[thatkookooguy]

I made a program and I want it to interact with xbmc using a widget.

The problem is, I didn't found any documentations on how to write a widget


any tip on where to start and important stuff I should know?
Maybe someone got a tutorial of some sort?


Thanks

[Bstrdsmkr]

You just provide the information in the form of setting arbitrary "properties" on the home window. It's up to the skin to use and display that info, widget or not

[thatkookooguy]

Sorry but I didn't understand anything you wrote :-)

"setting arbitrary "properties" on the home window"?

Can you please explain in more details?

Can I display the content of a .txt file (for example) using what you said in a widget when my focus is on "TV Shows"?

thanks

[Bstrdsmkr]

What I mean is, you call the window.setProperty() method which makes the information available to the skin. From there, it's up to the skin to display that information

Code:

win.setProperty('ACallToArms', 'Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country')

Then, the skin retrieves the info using getProperty()

Code:

text = win.getProperty('ACallToArms')
print text

If you want to show something like that, you need to look into how the skinning system works and start editing your skin of choice

[greco]

Can the setProperty be a call to an addon/plugin for example?

[Bstrdsmkr]

No, set property just takes two strings, a key and a value. A service can call a plugin or script if needed