Also for everyone using the Kodi right now on your TV, I am sure you have a remote or mouse you use with it but there is two dope alternatives.
If your TV is from about the last 5 years it likely has CEC support (it's for HDMI), go into your settings and find it. Every brand calls it something different but the keyword is usually "Link", ex: Philips = EasyLink, Sharp = AquosLink. Enable this feature while running your device that plays Kodi and it will let you control Kodi with your television's remote control.
That is good but if you don't have a fancy ass remote it still sucks searching things and having to put in characters individually.
The alternative to that is a free app on Android (maybe iOS too, not sure) called Yatze. If you're on the same router with your phone as your Kodi box, it should automatically sync up and let you control it from your phone. If it doesn't automatically sync go to System Info > Summary, take down your IP address and manually put it in the app with the port 80 and it should work.