Kodi / XBMC hide Home UI and launch video remotely - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I have a strange use case for Kodi / XBMC - I want to use it as a media player but dont want the home menu UI to appear. I would rather have the home launcher show up. I launch videos remotely to Kodi.
I have root access to the device and I tried this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2057372 but the Home.xml is embedded the the libxbmc.so
Any ideas would be appreciated!

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