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Prerequisites

Before you follow the steps below, make sure you have installed all the required prerequisites - Node.js , npm, Lightning-CLI

          $ npm install -g @lightningjs/cli


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Build instructions

  • Create Lightning refapp dev build

    1. pull code from source repo using command $git clone https://github.com/LibertyGlobal/refapp.git
    2. goto refapp directory $cd refapp
    3. install the NPM dependencies by running command $npm install
    4. $./copyAssets.sh
    5. run command $lng dev for testing in browser.

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once npm install complete, you will get message at the end "Do you want us to automatically check for old Lightning-SDK imports and update them in your project files? y/n

press n and hit enter button because on pressing y it gets hanged or stuck, in this case press ctrl+c 


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Running refapp

by default vscode launch generated url on chrome browser in dev pc.

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  • Create dist (build)

    1. run command $lng dist to make build.

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Hosting Lighting refapp

  1. copy the lighting build app from dist folder.
  2. host build folder into any http server.
  3. test the hosted application in browser with help of url.

Lighting refapp integration

  • Lighting refapp integration into rdk-generic-hybrid-image-raspberrypi:

  1. login to raspberrypi : $ssh root@<<IP address>>
  2. cd /lib/rdk/
  3. add lighting refapp url into referenceApp.sh config file (/opt/residentapp.conf).
  4. need to update startup_app_conf variable

    startup_app_conf=/opt/residentapp.conf

  5. exting url is https://px-apps.sys.comcast.net/lightning_apps/SwitcherApp/dist/index.html in residentapp.conf need to replace with 

    lighting app hosted URL (exmaple http://192.168.0.512:8080)

  6. reboot the box .
  7. lighting application will launch instead of switcher app.



Note: Currently video playback has been verified using mp4 stream

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