05-11-2020 12:31
Hello,
My question is :
Is it possible to launch the Now TV app with a specific channel, eg Sky Sports Main Event?
I was just playing around with a NowTV Stick when I came across information about the Roku External Control Protocol at https://developer.roku.com/en-gb/docs/developer-program/debugging/external-control-api.md
Using the the following command on a Linux host it is possible to launch the NowTV app on the stick,
curl -d '' "http://$ROKU_DEV_TARGET:8060/launch/20242"
The information does give an example for the Channel Store app by using a "contentID" parameter with the channel ID of the target channel. I've tried a few numbers but it does not have any effect eg.
curl -d '' "http://$ROKU_DEV_TARGET:8060/launch/20242?contentID=1"
Does anyone know how I can find out how to launch NowTV with a specific channel?
Many thanks.
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05-11-2020 17:49
I think there are two requirements here; firstly, you need to approach this as a deep linking issue; and secondly, NowTV need to have written their app in such a way as to support deep linking.
if they haven’t, you won’t get any closer than just starting the NowTV app; but if you try some basic experimentation with the deep linking approach, and get some suitable responses, you can refine things from there.
05-11-2020 17:49
I think there are two requirements here; firstly, you need to approach this as a deep linking issue; and secondly, NowTV need to have written their app in such a way as to support deep linking.
if they haven’t, you won’t get any closer than just starting the NowTV app; but if you try some basic experimentation with the deep linking approach, and get some suitable responses, you can refine things from there.
25-07-2021 16:37
Thank you for the advice. I will indeed try some basic experimentation with the deep linking approach and report back.
25-07-2021 22:39
Great; I’ll look forward to hearing about whatever you find