Roku Developer Program

[agmark]

I'm trying to capture the remote key presses in a springboard, but I'm only getting a response from the right (5) and left (4) buttons. I've used the up, down and info (*) buttons with an imagecanvas, but I can't seem to get it right with a springboard screen. I've tried numerous iterations, but nothing is returning a response. Shouldn't the following print more than just the right and left button presses? I've also tried isButtonInfo with no luck either. Can someone explain the right usage?

        if type(msg) = "roSpringboardScreenEvent" then
            if msg.isScreenClosed()
                print "Screen closed"
                exit while
            else if msg.isRemoteKeyPressed() 
                print "Remote key pressed"

[RokuJoel]

The only buttons available on roSprinboard with isRemoteKeyPressed() are the left and right buttons. Otherwise, you are looking for msg.IsbuttonPressed() with msg.getindex() to tell you which buttons *on the screen* were pressed.

if type(msg)="roSpringboardScreenEvent" then
     if msg.isbuttonpressed() then
         ndx=msg.getindex()
         if ndx=0 then 
                     ?"button number: ";ndx;" pressed"
         else if msg.getindex()=1 then
                     ?"button number: ";ndx;" pressed"
        end if
     else if msg.isremotekeypressed()
        key=msg.getindex()
        ?"Key Number: ";key;" Pressed"
    end if
end if

- Joel

[agmark]

Is the info (*) button available on any screen other than an imagecanvas?

[RokuChris]

"agmark" wrote:
Is the info (*) button available on any screen other than an imagecanvas?

Off the top of my head, the (*) button raises...

• isListItemInfo() on roPosterScreen


• isRemoteKeyPressed() on roGridScreen


• roUniversalControlEvent on roScreen

...there may be others that I'm forgetting.

[agmark]

Thanks Chris. Tried isListItemInfo() on roPosterScreen and it responds. That's where I'll use it. I don't have a Roku1, but I assume the info button is strickly Roku2?

[RokuChris]

"agmark" wrote:
Thanks Chris. Tried isListItemInfo() on roPosterScreen and it responds. That's where I'll use it. I don't have a Roku1, but I assume the info button is strickly Roku2?

The (*) button works with any Roku since firmware 2.7. See section 2.4 of the Component Reference.

[belltown]

"RokuChris" wrote:

The (*) button works with any Roku since firmware 2.7. See section 2.4 of the Component Reference.

... assuming you have a (*) button. My Roku 1 remote does not have an info or (*) button.

[gonzotek]

"belltown" wrote:

"RokuChris" wrote:

The (*) button works with any Roku since firmware 2.7. See section 2.4 of the Component Reference.

... assuming you have a (*) button. My Roku 1 remote does not have an info or (*) button.

Network remotes like Remoku, DVPRemote or the official Roku app (among others) have it and will work with any generation Roku. I frequently recommend the use of a network remote to early Roku1 owners when they ask how to re-arrange channels in the general discussion forum. It's probably not a good idea to code any critical functionality to the star/info button if you plan for a channel to be available to those models lacking the button(since most users probably won't go looking in the forum for the answer), but if it's a less-important or infrequently used feature it's probably ok to use it; another option is to also offer the same functionality via some on-screen menu or another button. Just some fyi opinion for anyone coming across this thread. 🙂

[destruk]

We've ended up using the down button for that in some screens - that way it works for all remotes without external or extra dependencies.