new developer
I'm a new developer, and pretty much a rookie in any type of programming. I've inherited the development of my companies roku app, and I've got a couple of questions. 1) i'm wondering if there is a...
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"RokuJoel" wrote:
However, be advised that the function of the * key may be changing in the near future, [...] on our recently announced Big Product it is possible that this button may wind up being a special "menu" key and not being available to developers at all.
How about long-press or double-tap of "*" being the TV system menu and single-press being left to Roku BRS platform behavior? Just thought i will throw it as an idea. It will be unwise to take away "local menu" functionality of *. One of the few things Android did better than iOS i think is adding "back" and "options" buttons in the handsets (the "search" button made no universal sense and is gone now). Another analogy - AppleTV remote does distinguish between short and long press on their Menu button.
PS. by the way with infrared remote it is already the case that long-press of * sends multiple key-downs, so double-tap or long-press are the same. The radio remotes might be different but their firmware can be updated as to distinguish long press from single one.
