbee99 1852]

Sounds like something mentioned a few years ago. Don't think this is a problem with the old app.

[Luke 42745]

HI there, can you please provide a specific example?

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[FrostByte 5533]

Are you just hitting the Home button when exiting?  What happens if you use the Exit command within the app?

[MKay 8]

I installed the app from the google playstore. Should be the latest stable version. 
 

yes I do close the app with the home button. If I use the exit command and open the app it refreshes the progress. 

[MKay 8]

I may have found the problem in my setup. Not sure yet but will observe it. 
I am using the projectivity launcher and hitting the home button just brings me to the custom launcher. 
I now closed the launcher and used stock Android. And it seems to update the continue watching section when I reopen emby from the stock launcher. 
I am not deep enough into Android to know if this makes a difference. 

[MKay 8]

Nope that was not it. It happens with the default stock google launcher aswell. It was working but when I turned the tv on, started emby nothing updated. I tried again, with home and open the app. I tried to open another app and the open emby, but nothing. 
I hit back until it asked me to exit emby. And after exiting (closing) the app completely and then reopen it refreshed. 
Can’t explain why this happens