Channel won't show on Plex for Android

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I'm writing a Channel for SageTV, and I can use the channel in the Plex Web and a Roku client, but I can't get the Plex Android Client to show the Channel.  Is there something that I'm missing here, on how to ensure support for Android as well?

 

My Info.plist is as follows

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>


    
        CFBundleIdentifier
        com.plexapp.plugins.sagexphoenix

        PlexClientPlatforms

        *


        PlexFrameworkVersion

        2


        PlexPluginCodePolicy

        

        Elevated


        PlexURLServices

        

            Phoenix

            

                Identifier

                com.plexapp.plugins.sagexphoenix

                URLPattern

                stvphoenix://[^/]+/[0-9]+.*

                TestURLs

                

                    stvphoenix://mediafile/123456

                    stvphoenix://airing/123456

                

            

        


   

Thanks

 

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I'm writing a Channel for SageTV, and I can use the channel in the Plex Web and a Roku client, but I can't get the Plex Android Client to show the Channel.  Is there something that I'm missing here, on how to ensure support for Android as well?

My Info.plist is as follows

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>


    
        CFBundleIdentifier
        com.plexapp.plugins.sagexphoenix

        PlexClientPlatforms

        *


        PlexFrameworkVersion

        2


        PlexPluginCodePolicy

        

        Elevated


        PlexURLServices

        

            Phoenix

            

                Identifier

                com.plexapp.plugins.sagexphoenix

                URLPattern

                stvphoenix://[^/]+/[0-9]+.*

                TestURLs

                

                    stvphoenix://mediafile/123456

                    stvphoenix://airing/123456

                

            

        


   

Thanks

Hi,

I don't think that the URLservice stuff should be inside info.plist, instead that info should be located in a ServiceInfo.plist file.

Have a look at this channel which has a local URL service:

https://github.com/plexinc-plugins/ViasatPlay.bundle

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I've done this both ways... and I'm not 100% sure which way is correct.  ie, the URL service code as it is, works fine.  I can fully watch videos on Roku and the Plex web clients. (although I had issues with the way you've posted)

My issue, is that I can't get the Channel to be visible at all, when I connect to the plex server via an Android device :(

I'll restructure, and see if that makes a difference.

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I refactored the code to use the same Info.plist and I moved the Service code under Service/URL/ etc, and refactored as necessary.  Again, it all works well in ROKU and Plex Web Client, but the Channel Icon will not show up on my android device :(

Any thoughts?

Thanks

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Can we see the complete bundle code somewhere, Github maybe?

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I just finished uploading it... :)  (btw... it's not release ready, but in light of some issues, I decided to post it, so that people can see what I'm doing wrong)

https://github.com/stuckless/sagetv-phoenix-plex-channel

Thanks

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For a "channel" to show up on an Android device... does it have it have to be installed via the Channel Store?   I've tried uninstalling the app, and I've tried other Android devices... nothing :(

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For a "channel" to show up on an Android device... does it have it have to be installed via the Channel Store?   I've tried uninstalling the app, and I've tried other Android devices... nothing :(

No, that does not matter. It took me some time to figure out, but it's the prefix where the problem lies. Change /videos to /video (without the 's') and your channel will also show up on Android.

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No, that does not matter. It took me some time to figure out, but it's the prefix where the problem lies. Change /videos to /video (without the 's') and your channel will also show up on Android.

Thank You!  I can't wait to get home tonight and try this out :)

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This worked great.  It's not showing on Android as well.

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