[ronie]

2017-02-24 drop support for using hyphen as none value

as of today, please do not use a hyphen '-' as an empty value.

tags like these are no longer supported:
<label>-</label>
<image>-</image>

you can simply use:
<label></label>
<image></image>

or if you prefer the alternate format:
<label/>
<image/>


pull-request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/10389
commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/e1c2...22cd9ce86e

[ronie]

2017-03-13 DialogPVRChannelGuide.xml

please rename DialogPVRGuideOSD.xml to DialogPVRChannelGuide.xml
the window name also changed, from pvrosdguide to pvrchannelguide


pull-request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/11847
commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/fa66...52cf6263c7

[ronie]

2017-03-17 removed support for old static listitem format

likely not used (or even known) by anyone and therefor removed, the old way to define static listitems:

Code:

<item label="Cool Video" label2="" thumb="mythumb.png">PlayMedia(c:\videos\cool_video.avi)</item>

pull-request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/11756
commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/a97f...80410632b3

[ronie]

2017-03-17 onclick made optional for static listitems

it is no longer needed to define

Code:

<onclick>noop</onclick>

for static listitems that have no action.
you can simple remove the <onclick> tag

pull-request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/11756
commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/a97f...80410632b3

[ronie]

2017-03-21 new infolabels

these infolabels were added a few weeks ago, but we decided to rename them
- Container.ActualItems -> Container.NumAllItems
- Container.NonFolderItems -> Container.NumNonFolderItems


pull-request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/11847
commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/badd...cdbac9ec33

[BigNoid]

10-01-2016 / 08-02-1016 New default icons

• DefaultAddonVfs.png
  
• DefaultAddonImageDecoder.png
  

pull requests:

• 8966 (PR)
  
• 11086 (PR)
  

[BigNoid]

14-04-2017 Includes in Font.xml

Includes can now be used in Font.xml.

pull request: 11379 (PR)
commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/affd...77f9a35c47

[BigNoid]

18-02-2017 Multiple content for custom containers

You can now add multiple content tags to custom containers. This allows the combination of dynamic and static content for example.

pull request: 10730 (PR)
commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/2c19...c8a790cc8f

[ronie]

2017-03-20 DialogPVRGroupManager.xml - radio channel groups

you can add a togglebutton (id="34" / label=19174 / altlabel=19173) to DialogPVRGroupManager.xml
this will allow users to switch between tv channels and radio channels in the group manager dialog.


pull-request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/11877
commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/11877/...0ff44f67f7

[BigNoid]

16-05-2017 New info label Skin.Font

A new info label that returns the current fontset in use from Font.xml

pull request: 12076 (PR)
commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/4122...3a24903bf6

[Hitcher]

2017-06-14 Changes to DialogAddonSettings.xml

Addon settings now use the same core settings system.

• change heading label id="20" to id="2"
  
• change grouplist id="9" to id="3"
  
• change button id="13" to id="10"
  
• change grouplist id="2" to id="5"
  
• change button id="3" to id="7"
  
• change radio button id="4" to id="8"
  
• change spincontrolex id="5" to id="9"
  
• change image id="6" to id="11"
  
• add edit id="12"
  
• change sliderex id="8" to id="13"
  
• change label id="7" to id="14"
  
• change button id="10" to id="28"
  
• change button id="11" to id="29"
  
• change button id="12" to id="30"
  

pull request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/12125
commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/04bd...790a5723d5

[Hitcher]

2016-07-06 new dialog - GameOSD.xml

A new dialog, GameOSD.xml (gameosd), has been added to Kodi.

This new dialog has these controls:

• Resume button
  
• Reset button
  
• Stop button
  
• Video settings button
  
• Input settings button
  

Estuary example: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/blob/master...ameOSD.xml

git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/6a12...263492f849
pull request: 12367 (PR)

[ronie]

2017-10-10 MyMusicPlaylistEditor.xml - add view definition

please add <views>50</views> to the music playlist editor window
(or whichever id you prefer. the window even supports multiple views)

pull-request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/12879
commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/6a09...8bd11bc994

[DaveBlake]

2017-11-08 New info labels

• MusicPlayer.Property(Artist_Sortname)
  
• MusicPlayer.Property(Artist_Type)
  
• MusicPlayer.Property(Artist_Gender)
  
• MusicPlayer.Property(Artist_Disambiguation)
  
• Listitem.Property(Artist_Sortname)
  
• Listitem.Property(Artist_Type)
  
• Listitem.Property(Artist_Gender)
  
• Listitem.Property(Artist_Disambiguation)
  

Sortname is from music file tags, the rest from NFO (or scraper once it catches up). Resource strings also added to match. These are candiadtes for adding to the Artist Info Dialog


pull-request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/12963
commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/1ca7...ce52c0fafd

[ronie]

2017-11-21 removed infolabels

these infolabels were deprecated some time ago, we decided to remove them completely now

• ListItem.ChannelNumber
  
• ListItem.SubChannelNumber
  
• MusicPlayer.ChannelNumber
  
• MusicPlayer.SubChannelNumber
  
• VideoPlayer.ChannelNumber
  
• VideoPlayer.SubChannelNumber
  

please use these alternatives from now on

• ListItem.ChannelNumberLabel
  
• MusicPlayer.ChannelNumberLabel
  
• VideoPlayer.ChannelNumberLabel
  

pull-request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/13069
commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/730d...cf0532adaa