• << Fire OS Developer Docs
• Overview
  • Get Started with Fire TV
  • Fire TV Development Versus Android TV Development
  • TV App Design UX Guidelines
  • Submitting Your Fire TV App to the Appstore
  • Promote Your App On Fire TV
  • Glossary
  • Amazon Fire TV FAQs
  • Smart TV FAQ
  • What's New in Fire TV Development
• Fire OS for Fire TV
  • Fire OS Overview
  • Developing for Amazon Fire TV Devices Running Fire OS 16
  • Developing for Amazon Fire TV Devices Running Fire OS 14
  • Developing for Amazon Fire TV Devices Running Fire OS 8
  • Developing for Amazon Fire TV Devices Running Fire OS 7
  • Developing for Amazon Fire TV Devices Running Fire OS 6
• Set Up Your Development Environment
  • Set Up Your Development Environment
  • Connect to Fire TV through ADB
  • Install and Run Your App
• Controllers in Android Apps
  • Remote Control Input
  • Game Controller Input
  • Controller Input with Unity
  • Identify Controllers
  • Controller Behavior Guidelines
  • Controller Image Assets
• Voice
  • Overview for Voice-enabling Your App and Content
  • Voice-enabling Transport Controls with Media Session API
  • In-App Voice Scrolling and Selection
• Multimedia
  • Managing Audio Focus
  • Testing Audio Focus
  • Dolby Integration
  • Requirements for Multimedia Apps
  • AV Synchronization in Android Applications
  • APIs for HDMI Mode Switch
  • Tunnel Mode Playback
• Automotive
  • Automotive UX Guidelines
  • Add touch to Fire TV
  • Automotive Developer Reference
• Fire TV Integration SDK
  • Get Started with the Fire TV Integration SDK
  • Developer Tools
    • Setup the Sample Fire TV App
  • Content Personalization
    • Introduction to Content Personalization
    • Data Types
      • Watch Activity
      • Watchlist
    • Data Type Reference
    • Summary Reference Table
  • Fire TV Integration SDK General Troubleshooting
  • Test Cases for Validating Integration
  • Release Notes
• Live TV Integrations
  • Linear Integration
    • Introduction to Linear Television Integration
    • TV Input Framework on Fire TV
    • Step-by-step Integration Guide
      • Linear TV Integration Guide Overview
      • Step 1: Set Up Project Dependencies
      • Step 2: Set Up TvInputService
      • Step 3: Insert Your First Channel
      • Step 4: Playback in Fire TV UI
      • Test Cases for Linear Apps
    • Live TV Resources
  • Events Integration
    • Events Integration on Fire TV
    • Test Cases for Events Apps
• How to Build an Android App for Fire TV
  • Step 1: Create a Media Streaming App
  • Step 2: Understand the Anatomy of a Leanback-Enabled Android App for Amazon Fire TV
  • Step 3: Browse the Content of a Leanback-Enabled Android App
  • Step 4: Edit the User Interface Through Presenters
  • Step 5: Provide the Details of the App Content Through the DetailsFragment
  • Step 6: Play Video Content with the PlaybackOverlayFragment
• Developer Tools and System X-ray
  • Developer Tools Menu
  • System X-Ray
  • Customizing System X-Ray
  • Network Proxy
• Development Best Practices
  • Mouse Pointers
  • Display and Layout
  • Media Players
  • HDMI Events
  • Android Menu and ActionBar widgets
  • DIAL Integration
  • Matter Casting
    • Overview of Matter Casting
    • Matter Casting Integration
    • App Attestation
  • Search
  • Notifications
  • App Installation Location
  • Advertising ID
  • Deep Linking to Featured Content from the Fire TV UI
  • Resources for International Locales
• Web Apps for Fire TV
  • Get Started with Web Apps
  • Web App Controllers
  • Customize Your App
  • User Agent Strings
  • Migrate Your Existing Web App
  • Cordova plugin for Amazon Catalog Integration
  • Web App FAQ
  • HTTP Caching
  • Protect Your Web App
  • Install and Use the Amazon Web App Tester
  • Use the Debug APK to Test Your App
  • Install and Run the Debug APK to Test Your App
  • HTML5 Hybrid Apps
  • Build and Test Your HTML5 Hybrid App
  • HTML5 Hybrid App FAQs
• React Native for Fire TV
  • Get Started with React Native (Fire TV)
  • Add TV Support to an Existing React Native Project (Fire TV)
  • Supported React Native Libraries (Fire TV)
• Accessibility
  • Assistive Technologies for Fire OS
  • Implement Accessibility in Fire OS
  • Accessibility Features
    • Implement Reading and Subscribing to AD/CC Settings
    • Implement VoiceView Accessibility Features

Mouse Pointers (Fire TV)

If your app supports pointer-based input, Amazon Fire TV supports the use of a USB or Bluetooth-connected mouse that enables users to interact with your app. By default the mouse pointer appears as a large circle on the TV.

You can change the appearance of this mouse pointer into an arrow with an addition to the Android manifest (AndroidManifest.xml).

To change the default mouse pointer to an arrow for a given activity, add a <meta-data> element to your manifest inside <activity>:

<activity
        android:name=".MyActivity"
        android:label="My Activity">
    ...
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
    </intent-filter>
    <meta-data android:name="com.amazon.input.cursor" android:value="pointer"/>
</activity>

Last updated: Oct 29, 2020