SDK mrsstemplate example outdated
I downloaded the SDK back in April of 2014 so I could attempt to develop a channel that played Podcasts. I found the mrss template and it seemed perfect for what I was trying to do, since the podcasts...
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Thanks for your reply RokuChris. As I mentioned, I had already found the updated MRSS template in a post from 2012. I do realize that these are meant to be a starting point but as you point out, the documentation is sometimes lacking so the examples seem to be the best place for a new developer to figure out how a specific function might work on your platform. I happened to be looking into how to save the position of media when paused, as well as how to mark it as watched, and not have to make users have an account somewhere to save that information. It was only after much searching that I found this could be stored in the Registry. However, at that point, when looking at the SDK documentation, there wasn't much information on what type of data could be stored there. Regardless, this new template answered most of those questions, along with another example from another developer.
My point was just that, based on other SDKs I've used, I would have assumed that newer examples and documentation would have been included in the latest SDK.
As for my last sentence. It may have been confusing. I was simply saying that I would likely have to redo my channel to work with the new template properly. The Splash Screen was something different. Just another example of the sample code not being up to date with the current SDK.
I also posted after seeing the "SDK Docs: links to fix, missing/broken/etc " post, but I didn't think this belonged in that thread as it seemed like it was just for Documentation updates.
My point was just that, based on other SDKs I've used, I would have assumed that newer examples and documentation would have been included in the latest SDK.
As for my last sentence. It may have been confusing. I was simply saying that I would likely have to redo my channel to work with the new template properly. The Splash Screen was something different. Just another example of the sample code not being up to date with the current SDK.
I also posted after seeing the "SDK Docs: links to fix, missing/broken/etc " post, but I didn't think this belonged in that thread as it seemed like it was just for Documentation updates.
"RokuChris" wrote:
The latest MRSS example channel is v1.2.1 https://roku.box.com/s/d834c57fcc831b498423
The example channels are meant to be a starting point for developers to build on. We never intended them to be something people could copy/paste data into and have a finished channel. I agree we could do a better job with documentation, but as a developer you're free to develop whatever additional functionality you want on top of an example channel.
Maybe I misunderstood your last sentence, but I'm not sure why you think you need redo your channel to add a manifest splash screen. That doesn't even require a code change.
