Providing a home screen banner
Android TV apps must declare a banner in the manifest. This is another requirement that does not exist for mobile apps.
The banner is used by the Leanback UI to navigate among apps and games. It has a different aspect ratio than the icon. In particular, the banner is an image of 320x180 px that we have to put under the drawable-xhdpi directory.
The banner is a 320x180 px image
This image is as important for TV as the icon is for mobile, it is the entry point to your game on the TV. While we—as developers—can install and run apps on a TV without providing this, there is no easy entry point to launch the app from the Leanback ...
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