[ronie]

2015-04-09 new infobool - ListItem.IsCollection

ListItem.IsCollection will return true when the focused listitem is a movieset.


git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/f384...6bc7adcfff
pull request: 6900 (PR)

[ronie]

2015-03-15 xbmc.gui version bump

skins should bump their xbmc.gui version to 5.9.0

git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/2f44...3c333652df

[ronie]

2015-04-06 settings windows - add default label

add a label control with id="14" to the following windows:
- DialogPVRTimerSettings.xml
- DialogPeripheralSettings.xml
- LockSettings.xml
- ProfileSettings.xml
- SettingsCategory.xml
- VideoOSDSettings.xml


this label will be used as a settings group header.

git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/5191...cc44efd728
pull request: 6818 (PR)

[ronie]

2015-04-14 Globalsearch now supports EPG search

not a skinning engine change, but a heads-up since probably every skin supports this addon:
the globalsearch addon (v4.0.0 and up) now supports searching the EPG for programs.

new id's:
220 - Label containing the number of found programmes
221 - Container for found programmes
229 - The script will set this id to visible when programmes are found

git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/82e2...0ed7c98554

[ronie]

2015-04-18 sound addons

instead of including sounds files within your skin,
they can now be submitted to the addon repo as a separate addon.

we recommend each skinner to submit their sounds as a separate addon, as this :
- makes the size of the skins somewhat smaller
- makes it easy for users to select a different set a sound files if they wish to do so

(the old way of including sounds files within the skin is still supported of course)

git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/2bcb...d471e473df
pull request: 6557 (PR)

[ronie]

2015-04-18 new infolabel

a new window property has been added, it will return the date/time the repo was last checked for updates:

• Window(AddonBrowser).Property(Updated)
  

git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/fea3...4237af4224
pull request: 6964 (PR)

[ronie]

2015-04-18 new default icon

this is part of the sound addons commit. a new default icon was added:
- DefaultAddonUISounds.png

git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/2990...b8afc78e32
pull request: 6557 (PR)

[ronie]

2015-03-16 new/changed infolabels

some infolabel stuff i forgot to mention...

new infolabels:

• ListItem.IMDBNumber / VideoPlayer.IMDBNumber (also works for EPG items)
  
• ListItem.EpisodeName / VideoPlayer.EpisodeName (for EPG items only)
  

EPG support was added to these infolabels:

• ListItem.Season / VideoPlayer.Season
  
• ListItem.Episode / VideoPlayer.Episode
  
• ListItem.Cast / VideoPlayer.Cast
  
• ListItem.Writer / VideoPlayer.Writer
  
• ListItem.Director / VideoPlayer.Director
  

(needs a PVR backend that provides this info)


git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/34af...126f040588
pull request: 6738 (PR)

[ronie]

2015-05-24 new default icon

since we started grouping scraper addons under 'Information providers',
DefaultAddonInfoLibrary.png was not used anymore.
the icon can be renamed to DefaultAddonInfoProvider.png
so it will be used for the main group.

git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/ffe4...b9f86a54e4
pull request: 7109 (PR)

[ronie]

2015-05-25 removed default icon

we stopped using DefaultMusicSearch.png a long time ago.
you can remove it from your skin.


git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/18c1...3eac7967e9
pull request: 6829 (PR)

[ronie]

nothing 'new', but some stuff was not documented in the wiki until now:

- boolean conditions:
Container.SortDirection(ascending)
Returns true the sort direction of a container is ascending.

Container.SortDirection(descending)
Returns true the sort direction of a container is descending.


- info label:
Container(id).ListItemPosition(id).[infolabel]
Returns the infolabel for listitem id in a container (the id is the absolute position in the list)

ex.:
Container(50).ListItemPosition(4).Label
Container.ListItemPosition(3).Year
ListItemPosition(2).Genre

[ronie]

TV Tunes - Changes

if your skin supports the TV Tunes addon, please check this thread for recommended changes:
230549 (thread)