Max button does not start Max app on Google TV

[Mike-Burger]

Checklist:

• I updated to the latest version available
• I cleared the cache of my browser

Release with the issue:
3.5.2

Last working release (if known):
Unknown

Browser and Operating System:
Chrome, Windows

Description of problem:
When using the default rows, "max" populates the Max logo, but does not cause the Google TV to show the cast app. On the TV, there is an error that says 'You don't have an app that can do this'; however, I do have the Max app installed.

This might be due to the switch from HBO Max app to Max app.

All other default rows I have tried work as expected.

[Nerwyn]

Max is known to be broken, despite the default Max source having the deep link listed in the Android TV Deep Linking Guide thread. I'm not sure if this is an inconsistency between Android TVs or if the deep link in the guide is incorrect.

[Mike-Burger]

Unlucky - hopefully someone better than me can find it. I tried and tested potential deeplinks, but none worked.

[felipecrs]

market://launch?id=com.wbd.stream

This is the best I found so far.

[felipecrs]

This will make things easier btw: home-assistant/core#116906

[Nerwyn]

@felipecrs home-assistant/core#116906 has been merged, but the deep link you shared opens the app page for Max, not Max itself. Any idea how to open Max itself?

[felipecrs]

No idea, but that's better than nothing.

[Nerwyn]

I guess I can push out another patch version that changes the Max source to this, but I'm going to leave this open until we get a true Max link.

[krissen]

There must be some app-side difference because some apps, when called by their bundle-ID, open the actual app; others, like Max, open the app-page.

My workaround is to add a 300ms delay for the latter category of apps, and then an additional push of the center-button. Hacky, but works.

But we might need to wait for an update of the app itself.

[skavan]

FWIW, this is working for me - on a chromecast and a Google TV inside a Hisense.
I had to delete and reinstall Max on the devices.

• name: max
  type: button
  tap_action:
  action: source
  source: https://play.max.com

On a firetv, it was more convoluted:

• name: max
  type: button
  icon: fapro:max#fullcolor
  tap_action:
  action: perform-action
  perform_action: remote.send_command
  target:
  entity_id: remote.fire_tv
  data:
  command: am start -n com.hbo.hbonow/com.wbd.beam.BeamActivity

[Nerwyn]

@skavan you're right! Looks like the app creates finally fixed the deep link. I'll change it to that for the Android TV default source.

I wasn't able to get your Fire TV command working on Android TV via ADB, but the one in the Fire TV default sources list does. Does the default command not work for you? For reference:

action: media_player.select_source
target:
  entity_id: media_player.lounge_google_tv_adb
data:
  source: com.wbd.stream

[Nerwyn]

Fixed in 4.2.1