Customizing screens

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Is it possible to customize screens/components such as the Paragraph screen, Message Dialog and Springboard screen? Or are we pretty much limited to the stuff shown in the docs on the component and interface pages? (for instance for Paragraph screen, http://sdkdocs.roku.com/display/RokuSDK … raphScreen and http://sdkdocs.roku.com/display/RokuSDK … raphScreen )

I’d like to be able to add buttons or paragraphs of text or images in various places, while inheriting existing behavior elsewhere. Is this possible? If so, are there examples out there?

Thanks much…

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It would be nice if you could inherit existing parameters, but I don’t see that happening. It might be nice if the Roku staff gave in example source code a redesign of the standard screens in a custom screen format. That way we could expand on the current screens without redesigning completely from scratch if we wanted a custom screen.

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Ok, thanks. Disappointing…

As for building from scratch, I don’t know how to do that either. Is there even an a good example of that (even if it isn’t standard screens)?

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Check this thread:

viewtopic.php?f=34&t=48814&p=333211&hilit=+button#p333211

here’s an example I threw together a while back:

https://roku.box.com/s/5710304ee64f81ddf1b1

  • Joel
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Ok so it really is that low-level…drawing on canvas layers and handling keys directly.

Maybe eventually I’ll go there but I for now I probably better stick with the standard screens for expedience. Thanks.