Manifest file fails after edits

Question

Revisiting creating a new channel, first time since 2016.

Using Visual Studio Code with the Brightscript extension installed.

I have downloaded the sample files from Git hub to play around with, if I edit any of them, repackage as a zip and side load, they fail.

Only trying basic edits to text at this point.

sideloading the clean sample channels, works, just not after any edits.

Do I need to save them as a specific file extension?

Thanks in advance.

necrotek · Answer

Have you opened up the zip and made sure that the manifest is included in the zip? and in the top level. What is the error message?

necrotek · Answer

Are you still having the issue or did you solve the issue?How are you creating the zip?&nbsp;when you open the zip you should see:dir. componentsdir. imagesdir. sourcefile. manifest&nbsp;&nbsp;If the first thing you see is a directory with the name of the folder you zipped then that is incorrect format for the zip. The above structure needs to be in the root of the zip.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

coskel · Answer

yep, its definitely there.Error is:Application Received: 414389 bytes stored.&nbsp;Install Failure: No manifest. Invalid package.

necrotek · Answer

are you on an apple MAC computer? if you create the zip on a Mac it includes system files that can cause a zip to fail.

coskel · Answer

Nope, on a PC.

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