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Second evening with the PPM. I fooled around a little, trying to get some apps working that I didn’t have time for yesterday. Couldn’t get Viaplay to work yesterday, tonight I had more success with it.

Service: Viaplay (Nordic streaming service with movies, series and sports)
App Name: Viaplay
App Version: 5.16 (480)
Source: APKMirror: Viaplay 5.16 APK Download by Viaplay - APKMirror
Status: Working fully
PPM Firmware version: 1.0.29
Notes: The Aptoide version didn’t work at all. Installation of the APKMirror version requires that you first install APKMirror Installer (Official). Download it on a computer, put it on a USB stick or SD card and install it on the PPM. Needs the Set Orientation app to force landscape mode. This is the phone/tablet version of the app, so the UI is not ideal for use with a projector but it works.

Detailed installation instructions:

  1. Use a computer to download the latest version of the phone/tablet version of the app on APKMirror (at the time of writing Viaplay 5.16 APK Download by Viaplay - APKMirror). Make sure you get the phone/tablet version, the version for Android TV doesn’t work. Copy the downloaded file to a USB stick.
  2. Download the APKMirror installer and copy it to the USB stick.
  3. Connect your USB stick to your PPM, turn it on and open the file manager. Choose “USB” and install the APKMirror installer.
  4. Install the Viaplay apkm file with the APKMirror installer. You have to use the APKMirror installer for this, as the apkm file is a so called bundle which contains all the different apk files that Viaplay needs.
  5. In Aptoide TV, install the “Set Orientation” app. Make sure you get the right one, there is a more recent app with the same name, but I couldn’t get that one to work. Open the app and choose “Landscape”.
  6. Open Viaplay and log in. It should now work.
  7. Don’t update the app in Aptoide TV! It will only replace the working version with the Android TV version that doesn’t work. If you want to update the app, please go through all these steps again, just with the newer version of the app.
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