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Blackhawk
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springboard error

 

 

 

Im working on getting my channel to run with ads

 

' ********** Copyright 2016 Roku Corp.  All Rights Reserved. **********

' 1st function that runs for the scene component on channel startup
sub init()
  'To see print statements/debug info, telnet on port 8089
  m.Image         = m.top.findNode("Image")
  m.Details       = m.top.findNode("Details")
  m.Title         = m.top.findNode("Title")
  m.Video         = m.top.findNode("Video")
  m.SpringDetails = m.top.findNode("SpringBoardDetails")
  m.LabelList     = m.top.findNode("LabelList")
  m.CategoryLabel = m.top.findNode("CategoryLabel")
  m.RuntimeLabel  = m.top.findNode("RuntimeLabel")
  m.Video.ObserveField("state","OnVideoPlayerStateChange")
  m.Title.font.size = 40
  m.CategoryLabel.color = "#333333"
  m.Title.color = "#333333"
  m.Details.color = "#444444"
  m.RuntimeLabel.color = "#333333"
end sub

' set proper focus to buttons if Details opened and stops Video if Details closed
Sub onVisibleChange()
    ? "[DetailsScreen] onVisibleChange"
    if m.top.visible = true then
        m.buttons.jumpToItem = 0
        m.buttons.setFocus(true)
    else if m.videoPlayer <> invalid
        m.videoPlayer.visible = false
        m.videoPlayer.control = "stop"
        m.poster.uri=""
        m.background.uri=""
    end if
End Sub

' set proper focus to Buttons in case if return from Video PLayer
Sub OnFocusedChildChange()
    if m.top.isInFocusChain() and not m.buttons.hasFocus() and not m.videoPlayer.hasFocus() then
        m.buttons.setFocus(true)
    end if
End Sub

' set proper focus on buttons and stops video if return from Playback to details
Sub onVideoVisibleChange()
    if m.videoPlayer.visible = false and m.top.visible = true
        m.buttons.setFocus(true)
        m.videoPlayer.control = "stop"
        'clear video player content, for proper start of next video player 
        m.videoPlayer.content = invalid
        'remove video player
        m.top.removeChild(m.videoPlayer)
    end if
End Sub

' event handler of Video player msg
Sub OnVideoPlayerStateChange()
    if m.videoPlayer.state = "error"
        ' error handling
        m.videoPlayer.visible = false
    else if m.videoPlayer.state = "playing"
        ' playback handling
        playContent()
    else if m.videoPlayer.state = "finished"
        m.videoPlayer.visible = false
    end if
End Sub



sub playContent()
    content = m.buttons.content
    if content <> invalid then
        m.video.content = content
        m.video.visible = false

        m.PlayerTask = CreateObject("roSGNode", "PlayerTask")
        m.PlayerTask.observeField("state", "taskStateChanged")
        m.PlayerTask.video = m.video
        m.PlayerTask.control = "RUN"
    end if
end sub

sub taskStateChanged(event as Object)
    print "Player: taskStateChanged(), id = "; event.getNode(); ", "; event.getField(); " = "; event.getData()
    state = event.GetData()
    if state = "done" or state = "stop"
        exitPlayer()
    end if
end sub


' on Button press handler
Sub onItemSelected()
    ' first button is Play
    if m.top.itemSelected = 0
        m.videoPlayer = CreateObject("roSGNode", "Video")
        m.videoPlayer.id="videoPlayer"
        m.videoPlayer.translation="[0, 0]"
        m.videoPlayer.width="1280"
        m.videoPlayer.height="720"
        m.videoPlayer.content   = m.top.content

        'show video player
        m.top.AppendChild(m.videoPlayer)

        m.videoPlayer.visible = true
        m.videoPlayer.setFocus(true)
        m.videoPlayer.control = "play"
        m.videoPlayer.observeField("state", "OnVideoPlayerStateChange")
        m.videoPlayer.observeField("visible", "onVideoVisibleChange")

    end if
End Sub

' Content change handler
Sub OnContentChange()
    m.description.content   = m.top.content
    m.description.Description.width = "770"
    m.poster.uri            = m.top.content.hdBackgroundImageUrl
    m.background.uri            = m.top.content.hdBackgroundImageUrl
End Sub

'///////////////////////////////////////////'
' Helper function convert AA to Node
Function ContentList2SimpleNode(contentList as Object, nodeType = "ContentNode" as String) as Object
    result = createObject("roSGNode",nodeType)
    if result <> invalid
        for each itemAA in contentList
            item = createObject("roSGNode", nodeType)
            item.setFields(itemAA)
            result.appendChild(item)
        end for
    end if
    return result
End Function

Function OnkeyEvent(key, press) as Boolean
    ? ">>> Details >> OnkeyEvent"
    result = false
    if press AND key = "back" AND m.videoPlayer <> invalid AND m.videoPlayer.visible 
        m.videoPlayer.visible = false
        result = true    
    end if
    return result
End Function

 

Yet I keep getting these errors

Invalid value for left-side of expression. (runtime error &he4) in pkg:/components/SpringBoard.brs(117)                 117:     m.description.content   = m.top.content 

 

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joetesta
Roku Guru

Re: springboard error

It looks like you have overlooked defining `

m.description

 

aspiring
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joetesta
Roku Guru

Re: springboard error

probably in the init() you need to add 
m.description = m.top.findNode("description")

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Blackhawk
Roku Guru

Re: springboard error

 

I managed to get around it

' ********** Copyright 2016 Roku Corp.  All Rights Reserved. **********

' 1st function that runs for the scene component on channel startup
sub init()
  'To see print statements/debug info, telnet on port 8089
  m.Image         = m.top.findNode("Image")
  m.Details       = m.top.findNode("Details")
  m.Title         = m.top.findNode("Title")
  m.Video         = m.top.findNode("Video")
  m.SpringDetails = m.top.findNode("SpringBoardDetails")
  m.LabelList     = m.top.findNode("LabelList")
  m.CategoryLabel = m.top.findNode("CategoryLabel")
  m.RuntimeLabel  = m.top.findNode("RuntimeLabel")
  m.Video.ObserveField("state","OnVideoPlayerStateChange")
  m.Title.font.size = 40
  m.CategoryLabel.color = "#333333"
  m.Title.color = "#333333"
  m.Details.color = "#444444"
  m.RuntimeLabel.color = "#333333"
end sub

Sub OnVideoPlayerStateChange()
  print "SpringBoard.brs - [OnVideoPlayerStateChange]"
  if m.Video.state = "error"
    ' error handling
    m.Video.visible = false
  else if m.Video.state = "playing"
    ' playback handling
  else if m.Video.state = "finished"
    m.video.visible = false
    m.SpringDetails.Visible=true
    m.LabelList.setFocus(true)
  end if
End Sub

sub onContentChange(event as object)
  print "onContentChange"
  content = event.getdata()

  runtime = content.shortdescriptionline2.toInt()
  minutes = runtime \ 60
  seconds = runtime MOD 60

  m.Image.uri = content.hdposterurl
  m.Title.text = content.title
  m.Details.text = content.description
  x = m.Details.localBoundingRect()
  m.RuntimeLabel.text = "Length: " + minutes.toStr() + " minutes " + seconds.toStr() + " seconds"
  translation = [m.RuntimeLabel.translation[0], m.Details.translation[1] + x.height + 30]
  m.RuntimeLabel.translation = translation
  m.CategoryLabel.text = content.categories

  ContentNode = CreateObject("roSGNode", "ContentNode")
  ContentNode.streamFormat = content.streamformat
  ContentNode.url = content.url
  ContentNode.Title = content.title
  ContentNode.Description = content.Description
  ContentNode.ShortDescriptionLine1 = content.title
  ContentNode.StarRating = 80
  ContentNode.Length = 1972
  ContentNode.subtitleConfig = {Trackname: "pkg:/source/CraigVenter.srt" }

  m.Video.content = ContentNode
end sub



sub onItemSelected(event as object)
  print "onItemSelected"
  m.Video.control = "play"
  if event.getData() <> 0 then m.Video.seek = m.top.seekposition
  m.SpringDetails.visible = false
  m.Video.visible = true
  m.Video.setFocus(true)
end sub

' Called when a key on the remote is pressed
function onKeyEvent(key as String, press as Boolean) as Boolean
  print "in SimpleVideoScene.xml onKeyEvent ";key;" "; press
  if press then
    if key = "back"
      print "------ [back pressed] ------"
      if m.Video.visible
        m.Video.control = "pause"
        m.Video.visible = false
        m.SpringDetails.visible = true
        position = m.Video.position
        if position > 0
          if m.LabelList.content.getChildCount() > 1 then m.LabelList.content.removeChildIndex(1)
          minutes = position \ 60
          seconds = position MOD 60
          contentNode = createObject("roSGNode","ContentNode")
          contentNode.title = "Resume Video (" + minutes.toStr() + " min " + seconds.toStr() + " sec)"
          m.LabelList.content.appendChild(contentNode)
          'Write position to registry so that re-opening the channel works
          m.global.registryTask.write = {
            contentid: m.top.content.episodenumber,
            position: position.toStr()
          }
          m.top.seekposition = position
        else
          print "Do nothing"
        end if
        m.LabelList.setFocus(true)
        return true
      else
        return false
      end if
    else if key = "OK"
      print "------- [ok pressed] -------"
    else
      return false
    end if
  end if
  return false
end function

It wont show the ad as it was stuck on the retrieving screen so I checked what's wrong with it and this error popped up

Interface not a member of BrightScript Component (runtime error &hf3) in pkg:/components/SpringBoard.brs(46)   

 

 

 

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joetesta
Roku Guru

Re: springboard error

Assuming that line 46 is 

m.Details.text = content.description

Then I'm going to suggest you pay attention to my earlier reply. good luck.

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Blackhawk
Roku Guru

Re: springboard error

 

I added it on this code

 

 

 

 

' ********** Copyright 2016 Roku Corp.  All Rights Reserved. ********** 
 ' inits details screen
 ' sets all observers 
 ' configures buttons for Details screen
Function Init()
    ? "[DetailsScreen] init"

    m.top.observeField("visible", "onVisibleChange")
    m.top.observeField("focusedChild", "OnFocusedChildChange")

    m.buttons           =   m.top.findNode("Buttons")
    m.Player            =   m.top.findNode("VideoPlayer")
    m.poster            =   m.top.findNode("Poster")
    m.description       =   m.top.findNode("Description")
    m.background        =   m.top.findNode("Background")


    ' create buttons
    result = []
    for each button in ["Play"]
        result.push({title : button})
    end for
    m.buttons.content = ContentList2SimpleNode(result)
End Function

' set proper focus to buttons if Details opened and stops Video if Details closed
Sub onVisibleChange()
    ? "[DetailsScreen] onVisibleChange"
    if m.top.visible = true then
        m.buttons.jumpToItem = 0
        m.buttons.setFocus(true)
    else
        m.Player.visible = false
        m.Player.control = "stop"
        m.poster.uri=""
        m.background.uri=""
    end if
End Sub

' set proper focus to Buttons in case if return from Video PLayer
Sub OnFocusedChildChange()
    if m.top.isInFocusChain() and not m.buttons.hasFocus() and not m.Player.hasFocus() then
        m.buttons.setFocus(true)
    end if
End Sub

' set proper focus on buttons and stops video if return from Playback to details
Sub onVideoVisibleChange()
    if m.Player.visible = false and m.top.visible = true
        m.buttons.setFocus(true)
        m.Player.control = "stop"
    end if
End Sub

' event handler of Video player msg
Sub OnVideoPlayerStateChange()
    if m.Player.state = "error"
        ' error handling
        m.Player.visible = false
    else if m.Player.state = "playing"
	playContent()
        ' playback handling
    else if m.Player.state = "finished"
        m.Player.visible = false
    end if
End Sub

sub playContent()
    content = m.buttons.content
    if content <> invalid then
        m.video.content = content
        m.video.visible = false

        m.PlayerTask = CreateObject("roSGNode", "PlayerTask")
        m.PlayerTask.observeField("state", "taskStateChanged")
        m.PlayerTask.video = m.video
        m.PlayerTask.control = "RUN"
    end if
end sub

' on Button press handler
Sub onItemSelected()
    ' first button is Play
     if m.top.itemSelected = 0
        m.Player = CreateObject("roSGNode", "Video")
        m.Player.id="videoPlayer"
        m.Player.translation="[0, 0]"
        m.Player.width="1280"
        m.Player.height="720"
        m.Player.content   = m.top.content

        'show video player
        m.top.AppendChild(m.videoPlayer)

        m.Player.visible = true
        m.Player.setFocus(true)
        m.Player.control = "play"
        m.Player.observeField("state", "OnVideoPlayerStateChange")
        m.Player.observeField("visible", "onVideoVisibleChange")

    end if
End Sub

' Content change handler
Sub OnContentChange()
    m.description.content   = m.top.content
    m.description.Description.width = "770"
    m.Player.content   = m.top.content
    m.top.streamUrl         = m.top.content.url
    m.poster.uri            = m.top.content.hdBackgroundImageUrl
    m.background.uri            = m.top.content.hdBackgroundImageUrl
End Sub

'///////////////////////////////////////////'
' Helper function convert AA to Node
Function ContentList2SimpleNode(contentList as Object, nodeType = "ContentNode" as String) as Object
    result = createObject("roSGNode",nodeType)
    if result <> invalid
        for each itemAA in contentList
            item = createObject("roSGNode", nodeType)
            item.setFields(itemAA)
            result.appendChild(item)
        end for
    end if
    return result
End Function

 

 

 

 

 

I keep geting this error

 

Current Function: 070: sub playContent() 071: content = m.buttons.content 072: if content <> invalid then 073:* m.video.content = content 074: m.video.visible = false 075: 076: m.PlayerTask = CreateObject("roSGNode", "PlayerTask") 077: m.PlayerTask.observeField("state", "taskStateChanged") Invalid value for left-side of expression. (runtime error &he4) in pkg:/components/screens/DetailsScreen/DetailsScreen.brs(73) 073: m.video.content = content

 

 

 

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Blackhawk
Roku Guru

Re: springboard error

I fixed that problem by reworking PlayerTask

 

 

Library "Roku_Ads.brs"

sub init()
    m.top.functionName = "playContentWithAds" 
    m.top.id = "PlayerTask"
end sub

sub playContentWithAds()
   
    
    ' `view` is the node under which RAF should display its UI (passed as 3rd argument of showAds())
    view = videoPlayer.getParent() 

    RAF = Roku_Ads()
    'RAF.clearAdBufferScreenLayers()        ' in case it was set earlier
    'RAF.enableAdBufferMessaging(true, true) ' could have been cleared by custom screen
    'RAF.setAdBufferScreenContent({})

    content = video.content
    RAF.setAdUrl(content.ad_url)
    ' for generic measurements api
    RAF.enableAdMeasurements(true)
    RAF.setContentGenre(content.categories)  'if unset, ContentNode has it as []
    RAF.setContentLength(content.length)

    ' log tracking events
'     logObj = {
'         log : Function(evtType = invalid as Dynamic, ctx = invalid as Dynamic)
'                   if GetInterface(evtType, "ifString") <> invalid
'                       print "*** tracking event " + evtType + " fired."
'                       if ctx.companion = true then
'                           print "***** companion = true"
'                       end if
'                       if ctx.errMsg <> invalid then print "*****   Error message: " + ctx.errMsg
'                       if ctx.adIndex <> invalid then print "*****  Ad Index: " + ctx.adIndex.ToStr()
'                       if ctx.ad <> invalid and ctx.ad.adTitle <> invalid then print "*****  Ad Title: " + ctx.ad.adTitle
'                   else if ctx <> invalid and ctx.time <> invalid
'                       print "*** checking tracking events for ad progress: " + ctx.time.ToStr()
'                   end if
'               End Function
'     }
'     logFunc = Function(obj = Invalid as Dynamic, evtType = invalid as Dynamic, ctx = invalid as Dynamic)
'                   obj.log(evtType, ctx)
'               End Function
'     RAF.setTrackingCallback(logFunc, logObj)

    adPods = RAF.getAds() 'array of ad pods
    keepPlaying = true 'gets set to `false` when showAds() was exited via Back button

    ' show the pre-roll ads, if any
    if adPods <> invalid and adPods.count() > 0
       keepPlaying = RAF.showAds(adPods, invalid, view)
    end if

    port = CreateObject("roMessagePort")
    if keepPlaying then
        videoPlayer.observeField("position", port)
        videoPlayer.observeField("state", port)
        videoPlayer.visible = true
        videoPlayer.control = "play"
        videoPlayer.setFocus(true) 'so we can handle a Back key interruption
    end if

    curPos = 0
    adPods = invalid
    isPlayingPostroll = false
    while keepPlaying
        msg = wait(0, port)
        if type(msg) = "roSGNodeEvent"
            if msg.GetField() = "position" then
                ' keep track of where we reached in content
                curPos = msg.GetData() 
                ' check for mid-roll ads
                adPods = RAF.getAds(msg)
                if adPods <> invalid and adPods.count() > 0
                    print "PlayerTask: mid-roll ads, stopping video"
                    'ask the video to stop - the rest is handled in the state=stopped event below
                    videoPlayer.control = "stop"  
                end if
            else if msg.GetField() = "state" then
                curState = msg.GetData()
                print "PlayerTask: state = "; curState
                if curState = "stopped" then
                    if adPods = invalid or adPods.count() = 0 then 
                        exit while
                    end if

                    print "PlayerTask: playing midroll/postroll ads"
                    keepPlaying = RAF.showAds(adPods, invalid, view)
                    adPods = invalid
                    if isPlayingPostroll then 
                        exit while
                    end if
                    if keepPlaying then
                        print "PlayerTask: mid-roll finished, seek to "; stri(curPos)
                        videoPlayer.visible = true
                        videoPlayer.seek = curPos
                        videoPlayer.control = "play"
                        videoPlayer.setFocus(true) 'important: take the focus back (RAF took it above)
                    end if
                        
                else if curState = "finished" then
                    print "PlayerTask: main content finished"
                    ' render post-roll ads
                    adPods = RAF.getAds(msg)
                    if adPods = invalid or adPods.count() = 0 then 
                        exit while
                    end if
                    print "PlayerTask: has postroll ads"
                    isPlayingPostroll = true
                    ' stop the video, the post-roll would show when the state changes to  "stopped" (above)
                    videoPlayer.control = "stop"
                end if
            end if
        end if
    end while

    print "PlayerTask: exiting playContentWithAds()"
end sub

Now I got this problem

016: sub playContentWithAds() 017: 018: 019: ' `view` is the node under which RAF should display its UI (passed as 3rd argument of showAds()) 020:* view = videoPlayer.getParent() 021: 022: RAF = Roku_Ads() 023: 'RAF.clearAdBufferScreenLayers() ' in case it was set earlier 024: 'RAF.enableAdBufferMessaging(true, true) ' could have been cleared by custom screen 'Dot' Operator attempted with invalid BrightScript Component or interface reference. (runtime error &hec) in pkg:/components/PlayerTask.brs(20) 020: view = videoPlayer.getParent() Backtrace: #0 Function playcontentwithads() As Void file/line: pkg:/components/PlayerTask.brs(20)

 

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