v0.10.22 - New API and Boosted Performance

Release Notes

This release was a result of months of refactoring work and performance improvements.

• Implemented new API to simplify usage of the brs-emu package, see new documentation @lvcabral
• Implemented the Roku MicroDebugger (including stop statement, back trace and debug commands) #127
• Added support for Firefox and Safari browsers
• Added option to execute a channel without audio
• Added support for both Windows and MacOS keyboard names
• Multiple performance improvements on handling Canvas 2D, big thanks for @markwpearce #139
• Implemented roInput #57
• Implemented roAppInfo #104
• Implemented support for ScaleMode in roRegion #62
• Implemented missing methods to roRegion #120
• Implemented missing methods to roUrlTransfer as mocks to avoid channel crash. #104
• Implemented missing roDeviceInfo methods #134
• Implemented missing roChannelStore methods #137
• Implemented a mock of RunGarbageCollector() #119
• Implemented numeric type auto cast in function parameters and return value #122
• Implemented support for external input parameters #123
• Implemented support for format parameter on toStr() #132
• Implemented method format() in roString #133
• Implemented end command to terminate app without crash
• Improved casting on roBitmap, roRegion and roScreen
• Improved Function call performance #141
• Changed to show icon when no splash exist in zip file
• Changed to only enable keyboard control when channel is running
• Changed to make sure audio do not play if stop() is called during load
• Fixed: drawRotatedObject on roScreen and roBitmap
• Fixed: ifDraw2d drawing methods on roRegion #120
• Fixed: return invalid when roCompositor doesn't receive valid regions creating sprites #125
• Fixed: Edge case of comparing invalid with roInvalid
• Fixed: Prevent crash with invalid collection with for each #118
• Fixed: Added missing audio files to the npm package
• Added option to show and overlay with display performance indicators #129
• Implemented use of Atomics with the SharedArrayBuffer and other small improvements.
• Adding a python script to allow testing on newer browsers with COOP and COEP enabled.
• Upgraded to TypeScript 4, Webpack 5 and several other dependencies
• [sonar] Code smell and complexity fixes #153
• Merged brs v0.45.0 below cherry picked commits:
  • feat(stdlib): Add lookupCI for assocarray (#639) resolves #629
  • fix(interp): allow functions to be typed as objects (#659)

Full Changelog: v0.9.0-emu...v0.10.22

Web Applications

You can test the this release using:

• BrightScript TV - Run full emulated games
• brsFiddle - BrightScript coding playground

Desktop Application

• The source code of the desktop application is at: https://github.com/lvcabral/brs-emu-app
• Download installers for Windows, Linux and macOS from the brs-emu-app release page
• You can use it integrated with VSCode BrightScript Language Extension using the implementation of Roku Remote Access Services