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**ronie** · (This post was last modified: 2021-02-26, 23:54 by ronie.)

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** · 2019-04-16, 21:19

changes for older kodi versions can be found here:

**ronie** · 2019-04-16, 21:24

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, 21:25

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** · (This post was last modified: 2020-04-30, 12:52 by 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, 22:00

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, 00:09

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** · (This post was last modified: 2019-05-25, 01:29 by 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

**Gade** · (This post was last modified: 2019-07-06, 12:34 by Gade.)

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** · (This post was last modified: 2019-07-06, 12:36 by 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** · 2019-07-06, 12:27

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** · 2019-07-06, 18:17

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** · (This post was last modified: 2019-08-22, 12:52 by 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

**Gade** · 2019-08-22, 12:56

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** · (This post was last modified: 2019-09-02, 21:59 by 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