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Help with app/overlay
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2026 10:33 pm
by delos23
I am trying to get youtube to just work in full screen with a way to go back to the main screen from the touch screen, I got the example for the idle screen to work, but i can not figure out for the life of me where to go from there. Any helps appreciated. Thank you
Re: Help with app/overlay
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2026 11:49 am
by hudiy
It will be easiest to do this using separate overlays and an application. One overlay will be used to display YouTube in full screen and the second one for the "Go Home" icon. Both overlays will be configured to appear only on a specific application (e.g., a dummy YouTube app).
You can create the Go Home button (in HTML/JS using the Hudiy API) based on an example such as go_back.html or simply use the go_back.html directly. The HTML/JS utilizing the API should be served via an HTTP server due to the Same Origin Policy -
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/doc ... gin_policy.
https://github.com/wiboma/hudiy/tree/ma ... javascript
https://github.com/wiboma/hudiy/blob/ma ... _back.html
Here is an example configuration:
applications.json
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{
"action": "youtube_app",
"controlAudioFocus": false,
"audioStreamCategory": "NONE",
"allowBackground": false
}
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{
"categories": [
"Music"
],
"iconFontFamily": "Material Symbols Rounded",
"iconName": "music_video",
"action": "youtube_app",
"label": "YouTube"
}
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{
"identifier" : "youtube_overlay",
"action" : "youtube_app",
"width" : "100vw",
"height" : "100vh",
"x" : 0,
"y" : 0,
"visibility" : "ALWAYS",
"url" : "https://youtube.com",
"controlAudioFocus" : true,
"audioStreamCategory" : "ENTERTAINMENT",
"visibleOnActions" : [
"youtube_app"
],
"staticPosition" : true
},
{
"identifier" : "go_home_button",
"action" : "",
"width" : "7vw",
"height" : "7vw",
"x" : 0,
"y" : 0,
"visibility" : "ALWAYS",
"url" : "http://127.0.0.1:12345/go_home.html",
"controlAudioFocus" : false,
"audioStreamCategory" : "NONE",
"visibleOnActions" : [
"youtube_app"
],
"staticPosition" : false
}
yt_1.png
yt_2.png
Re: Help with app/overlay
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2026 10:02 pm
by delos23
Perfect! Thank you!
Re: Help with app/overlay
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2026 1:09 pm
by wkl3968
I wonder where should the go_home.html located?
Re: Help with app/overlay
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2026 2:20 pm
by wkl3968
not sure why I couldn't load the home button. however, when tried view using the browser, I get to see the home icon via when loaded 127.0.0.1:12345/go_home.html. also the navigation keys like (1,2, arrow keys) are not functioning when it is on youtube. am I right?
Re: Help with app/overlay
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2026 2:46 pm
by hudiy
External websites will not support scroll (1, 2) and d-pad (left, right, up, down) controls. Regarding the home button, the URL was likely unreachable from Hudiy - the HTTP server is either down or was started after Hudiy tried to load the URL.