Media Bar in Android TV

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Ok, so with the understanding then that the WebOS client is a web wrapper client, I have the WebOS version installed on my father's TV and it works flawlessly with a remote.
Selection of elements follows a reasonably natural flow.

However if I install the Android version (not Android TV) - which is also a web wrapper client, the remote control is basically unusable.
The navigation buttons seem to be operating as a mouse cursor, with no visibility.

Would it be possible to modify the official android client to allow the remote to function like it does on WebOS when sideloaded to a TV?

I understand that the UI in the android client is designed for touch capability, but if remote navigation has previously successfully been built for WebOS, I would expect that it can't be that difficult to implement on the android app side, after all they're both web wrappers - thus little more than a directed embedded browser?

There are many apps/clients that share Jellyfin-Web:

1. From a browser
2. Jellyfin Media Player
3. Android phone app
4. iOS phone app
5. LG's WebOS
6. Samsung's TV app

The only client that has gotten attention to a proper UI is the Android TV app. Usually the Jellyfin-Web UI is used as a temporary solution until someone in the future can help develop a proper GUI for the client.

Each of those apps that share the webUI usually have differences built into them depending on how they're supposed to be used (on their respective platforms).
Just because they share the same webUI doesn't mean that they are exactly the same in that regard.

Being honest, I think the Android & iOS phone apps could get a more suitable phone UI because the webUI was really built to be used with a mouse instead of a touchscreen. The devs don't have time to work on a GUI as they have other areas of interest they have wanted to tackle for Jellyfin.

The webUI in some of the clients (like from a browser or JMP) allows you to change the display mode in its client settings (not the centralized dashboard).
You can choose a TV mode that may interest you. Just connect a laptop or mini PC to your TV and enjoy the TV mode option with Jellyfin there.
You can even change to the experimental web redesign that's in the works and that will eventually replace the current webUI in a future release.