Example Recipe Configuration for XML iTunes Feed

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This example shows a recipe configuration for a feed that conforms to the iTunes RSS tags specification.

Feed:

https://amzndevresources.com/fire-app-builder/feeds/feed1.xml

Category recipe:

{
  "cooker": "DynamicParser",
  "format": "xml",
  "model": "com.amazon.android.model.content.ContentContainer",
  "translator": "ContentContainerTranslator",
  "modelType": "array",
  "query": "/rss/channel/item//*[name()='itunes:category']",
  "queryResultType": "[]$",
  "matchList": [
    "#attributes/text@mName"
  ],
  "keyDataType":"#attributes/text@keyDataPath"
}

Contents recipe:

{
  "cooker": "DynamicParser",
  "format": "xml",
  "model": "com.amazon.android.model.content.Content",
  "translator": "ContentTranslator",
  "modelType": "array",
  "query": "//item[./*[name()='itunes:category'][@text='$$par0$$']]",
  "matchList": [
    "title/#text@mTitle",
    "guid/#text@mId",
    "description/#text@mDescription",
    "enclosure/#attributes/url@mUrl",
    "itunes:image/#attributes/href@mCardImageUrl",
    "itunes:image/#attributes/href@mBackgroundImageUrl"
  ]
}

BasicFileBasedUrlGeneratorConfig.json:

{
  "url_file": "urlFile_xmlfeed1.json"
}

urlFile_xmlfeed1.json

{
  "urls": [
    "https://amzndevresources.com/fire-app-builder/feeds/feed1.xml"
  ]
}

Navigator.java

...
public static final String NAVIGATOR_FILE = "Navigator_xmlfeed1.json";
...

Navigator_xmlfeed1.json

{
  "config": {
    "showRelatedContent": true,
    "useCategoryAsDefaultRelatedContent": true,
    "searchAlgo": "basic",
    "enableCEA608": false,
    "enableRecentRow": true,
    "maxNumberOfRecentItems": 5
  },
  "branding": {
    "globalTheme": "AppTheme",
    "lightFont" : "Roboto Light",
    "boldFont" : "Roboto Bold",
    "regularFont" : "Roboto Regular"
  },
  "globalRecipes": [
    {
      "categories": {
        "dataLoader": "recipes/xmlfeed1_DataLoaderRecipe0.json",
        "dynamicParser": "recipes/xmlfeed1_CategoriesRecipe.json"
      },
      "contents": {
        "dataLoader": "recipes/xmlfeed1_DataLoaderRecipe0.json",
        "dynamicParser": "recipes/xmlfeed1_ContentsRecipe.json"
      }
    }
  ],
  "graph": {
    "com.amazon.android.tv.tenfoot.ui.activities.SplashActivity": {
      "verifyScreenAccess": false,
      "verifyNetworkConnection": true,
      "onAction": "CONTENT_SPLASH_SCREEN"
    },
    "com.amazon.android.tv.tenfoot.ui.activities.ContentBrowseActivity": {
      "verifyScreenAccess": false,
      "verifyNetworkConnection": true,
      "onAction": "CONTENT_HOME_SCREEN"
    },
    "com.amazon.android.tv.tenfoot.ui.activities.ContentDetailsActivity": {
      "verifyScreenAccess": false,
      "verifyNetworkConnection": true,
      "onAction": "CONTENT_DETAILS_SCREEN"
    },
    "com.amazon.android.tv.tenfoot.ui.activities.ContentSearchActivity": {
      "verifyScreenAccess": false,
      "verifyNetworkConnection": true,
      "onAction": "CONTENT_SEARCH_SCREEN"
    },
    "com.amazon.android.uamp.ui.PlaybackActivity": {
      "verifyScreenAccess": false,
      "verifyNetworkConnection": true,
      "onAction": "CONTENT_RENDERER_SCREEN"
    }
  }
}

xmlfeed1_DataLoaderRecipe0.json

{
  "task": "load_data",
  "url_generator": {
    "url_index": "0"
  }
}

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