You tricky, tricky people (2.8 SDK)

News to me, too!

-JT

I assumed he was just teasing us again like he did with the 2.7 SDK... dangling the carrot if you will. Good stuff!

Your handy dandy guide to what's changed since 2.7:
BIFFileSpecification: nothing
BrightScriptReferenceManual:

7.16 strtoi(str As String) As Dynamic
return invalid if str is not a string, else the integer value as converted by strtoi.

ChannelPackagingAndPublishing: nothing
DesignGuidelines: nothing
DeveloperGuide_2:

7.3 Using the Makefile to “Side-Load” the channel
The SDK examples include Makefiles that can automate the steps needed to install the channel.
Instead of following the steps in 7.2, you could use the Makefile from a shell like so:
% cd <sdk>/examples/source/videoplayer
% make install

DeviceRegistrationAndLinking: nothing
EncodingGuide: nothing
ExternalControlGuide:

Roku Channel Developer Agreement and Program Requirements: nothing
query/icons This ‘query/icons’ takes an app id as an argument and returns an icon
corresponding to that app. This command is accessed via an http GET.
touchdown takes two coordinates representing the x,y position of the touch. This
command is sent with an http url only POST. Example: POST /touchdown/10.20
touchup takes two coordinates representing the x,y position of the touch release.This
command is sent with an http url only POST. Example: POST /touchup/10.20
touchdrag takes two coordinates representing the x,y position of the current position of
dragging a touchdown.This command is sent with an http url only POST. Example:
POST /touchdrag/100.100

ComponentReference: Too much to list, but it's generally well documented what's changed.

pdftotext + diff = happy developer 🙂