Installing this causes elementum to not start, or hang with "looks like elementum is still starting up" message. Reverting to 1.86.3 fixes things. Running e 1.86, Nvidia shield, android 11

Since ElementumService is installed as a system app (and not a user app), it is impossible to grant NAS write permission via the normal Settings UI.

A solution is required for non-rooted devices (e.g. installing the app as a user app instead).

Any help?

Hi,

Thanks for making this possible on Android 11+ :)

Could you please check the logcat on why the Elementum doesn't work when Kodi's data path is set to /sdcard, instead of the default one /Android/data/ ?

The daemon doesn't start, I think

logcat.txt

Let me know if you need more info.

Thanks !

it would be good if you could turn off the service from notification

because sometimes i close Kodi from recent apps and this this doesn't turn off the service so i have to open Kodi again open Elementum again and reclose it from the app

I'm running Kodi on a Shield Pro (Android 11). I've noticed that after installing the Elementum service, my library stopped being updated when I added new movies to the library via Elementum. Took me a while to pinpoint the issue but I believe it's because of this that you mentioned on the README:

You'll no longer be able to use paths to Kodi's data folder as they will be translated to the service app's data folder.

I can see the movies are added to /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/service.elementum.android/files/.kodi/temp/elementum_library/Movies but this is not the directory that Kodi is using in the library, so I think this is the reason why I don't see updates on my library. My library is currently configured to use the special://temp/elementum_library/Movies directory which translates to /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/temp/elementum_library/Movies. I tried to change this to use the service.elementum.android directory mentioned above but it obviously fails since those files belong to a diferent app (the Elementum Service) and Kodi can't access them. Is there a workaround for this?

Thanks in advance!

As others have mentioned, thank you so much for your generous work!

I've tried installing various releases, but keep having the same issue. I try and open Elementum, then have a pop-up that says: adb shell appops set --uid service.elementum.android MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE allow

there's an OK button, but that's about it.

whenever trying to open Elementum, it's still giving me the "still warming up" notice.

when i go into the app permissions, i'll see a permissions box QUICKLY... before it then vanishes. i've tried quickly pressing down, but cannot seem to get onto the spot to toggle the ALLOW permissions.

any suggestions?

It's unusual to name executables using the "so" file extension. Is there anything in android that forces you to name the files that way? I see that you bundle the binaries as JNI libraries into the APK (which is maybe the reason for naming the files that way), but isn't it also possible to just package them as resources (for example using the processResources gradle task)?

There is no actual issue that I am trying to fix. I am just curious about some of the choices you've made.

That being said, I think your solution to the W^X issue is very elegant: Since android only allows the execution of binaries bundled with the APK, let's just put them into an APK. Nice! Luckily the Kodi extension uses sockets to communicate with the core process, otherwise we would have lot more work to do :)

Thanks for this project btw!

After install the service APK and install the modified Zip I'm getting the error:

Stat /storage/emulated/0/data/service.elementum.android/fi No such file or directory

Device: TCL android TV 11

Kodi version: V19.3 matrix

Hi, Since today elementum service has stopped working. After I start today to watch something message "elementum service has started" appears and movie has stopped. I try to reinstall apk file and kodi but nothing happened. Here log. I am sorry but on Chromecast with Google tv I can't copy log file. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bx8kVrdBqK1fo3qD-FZCgFmdBgqTVjIq Please take a look.

Version 19.4 works perfectly, but my cell phone uses 120hz and only the Nexus version has this function, and the Nexus version has the following error: "Internal server error"

2022-08-26 04:02:36.512 T:27322    INFO <general>: Loading skin file: DialogSelect.xml, load type: KEEP_IN_MEMORY
2022-08-26 04:02:37.679 T:27686 WARNING <general>: --- Playing "[COLOR springgreen][B]Nacional [/B][/COLOR]". plugin://plugin.video.elementum/play?uri=magnet:?xt=urn:btih:4e26bed5b6a21ba4b7c3d5c8c4f7d3596341e2da&amp;dn=A%20Lei%202021%20WEB-DL%20720p%20NACIONAL&amp;tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3a80%2fannounce&amp;tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.opentrackr.org%3a1337%2fannounce
2022-08-26 04:02:37.699 T:27686 WARNING <general>: Setting most video properties through ListItem.setInfo() is deprecated and might be removed in future Kodi versions. Please use the respective setter in InfoTagVideo.
2022-08-26 04:02:39.933 T:27322    INFO <general>: Loading skin file: DialogConfirm.xml, load type: KEEP_IN_MEMORY
2022-08-26 04:02:48.246 T:27686   ERROR <general>: /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/script.module.urllib3/lib/urllib3/connectionpool.py:1043: InsecureRequestWarning: Unverified HTTPS request is being made to host 'dl.opensubtitles.org'. Adding certificate verification is strongly advised. See: https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/1.26.x/advanced-usage.html#ssl-warnings
                                                     warnings.warn(
                                                   
2022-08-26 04:02:54.287 T:27322   ERROR <general>: Playlist Player: skipping unplayable item: 0, path [plugin://plugin.video.videos/?name=%5BCOLOR+springgreen%5D%5BB%5DNacional+%5B%2FB%5D%5B%2FCOLOR%5D&url=%3C%2Fstrong%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%3Cp+style%3D%22text-align%3A+center%3B%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EWEB-DL+720p+%28MK%29%3C%2Fstrong%3E+%7C+1.95+GB%3Cbr+%2F%3E%3Cstrong%3E%3Ca+href%3D%22magnet%3A%3Fxt%3Durn%3Abtih%3A4e26bed5b6a21ba4b7c3d5c8c4f7d3596341e2da]
2022-08-26 04:02:57.305 T:27322    INFO <general>: CWinSystemAndroid::DestroyWindow
2022-08-26 04:02:57.365 T:27284 WARNING <general>: CPeripheralBusAndroid: failed to update input device with ID 5 because it couldn't be found
2022-08-26 04:02:57.365 T:27284 WARNING <general>: CPeripheralBusAndroid: failed to update input device with ID 2 because it couldn't be found

Hi thanks for your work but Im no able to install the universal package in my MiTV model MTV-MOOQ0. Android version 10. Kernel version: 4.19.79+ Build: QTG3.200305.006.3055 I get "there was a problem parsing the app" corrupt xml binary file. Any tips? Thanks Nuno

Hello Stefan. Thank you for a good work. I see that for many of us Elementum works on android 10+, but I still have an issue with it. Whatever I do this message is on my screen when trying to run apk. And it doesn't matter if it is universal or specific one. Too many times too many tries. Simply I don't know what to do. I have some android 10 tv box. Sorry to bother you.

Hello,

First of all thanks for your amazing work. I had everything working perfectly but recently I had to restore my device. I've installed everything back as usual but now the "Elementum daemon has started" pops up when I launch the movie, then after few seconds the movie stops playing. It seems the daemon crashes.

I'm on NVIDIA Shield 2019 Tube firmware 9.0.2 (33.1.0.319) Android 11; Kodi 19.4

EDIT: it seems it happens only with 4K HDR content