Flicky TV Store

Flicky is an unofficial F-Droid client made by MLM Games for Android TV. It gives you a TV-friendly way to browse and install apps from the F-Droid repository. It is open source, and its code is on GitHub.

Flicky Puts F-Droid On A Screen Meant For A Remote

The official F-Droid app is designed for touch screens, which makes it awkward on a TV. Flicky describes itself as a wide-screen, TV-friendly client, and the README says the interface is TV oriented first and Android second. F-Droid’s own page lists TV screenshots and a changelog entry about fixing the TV focus ring, which hints at how much the design leans on remote navigation.

A TV adds a few oddities. The remote has no touch screen, so every menu must be reachable with arrow keys, and text entry is slow. A client built with that in mind can feel much better than a phone app stretched onto a big screen. That is the whole reason a separate TV version exists.

Phones Are Better Served By Other Clients

The developer says it also runs on regular Android devices, but that interface is not a priority. For phones and tablets, the README points to Droidify or F-Droid Basic. If your goal is a store for a phone, Flicky is probably the wrong tool, and one of those two will give you a smoother experience.

The README is open about the Google Play version. It was suspended, and the Play build cannot hold the permission needed to install other packages on its own, so updates need manual taps through the download notification, adb, or root. The author says that build will not be updated. Anyone reading old advice about a Play version should ignore it.

Three Routes Get Flicky Onto A TV

• Download the APK from GitHub with a browser or the Downloader app
• Send the APK to the TV with LocalSend or another transfer tool
• Add it through IzzyOnDroid

The README adds that the Google Play version was suspended. Without the install-packages permission that build cannot update itself smoothly, and the author says it will not be updated.

Treat A TV Sideload With The Same Care As A Phone One

Sideloading on a TV is easy to do carelessly, because the remote makes URL typing slow and shortened links tempting. Type the GitHub address yourself and avoid mirrors. Flicky is a client for F-Droid, so the apps it shows come from that repository’s signed builds, but the client itself is a separate download you must trust. If an app has an official Play listing for Android TV, begin there.

Since the source is published on GitHub under GPL-3.0, anyone can read how the app talks to F-Droid. The README labels the license as derived, which points to code borrowed from an earlier client. If that matters to you, the repository is the place to read the exact terms.