[underworld123]

Okay guys, I've fixed the preferences issue. If you have more than one version of XBMC installed, you can click the checkbox in order to automatically launch the selected version when you launch this app. I'll wait a couple of days to give you guys a chance to test it and work out any bugs, but assuming no one finds any major problems I'll submit the app to the App Store this weekend.

What do you think of making it something that just shows side loaded apps ( user selectable) on the home screen? Then it won't be xbmc specific and perhaps improve the odds of getting approved.

Granted I don't have much experience in Android development, but based on the research I've done to develop this app, I don't know how you'd go about doing that in a way that would be any more convenient than going to the Settings->Applications menu. You could provide a menu to select from all installed applications fairly easily, but that would still involve opening the app from the Apps menu then selecting the app you want from the menu, which is essentially no different from using the Settings>Applications menu. There's also no way, to my knowledge, of differentiating between sideloaded apps and apps installed from the App Store.

This app could be easily made generic to any app, but only one app, since this app basically just launches the specified and then closes. I might do that eventually and release it as a separate app, but I'd want to add a means to customize the icon and displayed app name, since otherwise you wouldn't know what "Generic App Launcher" actually launches.

It may be a good idea to make it generic and not XBMC specific (basically allowing user to select a sideloaded app). Then you can position the app as a tool to help developers working on FTV and Amazon may be more sympathetic. If the app is just a shortcut to ONE app, I am not sure how Amazon will receive it.

I've noticed Plex, at least, doesn't close all the time, which leads to some weirdness occasionally. The trick here seems to be to find a sacrificial app that is easily closed without having to be rooted.

Have you tried MBC on Demand, it is working well for me.