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Below you'll find an up-to-date list of all changes made to the skinning engine since the release of Kodi Leia.


new infolabels

• Player.CutList (details)
  
• Player.Chapters (details)
  
• ListItem.FileNameNoExtension (details)
  
• ListItem.CurrentItem (details)
  
• ListItem.DiscTitle (details)
  
• MusicPlayer.DiscTitle (details)
  
• ListItem.TotalDiscs (details)
  
• ListItem.ReleaseDate (details)
  
• ListItem.OriginalDate (details)
  
• ListItem.BPM (details)
  
• MusicPlayer.ReleaseDate (details)
  
• MusicPlayer.OriginalDate (details)
  
• MusicPlayer.BPM (details)
  
• ListItem.UniqueID() (details)
  
• VideoPlayer.UniqueID() (details)
  
• ListItem.TvShowDBID (details)
  
• VideoPlayer.TvShowDBID (details)
  
• ListItem.BitRate (details)
  
• ListItem.SampleRate (details)
  
• ListItem.MusicChannels (details)
  
• ListItem.AlbumStatus (details)
  
• System.BuildVersionCode (details)
  
• System.BuildVersionGit (details)
  
• ListItem.Property(Album_Duration) (details)
  
• ListItem.AddonLifecycleType (details)
  
• ListItem.AddonLifecycleDesc (details)
  
• MusicPlayer.TotalDiscs (details)
  
• PVR.TimeShiftSeekbar (details)
  
• System.AddonUpdateCount (details)
  

changed infolabels

• ListItem.Art(thumb) (details)
  
• Player.Art(thumb) (details)
  
• ListItem.Icon (details)
  
• Player.Icon (details)
  
• ListItem.Season (details)
  
• Player.Season (details)
  
• ListItem.Episode (details)
  
• Player.Episode (details)
  
• VideoPlayer offset() / position() (details)
  
• Player offset() / position() (details)
  

deprecated infolabels

• ListItem.AddonBroken (details)
  

new infobools

• ListItem.HasReminder (details)
  
• ListItem.HasReminderRule (details)
  
• ListItem.IsPlayable (details)
  
• ListItem.HasArchive (details)
  
• ListItem.IsNew (details)
  
• PVR.IsPlayingActiveRecording (details)
  
• Integer.IsEven (details)
  
• Integer.IsOdd (details)
  
• System.AddonIsEnabled(id) (details)
  
• System.SupportsCPUUsage (details)
  
• ListItem.IsBoxset (details)
  
• Library.HasContent(boxsets) (details)
  
• Library.HasNode() (details)
  
• ListItem.IsPremiere (details)
  
• ListItem.IsFinale (details)
  
• ListItem.IsLive (details)
  
• ListItem.Property(Addon.IsFromOfficialRepo) (details)
  
• ListItem.Property(Addon.IsBinary) (details)
  
• ListItem.Property(Addon.IsUpdate) (details)
  
• ListItem.IsAutoUpdateable (details)
  
• MusicPlayer.IsMultiDisc (details)
  

changed infobools

• String.Contains() (details)
  
• String.StartsWith() (details)
  
• String.EndsWith() (details)
  

removed infobools

• System.Platform.Linux.RaspberryPi (details)
  

new builtin actions

• EnableAddon(id) (details)
  
• EpgGridControl(command) (details)
  
• PlayerControl(Tempo(value)) (details)
  

changed builtin actions

• the xbmc. prefix is no longer supported (details)
  
• PlayMedia() '1' param support for music (details)
  

new control type

• ranges (details)
  

new windows

• DialogPVRGuideControls.xml (details)
  

removed windows

• DialogAccessPoints.xml (details)
  

DialogAddonInfo.xml

• new button, id="14" (details)
  

DialogPVRInfo.xml

• new button, id="11" (details)
  

addon.xml

• xbmc.gui bump (details)
  

functional change

• always load skin from Startup.xml (details)
  

Please keep this thread clean. It should be an easy overview for skinners who are updating their skin for Kodi.
For discussions / feature requests / bug reports, please find (or create) the appropriate thread in the skin development forum.

[ronie]

changes for older kodi versions can be found here:
 

• Changes to the skinning engine for Kodi Leia
  
• Changes to the skinning engine for Kodi Krypton
  
• Changes to the skinning engine for Kodi Jarvis
  
• Changes to the skinning engine for Kodi Isengard
  
• Changes to the skinning engine for Kodi Helix
  
• Changes to the skinning engine for XBMC Gotham
  
• Changes to the skinning engine for XBMC Frodo
  
• Changes to the skinning engine for XBMC Eden
  
• Changes to the skinning engine for XBMC Dharma
  

[ronie]

2019-04-16 control type

a new control type has been added to Kodi: ranges
this new control can be used to mark certain parts of a progress control.


pull-request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/15767
commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/cfba...3d031d2014

[ronie]

2019-04-16 new infolabels

- Player.CutList
- Player.Chapters

these infolabels can be used with the ranges control, as EDL and chapter markers


pull-request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/15767
commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/cfba...3d031d2014

[ronie]

2019-04-16 pvr reminders

support for PVR reminders has been added to Kodi.
this introduces two new infobools:

- ListItem.HasReminder
returns True if the item has a reminder set (PVR)

- ListItem.HasReminderRule
returns True if the item was scheduled by a reminder timer rule (PVR)

and a new button in DialogPVRInfo.xml
- id="11" / label = 826

pull-request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/15467
commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/e4d0...25f0644872

[ronie]

2019-04-24 new infobools

- ListItem.IsPlayable
returns True when the selected programme can be played (PVR)

- ListItem.HasArchive
returns True when the selected channel has a server-side back buffer (PVR)

pull-request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/15953
commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/991f...699942ac2f

[ronie]

2019-05-21 new infolabel

- ListItem.FileNameNoExtension


will return the filename without it's extension


pull-request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/16152
commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/fcfb...6706dd4f68

[ronie]

2019-05-24 removed window

- DialogAccessPoints.xml


this legacy / unused window has been removed from kodi.


pull-request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/16120
commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/89cd...60343a590b

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2019-07-03 new infobool

- PVR.IsPlayingActiveRecording
returns True when Kodi is currently playing a recording that is in progress.


pull-request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/16343
commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/9dfe...539e70dd3a

[Gade]

2019-04-16 DialogPVRInfo.xml - find similar button

you can now also add the "Find similar" button (id="4" / label=19003) to the PVR recording info dialog (DialogPVRInfo.xml / PVRRecordingInfo).


pull-request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/15648
commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/ab11...4a6324215f

[Gade]

2019-05-03 DialogVideoInfo.xml - support for movie sets

you can now add support for movie sets in DialogVideoInfo.xml


pull-request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/15315
commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/ae89...ab6090e56f

[Gade]

2019-04-16 DialogAddonSettings.xml - addon settingslevel button

you can add a button (id="20") to DialogAddonSettings.xml
this will allow users to control the addon settingslevel.


pull-request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/15796
commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/efe7...c732d6b1e0

[Gade]

2019-08-20 new infolabel

- ListItem.CurrentItem


will return the current index of the item in a container starting at 1.


pull-request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/15527
commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/e48f...61b064584a

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2019-08-20 new infobools

- Integer.IsEven
return True if the value of the infolabel is even

- Integer.IsOdd
return True if the value of the infolabel is odd


Example:

Code:

Integer.IsEven(ListItem.CurrentItem)

pull-request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/15527
commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/e48f...61b064584a

[Gade]

2019-07-09 DialogPVRGroupManager.xml

Thumbnail images are now automatically generated out of the logos contained in a PVR channel group (for home screen widgets etc.).


You can now add a button (id="35" / label=13315) to DialogPVRGroupManager.xml
This will regenerate the channel group thumbnails.

You can also add a ListItem.Icon for container id=13 to show the generated thumbnail image.


pull-request: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/16360
commit: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/3c75...8998655233