11.30.20
- EntitlementView now supports upgrade/downgrade functionality for RokuPay
- All new audio UX in MediaView
- Improved performance of MediaView in audio mode
- Developers can now add buttons to MediaView in audio mode
- The system screensaver will now work with MediaView in audio mode
- Added new theming options for MediaView in audio mode
- Added a new field enableTrickplay on MediaView
- Fixed an issue in MediaView where bookmarks might be deleted unexpectedly when using the seek field
- The TimeGrid ContentManager can now be used with custom views
- ButtonBar can now be displayed on the left side of the screen
- MediaView has a new seek field that can be used to move the playback position
- MediaView now supports shuffle in video mode
- MediaView shuffle logic has been improved
- SlideshowView has a new closeAfterLastSlide field that can be used together with the loop field to force the view to close itself when the slideshow is over
- CategoryListView has a new ffrwPageSize field that can be used to customize the behavior of the FF and RW buttons on the remote control
- Fixed a crash in DetailsView that could happen when trying to navigate through a playlist before it had loaded fully
- Fixed a crash that could happen when closing a SearchView
- Fixed a crash in MediaView that could happen when a channel localized the string "video"
- Fixed an issue where MediaView could get stuck on a loading screen in audio mode even after playback had started
- Fixed an issue where a BookmarkHandlerConfig might not be respected when used with MediaView in playlist mode
- Fixed an issue where the ButtonBar footprint could behave unexpectedly after using it with a MediaVIew in audio mode
- Fixed an issue where ButtonBar could appear in the wrong place after using it with a MediaVIew in audio mode
- Fixed an issue where SlideshowView could become unresponsive
- Fixed an execution timeout when using SlideshowView with a very large set of images
- Fixed an issue where EntitlementView would give users the option to buy a non-trial product when they had not already purchased the equivalent trial product
- Fixed an issue where EntitlementView might not display products in the order specified in the EntitlementHandler
- Removed RIDA and ad limiting logic from RAFHandler. This is now handled by RAF itself
- The grid ContentManager can now be used with custom grid views
- GridVIew now supports vertical wrapping
- Fixed an issue in MediaView where audio mode was sometimes not engaged automatically for audio content
- Fixed an issue in MediaView where d-pad L/R were not handled while content was buffering
- Fixed an issue where ButtonBar was sometimes not displayed over paused video
- Fixed an issue where a channel could crash when setting ButtonBar content to invalid
- Fixed an issue where a channel could crash when setting ButtonBar content to invalid
ButtonBar gives developers an easy way to display a row of buttons in their channel. ButtonBar is a scene level component, so it can be displayed with any view in a channel, saving developers the work of managing it on a per-view basis. When combined with multiple screen stacks, ButtonBar enables powerful new UX paradigms in SGDEX.
SlideshowView allows developers to present a collection of images to the user.
- The ComponentController now supports multiple screen stacks
- RAFHandlers now support Client Side Ad Stitching
- DetailsView can now display rating data as an image rather than text
- GridView has a new field nextPageLoadingThreshold that allows developers to control when the next page of data is loaded
- GridView now loads nearby, off-screen metadata while the user is idle, similar to TimeGridView
- Fixed an issue where the currentItem field in MediaView could change at unexpected times
- Fixed an issue where RAFHandlers sometimes printed unexpected warnings to the console
- Fixed an issue where closing MediaView programmatically while an ad was playing could cause unexpected RAF errors
- Fixed an issue where MediaView sometimes did not invoke BookmarkHandlers when expected
- Fixed several issues where Roku's Static Analysis reported erroneous errors for SGDEX channels
MediaView replaces VideoView and adds support for audio content. MediaView is backward compatible with VideoView and will work with existing SGDEX channels with minimal integration work required. VideoView is now deprecated and will not be maintained in future versions of SGDEX.
- When preloading and endcards are enabled in playlist mode, SGDEX will now preload the last item in the playlist while its endcard is visible
- Fixed an issue where an empty endcard was sometimes displayed unexpectedly
- Fixed an issue where the next video in a playlist sometimes did not preload while the endcard was visible
- Fixed an issue where RAF ads were sometimes played at the wrong time if preloading was turned on
SearchView gives developers an easy way to add in-channel search functionality to their channels. Search results are displayed in a standard grid so that navigation is familiar to users. SearchView supports all the same ContentHandlers and data loading models as SGDEX's GridView.
TimeGridView gives developers an easy way to display time based data. Just like other views, SGDEX handles the content management for you so that the view remains performant and responsive even when used with large data sets.
ParagraphView combines the functionality of the legacy roParagraphScreen and roCodeRegistrationScreen. Use it to display short bits of text or codes for rendezvous linking.
- SGDEX now supports deep linking via roInput. This makes it easier for developers to meet the latest channel certification requirements for deep linking
- All views now support theming of the busy spinner displayed while the view's content is loading
- EntitlementView now supports username/password style authentication
- VideoView now supports theming the BIF focus ring
- GridView now supports mixed aspect ratio posters
- GridView now supports hiding the BoB (the metadata area above the grid posters). When the BoB is hidden, the grid automatically moves upward so that more posters are visible to the user
- GridView now supports adding a colored background when text is overlaid on posters
- GridView now supports setting focus to an empty row
- Fixed an issue in VideoView that could cause erroneous RAF related error messages in the static analysis tool
- Fixed an issue in VideoView that could prevent post-roll ads from playing
- Fixed an issue in VideoView where setting the content field to invalid could cause a crash
- Fixed an issue in VideoView where an unexpected blank endcard could be displayed in single-video mode
- Fixed an issue in GridView that could cause the BoB title to collide with the overhang
- Fixed an issue in CategoryListView where item descriptions might not wrap correctly with some poster shapes
- Fixed an issue in DetailsView where posters could be loaded at full resolution causing unexpected console errors
- Fixed an issue in DetailsView where an unexpected separator character could be appended to the release date when there was no additional text to be displayed
- Fixed a theme issue where changing the value of OverhangShowOptions could unexpectedly change the height of the overhang
- To help minimize the amount of time buffer screens are visible, the VideoView has a new preloadContent field that enables preflight execution of ContentHandlers and prebuffering of content both before the view is displayed and while endcards are visible.
- The GridView has been updated to use ZoomRowList instead of RowList to improve performance of the component in most scenarios. This change is transparent to developers, it does not change the existing GridView interfaces.
- The GridView has a new "zoom" style that leverages ZoomRowList to enable a zoom effect when scrolling between rows.
- The DetailsView has a new itemLoaded field that can be observed to find out when the content of the view has changed.
- The Roku Billing / SVOD sample has been updated to work with the latest firmware.
- The videos used in the sample channels have been updated to fix some broken stream URLs.
- Fixed an issue in some samples where the video HUD would not appear as expected.
- Initial release.