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[joetesta]

usually screens are visible by default and the way to bring them up is to create and attach them to the scene.

[VikR0001]

Thanks for this info, Joe. Could you provide some additional info on the functions used?

[joetesta]

In the example I'm looking at "Simple Grid and Video" it has HomeScene.xml that has child components such as "GridScreen", an overhang, "Video".
You can create a new screen like this

newscreen = createObject("roSGNode","MyScreenComponent")

(of course you would need an XML and accompanying brs that defines your custom component "MyScreenComponent" as a full screen component, maybe extending Group)
then if it's created elsewhere, you need to pass that screen node to the HomeScene through a new field defined in HomeScene.xml:

<field id="myScreenNode" type="node" alwaysnotify="true" onChange="newScreenSet"/>

 and have HomeScene append it as it's last child so it appears over top of anything on screen. in HomeScene.brs:

sub newScreenSet()
    newScreen = m.top.myScreenNode
    if newScreen <> invalid 
        m.top.appendChild(newScreen)
    end if
end sub

[VikR0001]

Awesome. Thanks, @joetesta.