v0.9.0 - Improvements on ECP and BrightScript support

Release Notes

This release brings the integration of improvements and fixes from the brs interpreter up to their v0.43. Also several improvements

• (app) Implemented ECP-2 WebSocket API to support official Roku mobile apps (iOS and Android)
• (app) Implemented support for keyboard characters sent via ECP
• (app) Added support for new control keys: Backspace, Enter, PlayOnly and Stop
• (app) Restore the app window, if minimized, when a channel is loaded remotely via the Installer
• (app) Added Ctrl+R shortcut to reload most recent channel
• (app) Added current locale on the Status bar
• (app) Made path length on the status bar proportional to the app window's width
• (app) Fixed status bar Resolution label that was showing "width" twice
• (app,web) Now emulator loads all files from the zip package even ones with custom extension.
• (app,web) Made Key8 to behave as the Info (*) control key, for keyboards that lacks the numeric keypad
• (app,web) Upgraded several dependencies to patch security vulnerabilities.
• (brs) Implemented support for Dot (.) and Attribute (@) operators for XML objects
• (brs) Implemented several missing methods to roDeviceInfo
• (brs) Added check for valid parameters on roRegion constructor
• (brs) Ignore Label statements when parsing the code
• (brs) Fixed roRegion.SetWrap(true) in ifDraw2D.DrawObject() and ifDraw2D.DrawScaledObject()
• (brs) Fixed roString.Tokenize() that was sometimes returning an empty string at the end of the list
• (brs) Fixed roAppManager.updateLastKeyPressTime() definition typo and implemented actual time reset
• (brs) Fixed issues with roTimespan
• (brs) Fixed roRegion.offset() to accept float parameters
• (doc) Updated list of emulator limitations
• Merged brs v0.43.0 below some key commits:
  • fix(lexer): Add support for explicit integer literals (#637)
  • feat(stdlib): add isEmpty method to roString (#636)
  • fix(parse,interp): Support unary + operator for numbers (#615)
  • fix(lex): Allow JS object properties as identifiers (#614)
  • feat(stdlib): Implement RoLongInteger and cast int to LongInt, float to Double (#600)
  • fix(stdlib): Correct sorting issues with mixed arrays (#592)
  • feat(parse,interp): Implement dim statement (#531)
  • fix(rsg): Adds optional arg to RoString constructor (#533)
  • fix(parse): Restore nested block parsing (#514)
  • fix(parse): Allow multiple statements in single-line if branches
  • feat(stdlib): Added case sensitive support to roAssociativeArray (#509)
  • fix(parser): make if statements with 'not' work (#443)
  • bug(parse): Capture EndIf token when used alongside else (#393)
  • bug(interp): Allow Float parameters passed into function signatures expecting Double (#394)
  • fix(interp): Allow invalid returns for signatures that return object (brs#395)

You can test the web app from this release at https://lvcabral.com/brs/

Desktop Application

• Download installers for Windows, Linux and macOS from the Assets section below
• Linux users can also install the application from the Snap Store at: https://snapcraft.io/brs-emu-app
• New Linux Arm build (compat. with Raspberry Pi) available for the first time, download file brsEmuApp-0.9.1-linux-armv7l.AppImage below
• The source code of the desktop application is at: https://github.com/lvcabral/brs-emu-app
• Now is possible to use it integrated with VSCode BrightScript Language Extension using the implementation of Roku Remote Access Services

Download Games to Test

Below you can find a list of games tested with the emulator, that are publicly available with source code. Just download the zip files and have fun!

• Prince of Persia for Roku port by Marcelo Lv Cabral - Download zip file
• Lode Runner for Roku remake by Marcelo Lv Cabral - Download zip file
• Retaliate game by Romans I XVI - Download zip file