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Im working on getting my channel to run with ads ' ********** Copyright 2016 Roku Corp. All Rights Reserved. **********
' 1st function that runs for the scene component on channel star...
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' ********** Copyright 2016 Roku Corp. All Rights Reserved. **********
' inits details screen
' sets all observers
' configures buttons for Details screen
Function Init()
? "[DetailsScreen] init"
m.top.observeField("visible", "onVisibleChange")
m.top.observeField("focusedChild", "OnFocusedChildChange")
m.buttons = m.top.findNode("Buttons")
m.Player = m.top.findNode("VideoPlayer")
m.poster = m.top.findNode("Poster")
m.description = m.top.findNode("Description")
m.background = m.top.findNode("Background")
' create buttons
result = []
for each button in ["Play"]
result.push({title : button})
end for
m.buttons.content = ContentList2SimpleNode(result)
End Function
' set proper focus to buttons if Details opened and stops Video if Details closed
Sub onVisibleChange()
? "[DetailsScreen] onVisibleChange"
if m.top.visible = true then
m.buttons.jumpToItem = 0
m.buttons.setFocus(true)
else
m.Player.visible = false
m.Player.control = "stop"
m.poster.uri=""
m.background.uri=""
end if
End Sub
' set proper focus to Buttons in case if return from Video PLayer
Sub OnFocusedChildChange()
if m.top.isInFocusChain() and not m.buttons.hasFocus() and not m.Player.hasFocus() then
m.buttons.setFocus(true)
end if
End Sub
' set proper focus on buttons and stops video if return from Playback to details
Sub onVideoVisibleChange()
if m.Player.visible = false and m.top.visible = true
m.buttons.setFocus(true)
m.Player.control = "stop"
end if
End Sub
' event handler of Video player msg
Sub OnVideoPlayerStateChange()
if m.Player.state = "error"
' error handling
m.Player.visible = false
else if m.Player.state = "playing"
playContent()
' playback handling
else if m.Player.state = "finished"
m.Player.visible = false
end if
End Sub
sub playContent()
content = m.buttons.content
if content <> invalid then
m.video.content = content
m.video.visible = false
m.PlayerTask = CreateObject("roSGNode", "PlayerTask")
m.PlayerTask.observeField("state", "taskStateChanged")
m.PlayerTask.video = m.video
m.PlayerTask.control = "RUN"
end if
end sub
' on Button press handler
Sub onItemSelected()
' first button is Play
if m.top.itemSelected = 0
m.Player = CreateObject("roSGNode", "Video")
m.Player.id="videoPlayer"
m.Player.translation="[0, 0]"
m.Player.width="1280"
m.Player.height="720"
m.Player.content = m.top.content
'show video player
m.top.AppendChild(m.videoPlayer)
m.Player.visible = true
m.Player.setFocus(true)
m.Player.control = "play"
m.Player.observeField("state", "OnVideoPlayerStateChange")
m.Player.observeField("visible", "onVideoVisibleChange")
end if
End Sub
' Content change handler
Sub OnContentChange()
m.description.content = m.top.content
m.description.Description.width = "770"
m.Player.content = m.top.content
m.top.streamUrl = m.top.content.url
m.poster.uri = m.top.content.hdBackgroundImageUrl
m.background.uri = m.top.content.hdBackgroundImageUrl
End Sub
'///////////////////////////////////////////'
' Helper function convert AA to Node
Function ContentList2SimpleNode(contentList as Object, nodeType = "ContentNode" as String) as Object
result = createObject("roSGNode",nodeType)
if result <> invalid
for each itemAA in contentList
item = createObject("roSGNode", nodeType)
item.setFields(itemAA)
result.appendChild(item)
end for
end if
return result
End Function
I keep geting this error
Current Function: 070: sub playContent() 071: content = m.buttons.content 072: if content <> invalid then 073:* m.video.content = content 074: m.video.visible = false 075: 076: m.PlayerTask = CreateObject("roSGNode", "PlayerTask") 077: m.PlayerTask.observeField("state", "taskStateChanged") Invalid value for left-side of expression. (runtime error &he4) in pkg:/components/screens/DetailsScreen/DetailsScreen.brs(73) 073: m.video.content = content
I fixed that problem by reworking PlayerTask
Library "Roku_Ads.brs"
sub init()
m.top.functionName = "playContentWithAds"
m.top.id = "PlayerTask"
end sub
sub playContentWithAds()
' `view` is the node under which RAF should display its UI (passed as 3rd argument of showAds())
view = videoPlayer.getParent()
RAF = Roku_Ads()
'RAF.clearAdBufferScreenLayers() ' in case it was set earlier
'RAF.enableAdBufferMessaging(true, true) ' could have been cleared by custom screen
'RAF.setAdBufferScreenContent({})
content = video.content
RAF.setAdUrl(content.ad_url)
' for generic measurements api
RAF.enableAdMeasurements(true)
RAF.setContentGenre(content.categories) 'if unset, ContentNode has it as []
RAF.setContentLength(content.length)
' log tracking events
' logObj = {
' log : Function(evtType = invalid as Dynamic, ctx = invalid as Dynamic)
' if GetInterface(evtType, "ifString") <> invalid
' print "*** tracking event " + evtType + " fired."
' if ctx.companion = true then
' print "***** companion = true"
' end if
' if ctx.errMsg <> invalid then print "***** Error message: " + ctx.errMsg
' if ctx.adIndex <> invalid then print "***** Ad Index: " + ctx.adIndex.ToStr()
' if ctx.ad <> invalid and ctx.ad.adTitle <> invalid then print "***** Ad Title: " + ctx.ad.adTitle
' else if ctx <> invalid and ctx.time <> invalid
' print "*** checking tracking events for ad progress: " + ctx.time.ToStr()
' end if
' End Function
' }
' logFunc = Function(obj = Invalid as Dynamic, evtType = invalid as Dynamic, ctx = invalid as Dynamic)
' obj.log(evtType, ctx)
' End Function
' RAF.setTrackingCallback(logFunc, logObj)
adPods = RAF.getAds() 'array of ad pods
keepPlaying = true 'gets set to `false` when showAds() was exited via Back button
' show the pre-roll ads, if any
if adPods <> invalid and adPods.count() > 0
keepPlaying = RAF.showAds(adPods, invalid, view)
end if
port = CreateObject("roMessagePort")
if keepPlaying then
videoPlayer.observeField("position", port)
videoPlayer.observeField("state", port)
videoPlayer.visible = true
videoPlayer.control = "play"
videoPlayer.setFocus(true) 'so we can handle a Back key interruption
end if
curPos = 0
adPods = invalid
isPlayingPostroll = false
while keepPlaying
msg = wait(0, port)
if type(msg) = "roSGNodeEvent"
if msg.GetField() = "position" then
' keep track of where we reached in content
curPos = msg.GetData()
' check for mid-roll ads
adPods = RAF.getAds(msg)
if adPods <> invalid and adPods.count() > 0
print "PlayerTask: mid-roll ads, stopping video"
'ask the video to stop - the rest is handled in the state=stopped event below
videoPlayer.control = "stop"
end if
else if msg.GetField() = "state" then
curState = msg.GetData()
print "PlayerTask: state = "; curState
if curState = "stopped" then
if adPods = invalid or adPods.count() = 0 then
exit while
end if
print "PlayerTask: playing midroll/postroll ads"
keepPlaying = RAF.showAds(adPods, invalid, view)
adPods = invalid
if isPlayingPostroll then
exit while
end if
if keepPlaying then
print "PlayerTask: mid-roll finished, seek to "; stri(curPos)
videoPlayer.visible = true
videoPlayer.seek = curPos
videoPlayer.control = "play"
videoPlayer.setFocus(true) 'important: take the focus back (RAF took it above)
end if
else if curState = "finished" then
print "PlayerTask: main content finished"
' render post-roll ads
adPods = RAF.getAds(msg)
if adPods = invalid or adPods.count() = 0 then
exit while
end if
print "PlayerTask: has postroll ads"
isPlayingPostroll = true
' stop the video, the post-roll would show when the state changes to "stopped" (above)
videoPlayer.control = "stop"
end if
end if
end if
end while
print "PlayerTask: exiting playContentWithAds()"
end subNow I got this problem
016: sub playContentWithAds() 017: 018: 019: ' `view` is the node under which RAF should display its UI (passed as 3rd argument of showAds()) 020:* view = videoPlayer.getParent() 021: 022: RAF = Roku_Ads() 023: 'RAF.clearAdBufferScreenLayers() ' in case it was set earlier 024: 'RAF.enableAdBufferMessaging(true, true) ' could have been cleared by custom screen 'Dot' Operator attempted with invalid BrightScript Component or interface reference. (runtime error &hec) in pkg:/components/PlayerTask.brs(20) 020: view = videoPlayer.getParent() Backtrace: #0 Function playcontentwithads() As Void file/line: pkg:/components/PlayerTask.brs(20)
