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Animoun
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Issue with Screensaver: "Channel type is channel"

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Heya, so I'm rather new to all the Roku development (only been messing with it for a few days) and I wanted to create a screensaver based on the classic Minecraft panoramics. I completed my project and got to a point where I was happy with it while messing around with it. I decided it would be cool to later get rid of all of the copyrighted assets and publish it on the Roku store, but I ran into issues during the Static Analysis.

I keep getting messages regarding that channels are prohibited from offering in-channel screensavers, ("Channels are prohibited from offering in-channel screensavers or any feature that overrides the Roku system screensaver.") and how the channel type is apparently channel and requires Main() or RunUserInterface() even though it's not allowed for screensavers?

I'm confused as to if I've uploaded this correctly. I put classification on the properties tab as App/Utility and set descriptive catagory on the channel store info tab on Screeensavers. Is there something wrong with the way I've uploaded it or is there possibly something wrong within the manifest or code that's incorrect.

Here's the GitHub repo if that's any help: https://github.com/Animoun/VoxelPanoramicScreensaver

Any help is appreciated, thank you.

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renojim
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Re: Issue with Screensaver: "Channel type is channel"

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Your manifest is all wrong.  Check out the "Required screensaver attributes" here:

https://developer.roku.com/docs/developer-program/getting-started/architecture/channel-manifest.md

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renojim
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Re: Issue with Screensaver: "Channel type is channel"

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Your manifest is all wrong.  Check out the "Required screensaver attributes" here:

https://developer.roku.com/docs/developer-program/getting-started/architecture/channel-manifest.md

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Animoun
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Re: Issue with Screensaver: "Channel type is channel"

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Yep you were right, thanks dude! Greatly appreciate it!

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Re: Issue with Screensaver: "Channel type is channel"

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I'm trying to develop a screensaver app as well but feel lost because everything has to do with video and audio. Any pointers or tips? 

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