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- Use the MediaPortal source code (Git)
- Read documentation - MediaPortal Development
Using an on-screen keyboard
VirtualKeyboard keyboard = (VirtualKeyboard)GUIWindowManager.GetWindow((int)GUIWindow.Window.WINDOW_VIRTUAL_KEYBOARD);
if (null == keyboard)
return;
keyboard.Reset();
keyboard.Text = strLine;
keyboard.DoModal(GetID);
if (keyboard.IsConfirmed)
{
// Do something here. The typed value is stored in "keyboard.Text"
}
Use the following code do display the web keyboard:
DialogWebKeyboard keyboard = (DialogWebKeyboard)GUIWindowManager.GetWindow((int)GUIWindow.Window.WINDOW_VIRTUAL_WEB_KEYBOARD); ...
Activating other window and returning back
//Activate new window GUIWindowManager.ActivateWindow(YOUR_TO_BE_ACTIVATED_WINDOW_ID); ... //Show the previous window (go back) GUIWindowManager.ShowPreviousWindow();
- FYI: still looking how to transfer data other than strings between the windows. If you know - shoot me a message..
- See the "properties" or "configuration" tips if you want to transfer strings
Logging
Use class Log for logging. You can log Info, Error, Warn and Debug. There are a lot of different methods for additional formatting.
Log.Info("My plugin: started");
Configuration
Note: you can have as many as you need configuration files. Use common sence - do not create separate file for each setting. Example:
// Read configuration settings
using (Settings reader = new Settings(Config.GetFile(Config.Dir.Config, "mediaportal.xml")))
{
setting = reader.GetValue("section_name", "setting_name");
}
Properties
You can store and read string properties.
// Save a property
GUIPropertyManager.SetProperty("#status", "Ready");
// Read a property value
string strUrl = GUIPropertyManager.GetProperty("#urltonavigate");
Creating a new element
- You can dynamically create and render new elements and then access them as if they were in the XML-file.
public override void AllocResources()
{
base.AllocResources();
mylabel = new GUILabelControl(5678, 999, 300, 400, 200, 100, string.Empty, "This is a new string to render in a label", 0xFFFFFFFF, GUIControl.Alignment.Left, false);
mylabel.AllocResources();
}
public override void Render(float timePassed)
{
base.Render(timePassed);
mylabel.Render(timePassed);
}
Dialogs
Message/Error Box
This is how to present an "OK" dialog (it can be used do display error messages as well":
/// <summary>
/// Shows the Error Dialog
/// </summary>
private void ShowErrorDialog(string messsage)
{
GUIDialogOK dlgOK = (GUIDialogOK)GUIWindowManager.GetWindow((int)GUIWindow.Window.WINDOW_DIALOG_OK);
if (dlgOK != null)
{
dlgOK.SetHeading("Error" /* or Message */);
dlgOK.SetLine(1, messsage);
dlgOK.SetLine(2, "");
dlgOK.DoModal(PARENT_WINDOW_ID);
}
}
Context Menu
To show a context menu (in the middle of the screen):
private int ShowContextMenu()
{
GUIDialogMenu dlgMenu = (GUIDialogMenu)GUIWindowManager.GetWindow((int)GUIWindow.Window.WINDOW_DIALOG_MENU);
if (dlgMenu != null)
{
dlgMenu.Reset();
dlgMenu.SetHeading("Header");
dlgMenu.Add("line 1");
dlgMenu.Add("line 2");
...
dlgMenu.DoModal(PARENT_WINDOW_ID);
if (dlgMenu.SelectedLabel == -1) // Nothing was selected
return EventAction.Nothing;
return dlgMenu.SelectedLabel;
}
}
Enum Selection Dialog
To show a selection Dialog for values from a given Enum and returns the selected value. (using generics) T must be of Enum type...
public T ShowEnumSelectionDialog<T>() {
GUIDialogSelect2 dlgSelect =
(GUIDialogSelect2)GUIWindowManager.GetWindow((int)GUIWindow.Window.WINDOW_DIALOG_SELECT2);
dlgSelect.Reset();
dlgSelect.SetHeading("Selection: " + typeof(T).ToString());
Enum.GetNames(typeof(T)).ToList().ForEach(dlgSelect.Add);
dlgSelect.DoModal(GUIWindowManager.ActiveWindow);
try {
return Enum<T>.Parse(dlgSelect.SelectedLabelText);
} catch {
return default (T);
}
}
Helper class for parsing enum value:
public static class Enum<T> {
public static T Parse(string value) {
return (T)Enum.Parse(typeof(T), value);
}
public static IList<T> GetValues() {
IList<T> list = new List<T>();
foreach (object value in Enum.GetValues(typeof(T))) {
list.Add((T)value);
}
return list;
}
}
Usage:
MyEnum myEnumValue = ShowEnumSelectionDialog<MyEnum>();
Unconfirmed Tips & Tricks
Interface for NON-GUI plugins
- Found here: https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/interface_non_gui_plugins-t538.html (by Frodo)
namespace MediaPortal.GUI.Library
{
public interface IPlugin
{
void Start();
void Stop();
}
}
The actual plugin is run from the plugin/process folder, but to get it to show up in the configuration window (and get to the plugins setup screens) you have to have a copy in the plugins/windows folder too.
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