Roku Developer Program

[jburfield]

Greetings everyone! Bear with me because I am new to this, I have got my channel almost complete, however I do have a couple questions:

1) When I click on a video, the description is cut short (...) -- is there a way to make the full description show up? I've seen this done in other channels, just wondering where/how the code gets changed.

2) In one category, I only have one category leaf, is there a way to still show the filter banner even though there is just one category leaf?

3) Is there a way to remove the runtime from a video description? I have tried to remove the code but it just says "0m".

Thanks guys! Have a great evening!!

[agmark]

Not sure about 1 or 2. I know the description is definately limited (p44), but it's possible that different poster styles could have an effect. Not sure about that tho.

3: The Length is still being set somewhere. Page 16 of the ComponentReference indicates that a length set to 0 will display as 0m whereas if a length not set will not display. That's been my experience. I'm not familiar enough with the videoplayer app to point out where to look, but if must be setting Length = 0 and that won't hide it.

[renojim]

You need to remove the length entry completely from the associative array if you don't want it to show up. Try item.Delete("length").

-JT

[jburfield]

Alright, thanks guys! I got rid of the runtime - any ideas on 1 & 2?

[TheEndless]

"renojim" wrote:
You need to remove the length entry completely from the associative array if you don't want it to show up. Try item.Delete("length").

-JT

I can't test it at the moment, but I think setting it to invalid has the same effect.

"jburfield" wrote:
Alright, thanks guys! I got rid of the runtime - any ideas on 1 & 2?

1. Play around with the different SetDescriptionStyle() values on the roSpringboard. One of them might provide you with more room for your description.
2. If I recall correctly, this was actually a change they made by popular request in the latest SDK. It used to always show the filter. If you can get a hold of an earlier SDK, you might be able to review its code.