[ronie]

2016-08-15 new infolabel

this infolabel is now available in DialogAddonSettings.xml:

• Window.Property(Addon.ID)
  

it returns the id of the selected addon


git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/5972...f159419a8e
pull request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/10037

[ronie]

2016-08-15 DialogGameControllers.xml

please add the following controls to this dialog:

• control type="label" id="8" (settings category label)
  
• control type="image" id="9" (settings category separator)
  

git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/7564...137a204a6e
pull request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/10293

[ronie]

2016-02-07 new infobools

these infobools were added some time ago:

• ListItem.TimerIsActive
  
• ListItem.TimerHasError
  
• ListItem.TimerHasConflict
  

git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/6d75...68ef05d9d5
pull request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/9012

[ronie]

2016-09-09 new PVR infolabels / infobools

these PVR infolabels have been added:

• Pvr.TVNowRecordingTitle
  
• Pvr.TVNowRecordingDateTime
  
• Pvr.TVNowRecordingChannel
  
• Pvr.TVNowRecordingChannelIcon
  
• Pvr.TVNextRecordingTitle
  
• Pvr.TVNextRecordingDateTime
  
• Pvr.TVNextRecordingChannel
  
• Pvr.TVNextRecordingChannelIcon
  
• Pvr.RadioNowRecordingTitle
  
• Pvr.RadioNowRecordingDateTime
  
• Pvr.RadioNowRecordingChannel
  
• Pvr.RadioNowRecordingChannelIcon
  
• Pvr.RadioNextRecordingTitle
  
• Pvr.RadioNextRecordingDateTime
  
• Pvr.RadioNextRecordingChannel
  

these PVR infobools have been added:

• Pvr.RadioNextRecordingChannelIcon
  
• Pvr.IsRecordingTV
  
• Pvr.HasTVTimer
  
• Pvr.HasNonRecordingTVTimer
  
• Pvr.IsRecordingRadio
  
• Pvr.HasRadioTimer
  
• Pvr.HasNonRecordingRadioTimer
  

git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/10438/...f9c36bed2d
pull request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/10438

[ronie]

2016-07-01 colormanagement support

this introduces a new window name (it uses DialogSettings.xml):

• osdcmssettings
  

and an infobool to check if colormanagement is implemented on your system:

• System.HasCMS
  

you may want to add a button in VideoOSD.xml to activate this window



git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/4a63...65b5de7c2d
pull request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/9731

[ronie]

2016-09-12 epggrid - scrollbar support

you can now use a scrollbar to scroll up and down in the epggrid container.
this is needed for mouse users, who were unable to properly navigate the epg.


git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/4c91...e3ab8d043c
pull request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/10450

[ronie]

2016-09-16 new infobool

• System.HasPVRAddon
  

you can use this as a replacement for System.GetBool(pvrmanager.enabled),
which was removed in krypton.


git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/10472/...471e14d97e
pull request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/10472

[ronie]

2016-09-23 DialogPVRInfo.xml - new button

a new built-in button (add timer) was added to the pvr info dialog.

please add this button control (id="9", label=19061) to DialogPVRInfo.xml.


git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/73ce...593d11ea33
pull request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/10536

[ronie]

2016-09-23 icon.png

if you (plan to) submit your skin to the kodi repo,
the max. resolution for your skin icon.png is now 512x512px.

[ronie]

2016-09-30 slider / sliderex control - functionality change

all slider controls (except for the one in the slider dialog) will now need to be activated by a click
before you can move the slider(s).

no skin changes are needed.


git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/4a39...c31a9df2da
pull request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/10445

[phil65]

2016-10-06 Changes for Smartplaylist editor

most buttons in both SmartPlaylistEditor.xml and SmartPlaylistRule.xml were converted to regular "button" controls.

SmartPlaylistEditor.xml: Controls with ids 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23

SmartPlaylistRule.xml: Controls with ids 15, 16

pull request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/10594

[ronie]

2016-10-15 new infolabels

these infolabel is are available:

• MusicPlayer.DBID
  
• VideoPlayer.DBID
  

it returns the database id of the item that is currently playing


git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/f9e8...d34c50398c
pull request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/10567

[ronie]

2016-10-15 new infolabel

this new infolabel is available on actor and director listings:

• ListItem.Appearances
  

it returns the number of movies, staring the actor / directed by the director


git commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/3067...3fc914c452
pull request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/10698

[ronie]

2016-10-18 videowindow/visualization controls

many skins will use a videowindow control to display the currently playing video in the background.
this is a good thing, but you need to make sure that there's only 1 videowindow visible at all times.

when two videowindow controls are visible at the same time, kodi will have to render the video twice
and this will lead to issues, such as stuttering and high cpu usage.

so here's a few don'ts:
- don't add a small video preview window in the live-tv are if you already have the video as a fullscreen background
- don't use videowindow controls in dialogs (dialogs are rendered on top of windows that already may have a videowindow control)
- be aware that the slideshow window is actually a dialog and has a built-in videowindow (kodi supports to have videos in the picture slideshow)

and here's the do's:
- make sure you hide your videowindow controls when the slideshow is active (<visible>!SlideShow.IsActive</visible>)


... the same applies to any visualization controls.


pull request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/10720

[ronie]

2016-10-27 VideoFullScreen.xml - new label control

please add a label (id="1") and use <label>$INFO[Player.SeekNumeric]</label> as the label for this control.

this replaces the hardcoded label we had in kodi to display the numpad seek time.


https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/7adf...9bd0def6be
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/10786
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/10769