AutoPilot is an app that let's you add an installed app (or game) to the OUYA boot sequence, so whenever you boot your device it will launch the requested app.
Also, you can revert the boot sequence to normal by pressing the Y button. Currently, only one app/game can be booted on the boot sequence at a time. I didn't feel it was necessary to boot more than one thing.
This actually sounds like an interesting app!
Will the app start loading whenever the Ouya has fully booted up, or will the game start playing before you actually get to the Ouya "home" screen?
Whatever app/game you choose to add to the boot sequence (only one can be enabled at a time) will be booted before it gets to the home screen. Initially, I planned to have it start as soon as the homescreen comes up, but due to the fact that OUYA receives the BOOT_COMPLETED intent very early in the boot sequence, I had to go this route. Also, it receives the BOOT_COMPLETED intent before the internet is up, so I had to do a small hack in order to wait for the network to be enabled before launching the desired app/game.
This is not the case anymore. Anything I have selected for AutoPilot comes up about 15 seconds AFTER the Ouya homescreen loads. That means it's faster for me to disable AutoPilot and navigate to the apps myself, even when the console is completely off (I turn off the media station power strip after using the controller to "power off").Originally Posted by jonbonazza
Last edited by skywalker993; 08-07-2013 at 02:41 PM.
Okay, so I just tested this and you are correct that the app (tested with XBMC) does launch AFTER the homescreen loads now, but it isn't 15 seconds (or at least wasn't for me), but was closer to 2 seconds. With that said, I will see if I can't get it to launch before the homescreen launches now.
That sounds splendid!
Say that I want to close whatever app I have chosen to start. If I do so, will the Ouya then reboot, or will it simply continue it's booting process. In other words: When I close the app, will I have to wait for the Ouya to launch?
And also, if I press the "Y" button during bootup, the app will not launch, right? Or have I misunderstood its functions?
when you close the app, the OUYA will continue its boot process where it left off. this means that it will finish hte "OUYA" intro and go directly to the main ouya launcher. This process takes approx 1-2 sec from when you close the app.That sounds splendid!
Say that I want to close whatever app I have chosen to start. If I do so, will the Ouya then reboot, or will it simply continue it's booting process. In other words: When I close the app, will I have to wait for the Ouya to launch?
And also, if I press the "Y" button during bootup, the app will not launch, right? Or have I misunderstood its functions?
As for the y button, people seem to be misunderstanding this, what I meant was that if, after you are booted, you go back into MY app, you cna press the y button while inside it to clear the app from the boot process so that next time you reboot, it will boot normally. I really want to make it so that you can press a key while booting to boot normally, but I can't really find a good means of doing this yet since I don't think you can detect input unless your app's activity is in the foreground.
This sounds really useful when the multi-media and versatility applications come out. I'd recommend making a feature that allows you to go into which application on start up. For example...
*Insert Booting Up Screen* Say I want Netflix. I'll just press "up" on the D-Pad, or if I want FireFox, I'll just press "down" on the D-Pad.
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Again, I need to find a means of detecting input on the boot sequence before I can do that.
Well, I know, as it was more of a "if you can" thing.
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