Forum Discussion

Nitrobotics's avatar
Nitrobotics
Channel Surfer
8 months ago

Launching into Channel Store listing from a channel

Roku is making our channels hard or impossible to find today using keywords of interest.  Is it possible to launch into another channel you manage, from one of your other channels?  Say, a fishing channel/app launching into a camping channel/app so your Interested viewers can find your other content.

I'm also looking to find a better place where Roku developers can engage.  I find these forums to be horrendous, and basically dead.

 

2 Replies

  • You can’t launch directly into them but you can open them in the channel store so the user can then decide whether to install or open the app if it’s already installed. 

    see the roAppManager/ifAppManager

    https://developer.roku.com/en-ca/docs/references/brightscript/interfaces/ifappmanager.md#showchannelstorespringboardchannelid-as-string-as-void

    ShowChannelStoreSpringboard(channelID As String) as Void

    Description

    Launches the channel store springboard of the specified channel. The channel store springboard contains detailed information about the channel, including ratings, version, date of last update, developer name, and a description.

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    channelIdStringThe unique ID of the channel to be launched.
    • Nitrobotics's avatar
      Nitrobotics
      Channel Surfer

      Yea, that's what I thought I recalled seeing before.  A+ for the quick reply.  A+++ for actually replying!  Thank you.