ASCII Characters

[mkammes]

Describe the bug ASCII text parsed from JSON file doesn't translate into readable text.

To Reproduce Channel UI shows the title and description of the media referenced in the JSON. "&amp" is displayed as "&" as opposed to "&"

Expected behavior The "&" symbol to be used instead of the HTML "&"

Screenshots https://photos.app.goo.gl/NjJXU61oQoWezUwE7 . It should read "Security & Access", and not "Security&amp; Access"

Version number: 1.0.0.0-alpha-9, although the manifest file says alpha-8 was used.

Additional context Add any other context about the problem here.

[rrirower]

Can you provide the URL of your feed file?

[mkammes]

Sure:

https://5thingsseries.com/wp-json/tv/roku/feed.json

FWIW, this is a redirect "trick" to get a WP Smart TV feed to be generated with a .json extension - but it works.

[rrirower]

Thanks. Can you also post the manifest that it produced?

[mkammes]

# Channel Details
# Auto-generated by DPtoSceneGraph wizard version 1.0.0.0-alpha-8.1+657d48d4f9e549a1b4054cef74f1531ed6059d60
# (c) Copyright 2023, Michael Harnad, All rights reserved.
# Support at https://github.com/rrirower

# NOTE: Uppercase attributes are CUSTOM.

bs_libs_required=roku_ads_lib
title=5 THINGS
major_version=1
minor_version=0
build_version=2
FEED_URL=https://5thingsseries.com/wp-json/tv/roku/feed.json
splash_color=#2B2B2B
BACKGROUND_COLOR=#2B2B2B
ui_resolutions=hd,fhd
USE_RAF=0
OFFER_SUBSCRIPTIONS=0
supports_input_launch=1
mm_icon_focus_hd=pkg:/images/channel.png
splash_screen_hd=pkg:/images/splash.jpg

# Optional settings.  To use, uncomment.
#USE_THUMBNAIL_BACKGROUND=true
#TEXT_COLOR=#000000

[rrirower]

I initially thought this was a bug in the BrightScript code. However, after examining your feed file, I saw that the &amp is actually in the text of the description. I'm assuming that WP is encoding it that way. I have removed the 'bug' label.

I've also corrected the version in the manifest for future releases. Thanks for pointing that out.