2015-12-13, 15:47
Will it be possible to change the thumbnail for menu items as well?
(2015-12-09, 05:26)springroll Wrote:(2015-12-08, 19:04)digitalhigh Wrote:(2015-12-08, 18:21)springroll Wrote: Looking forward to it!
Possible to make a request on support for Arial (as the Kodi built-in Arial font supports unicode language characters such as Chinese and Japanese) or have the font you are including in the skin to support unicode language characters?
From what I understand, the Roboto font family (what I'm using here) supports Unicode:
https://www.google.com/design/spec/style...y-typeface
I just tried to verify this by switching to Roboto in Hitcher's FTV skin. Unfortunately, it doesn't display the unicode characters in Chinese/Japanese/etc. If the skin itself has its own Roboto font, perhaps it'd support Unicode?
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(2015-12-17, 19:13)drmcatchr Wrote: Thought I would add this here for design references. New visual updates in Google App 2.0 for the Android TV. From Android Police!
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(2015-12-22, 08:38)fantasticn Wrote: Looks very promising. Since Android-TV could become a major platform for Kodi (with NVidia ShieldTV now as prominent front runner and so many other boxes already available, offering 4k/60, gaming and apps for small money) having a skin that integrates seamlessly and makes Kodi look like a substential part of the system would be very nice.
Are you planning on implementing movie and artist logos (e.g. movie info screen, music info screen) and cleararts (e.g. on video screen pause/info)?
Keep up the good work!
(2015-12-22, 12:07)iAMl3dgend Wrote: Quick question. Can we disable some of the things that will show in a search?
(2015-12-22, 16:03)Soulbind Wrote: Love it, this is what i always wanted in a skin, Android TV look + PleXBMC functionality, GPlay Music integration . Wanna make my old HTPC look like a SHIELD, interface wise anyway. If you need any early beta testing hit me a Private Message , i`ll galdy help, even live on stuff like Skype. Keep up the good work, subscribed to this thread
(2015-12-22, 18:48)digitalhigh Wrote:(2015-12-22, 16:03)Soulbind Wrote: Love it, this is what i always wanted in a skin, Android TV look + PleXBMC functionality, GPlay Music integration . Wanna make my old HTPC look like a SHIELD, interface wise anyway. If you need any early beta testing hit me a Private Message , i`ll galdy help, even live on stuff like Skype. Keep up the good work, subscribed to this thread
Well - it's convenient then that I'm friends with one of the developers of the Shield UI. I have been picking his brain in regards to some of the things they're doing on Shield that may not be as prevalent in regular ATV.
In terms of some of the things found in most other skins - CD Art, clearart, studio logos, the general "excess" of stuff that can be had with media items - I am *not* going to be utilizing a lot of these things.
One of the biggest concepts behind the leanback UI is to *not* overwhelm the users with a massive amount of choices. In the 10+ years I've been a XBMC/Kodi/HTPC user, I can honestly say I've NEVER had someone scroll through my video/TV library and comment on how amazing the clearart or studio logos are. Nobody's ever cared that there was an icon indicating it's in 5.1 surround or the container is DIVX or MKV. Nobody's ever been floored that the UX has sortable views. Never had someone browse by genre, never had someone browse by year...etc. I point them at the list of titles, and they go.
So, while I fully understand and appreciate the power and amount of info other skins provide - this is not going to be that skin. I think goal #1 is to help people *not* have to go into the library sections - and if they do - only because they have a specific title in mind - and this should be handled by search.
No, this UX/UI is aimed at the "babysitting grandmothers and wives" crowd. You should be able to plunk anybody down in front of this skin (after it's configured), give them a remote, and have them just understand how to get a movie playing. I know kodi is a lot of power users and customized collections - but I want it to be approachable first, and "vast" second.
Hopefully that clears some things up...
(2015-12-22, 19:13)Soulbind Wrote: One thing that i would like in terms of UX/UI would be a button for Update Library in the "Information" section of a movie (pressing 'i' on the keyboard/remote), or even on the main list of movies (even better). Makes it easier for my non-tehnical girlfriend to update the library when i add a new movie, instead of digging around in side menus for the button like on other skins. fTV by Hitcher has this button, but i`m not a fan of the Amazon UI (Material Design or bust, i`m a part time Android dev so MD is important to me, second best would be the LG Web OS TV interface) . Though if i`ll move to PleXBMC for integration with my Plex Server i might not need it , since the Plex Server can be set to automatically update on changes to the Movies / TV Shows folder (and that`s the main thing i like about it).