Roku Developer Program

[greubel]

Is there any way to tell what type of remote the user has ? (without hitting a key)

[destruk]

no.

[EnTerr]

Probably - if you were using Roku NDK (No Developers Kit)

[gonzotek]

"EnTerr" wrote:
Probably - if you were using Roku NDK (No Developers Kit)

You're probably already aware of all of this, and I'm not trying to correct you, but for the benefit of future readers:

Without hitting a key(as greubel asked), the NDK would, at most, be able to signal whether or not a bt remote was currently paired and connected. You can see this for yourself by firing up angry birds or another game that requires the gaming remote while not having one attached to the Roku. It'll will refuse to launch and will prompt the user to switch to a gaming remote before starting the game. The IR remotes (Roku has had several models) are not identified at all, and network remotes are also treated like IR remotes, in that they have no 'presence' with a Roku. Either the IR/network remote is sending a command and the Roku is (more or less immediately) acting on the command, or they're silent and the Roku is then otherwise unaware of them.

[RokuJoel]

One approach i've seen is to display pictures of each remote type and ask the user to select the type they have.

- Joel

[jlfreund]

"RokuJoel" wrote:
One approach i've seen is to display pictures of each remote type and ask the user to select the type they have.

- Joel

Does Roku have a library of high quality canonical photos or diagrams of all the most common remote types that we could use to create a "remote help wizard" or what not? It would be good to include a directory of those in the documents folder of the SDK

Jason

[destruk]

Google Images has all the remote photos available (officially) by searching for "Roku Remote Control" with quotes.