{"id":46725,"date":"2017-03-02T10:05:40","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T04:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2thenew.online\/blog\/?p=46725"},"modified":"2017-11-22T15:58:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T10:28:00","slug":"deep-linking-in-roku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2thenew.online\/blog\/deep-linking-in-roku\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep Linking in Roku"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deep linking is used for launching the public channel, universal search and directly open to a particular video in a public channel.<\/p>\n

According to new Roku development<\/a> guidelines, all public channels are now essential to implement deep linking to pass certification.<\/em><\/p>\n

Implementation of Deep linking in Roku<\/strong><\/p>\n

Step 1:<\/strong> Modify the main method, by adding a\u00a0parameter for accepting Deep linking.<\/p>\n

[java]
\nFunction Main (mainArgs as Dynamic) as Void<\/p>\n

End Function
\n[\/java]<\/p>\n

Step 2:<\/strong> Now, check if the Roku channel<\/a> is deep linked or not. If mainArgs.ContentID and mainArgs.MediaType both are not invalid then it is deep linked. If any of them are invalid then it is a normal channel.<\/p>\n

[java]
\nFunction Main (mainArgs as Dynamic) as Void
\n\tIf (mainArgs.ContentId <> invalid) and (mainArgs.MediaType <> invalid)
\n \tprint "Channel is deep linked"
\n\tEnd If
\nEnd Function
\n[\/java]<\/p>\n

Step 3:<\/strong> Implement the next step as per the Media Type and ContentId for a particular channel. Roku has media types such as movie, episode, short-form, special, live and season.<\/p>\n

[java]
\nFunction Main (mainArgs as Dynamic) as Void
\n\tIf (mainArgs.ContentId <> invalid) and (mainArgs.MediaType <> invalid)
\n \tIf (mainArgs.mediaType = \u201cmovie\u201d )
\n\t\t\tprint "Play Movie ", mainArgs.ContentId
\n\t\tElse If (mainArgs.mediaType = \u201clive\u201d )
\n\t\t\tprint "Play Live ", mainArgs.ContentId
\n\t\tElse If (mainArgs.mediaType = \u201cepisode\u201d )
\n\t\t\tprint "Play Episode ", mainArgs.ContentId
\n\t\tElse If (mainArgs.mediaType = "short-form" or mainArgs.mediaType = "special" or mainArgs.mediaType = "season" )
\n\t\t\tprint "Play ",mainArgs.mediaType, " ", mainArgs.ContentId
\n\t\tElse
\n\t\t\t‘Print an error message. Do not fail silently
\n \t\tprint "Unknown Media Type = ", mainArgs.mediaType
\n\t\tEnd If
\n\tEnd If
\nEnd Function
\n[\/java]<\/p>\n

Testing of Deep linking in Roku<\/strong><\/p>\n

Method 1:<\/strong> curl -d ” ” ‘http:\/\/ip-address:8060\/launch\/dev?contentID=123456&MediaType=live’<\/p>\n

Method 2:<\/strong> Deep linking tester app<\/a><\/p>\n

Hope you will now be able to deep link easily following the steps mentioned in this blog.<\/p>\n

Do check out my blogs for more updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Deep linking is used for launching the public channel, universal search and directly open to a particular video in a public channel. According to new Roku development guidelines, all public channels are now essential to implement deep linking to pass certification. Implementation of Deep linking in Roku Step 1: Modify the main method, by adding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":38,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3479,3477,1],"tags":[4479,4478,4480,3474,4481,3644,4492,4491,4482],"class_list":["post-46725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connected-tv","category-media-entertainment","category-technology","tag-brightscript","tag-deep-linking","tag-deep-linking-in-roku","tag-roku","tag-roku-deeplinking","tag-roku-tv","tag-roku-tv-app-development","tag-smart-tv-ap-development","tag-testing-of-deep-linking-in-roku"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t