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[greubel]

Getting ready to submit my channel BUT what actually happens when I do that ?
Does the existing channel with channel code, just get changed to published ? or does it get a new code ? or does it get copied to a new channel ?
Is there a way to detect whether a channel was loaded from the Roku Channel Store (released) or if it was loaded as a private channel ?
A lot of people have it loaded as private. Does anything happen to them when it goes public ?
I would like to drop the private and have them reload it from the Store.
I know I can't just delete the private one because it remains installed on their boxes.
Should I just make a new one to publish and put code in the old one to disable it ?

[greubel]

Ok, I can detect if it's private or public
The ECP data returned from "/query/apps" has an underscore in the ID.
<app id="17888_cf5f" version="2.0.11">Chaneru</app>
<app id="27106" version="1.0.17">Roku DS video</app>

[TheEndless]

If they have both installed, the ECP query probably won't help.

Either way, when you submit the channel for publishing, the current unpublished version replaces the current published version (once approved). You can verify that by keeping track of the generated Access Code. If users installed an unpublished version of the channel, then they'll keep that one. It won't automatically change to the published version once approved. They'll need to explicitly add the published version to stay current.

[greubel]

I have five different versions of Chaneru installed.
Three have an "_" in the id, one is marked "dev" (side load), and one is the released version from the Store.

Does the "_" imply private ?

[TheEndless]

"greubel" wrote:
I have five different versions of Chaneru installed.
Three have an "_" in the id, one is marked "dev" (side load), and one is the released version from the Store.

Does the "_" imply private ?

The "_" implies private and/or unpublished.