Roku Developer Program

[RokuJoel]

This is still on the agenda, I deem that it most likely will happen, but I don't know when. 2014 is an extremely busy year.

- Joel

[EnTerr]

Thanks, appreciate the update!

[ramakanth]

Hi Joel,
is there any update on this requirement, i am in a similar situation where we have multiple icons to be rendered on gridscreen, all have same background with only change in the text.
it would be quite helpful if there is any progress on this.

Thanks,
Ramakanth.G

[RokuJoel]

We generally cannot talk about new features before they are released and documented.

- Joel

[EnTerr]

Bump!
Any update on this one, Roku*?

Probably best to add a roBitmap (ifDraw2D formally and better) method saveAsPNG(filePath as String) as Boolean

PNG because of faster compression and preserving transparency. And btw does not have to bother compressing, since main intent is this being loadable by ro- and sg-components. I believe Roku already uses libpng, so implementing this would be 1 man-day's work. Set compression to 0, just RGBA (no grayscale, no indexed, no palettes), no interlacing, no troubles - it's about avoiding temptation of feature creep and "just do it". Optional parameters can always be added some other year.

A code even be written from scratch with sole purpose of quickly writing uncompressed PNG (see http://stackoverflow.com/a/8113783/226086 for format discussion, it's about avoiding filtering and generating 'deflate' in store-mode) - and somebody i remember did it years ago in B/S - but it was way, way too slow to use.

[squirreltown]

"EnTerr" wrote:
Bump!
Any update on this one, Roku*?

Probably best to add a roBitmap (ifDraw2D formally and better) method saveAsPNG(filePath as String) as Boolean

(PNG because of faster compression and preserving transparency. And btw the first iteration can be an oddball, no problema - e.g. no compression, as long as it can be loaded by components)

[RokuKC]

You can use ifDraw2D getPng for this:
https://sdkdocs.roku.com/display/sdkdoc/ifDraw2D#ifDraw2D-GetPng(xasInteger,yasInteger,widthasIntege...

[EnTerr]

"RokuKC" wrote:
You can use ifDraw2D getPng for this:
https://sdkdocs.roku.com/display/sdkdoc/ifDraw2D#ifDraw2D-GetPng(xasInteger,yasInteger,widthasIntege...

Sweet!!!
Just documented but seems valid since fw 7.0 ("retroactively").

This can liven up both ro-channels and sg-channels. E.g. player app can prep posters while browsing media on USB/NAS drive

[squirreltown]

"EnTerr" wrote:

"RokuKC" wrote:
You can use ifDraw2D getPng for this:
https://sdkdocs.roku.com/display/sdkdoc/ifDraw2D#ifDraw2D-GetPng(xasInteger,yasInteger,widthasIntege...

Sweet!!!
Just documented but seems valid since fw 7.0 ("retroactively").

This can liven up both ro-channels and sg-channels. E.g. player app can prep posters while browsing media on USB/NAS drive

It works great. Now, if we can just compress it so I could send it somewhere ( err..conveniently). 😄
Add a file type to AsyncPostFromFile? ( it already works, it just sends it uncompressed)

[EnTerr]

"squirreltown" wrote:
It works great. Now, if we can just compress it so I could send it somewhere ( err..conveniently). 😄

you are getting greedy :). but yeah, sure... in another four years, perhaps.

Add a file type to AsyncPostFromFile? ( it already works, it just sends it uncompressed)

no, not there. Compression would have to be optional param to getPng(). I recon, very low priority if ever. The real important part is to be able to generate temp images ASAP (speed vs compression ratio are inversely related)