Apollo One (4 Viewers)

[morpheus_xx]

Warning 988 The referenced component 'SharpDX.Direct3D9' could not be found. StatisticsRenderer
Warning 989 The referenced component 'Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack' could not be found. ShellThumbnailProvider
Warning 985 The referenced component 'MPExtended.Services.TVAccessService.Interfaces' could not be found. SlimTv.MPExtendedProvider
Error 735 The type or namespace name 'RectangleF' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) \\nas-server8\ADM\U-INT-984\984.c.hall\user files\Desktop\MediaPortal-2-FEAT_ApolloOne\MediaPortal\Source\UI\SkinEngine\Controls\ImageSources\TextureImageSource.cs 238 24 SkinEngine
Error 736 'MediaPortal.UI.SkinEngine.Controls.ImageSources.MultiImageSourceBase.Texture' is a 'property' but is used like a 'type' \\nas-server8\ADM\U-INT-984\984.c.hall\user files\Desktop\MediaPortal-2-FEAT_ApolloOne\MediaPortal\Source\UI\SkinEngine\Controls\ImageSources\MultiImageSource.cs 245 24 SkinEngine

Those are external components, that are handled by NuGet: When compiling the project they are restored (downloaded) automatically. Does this also happen if you run "Build\MSBUILD_Client...bat"?

 

[wizard123]

It seems it was an issue with having the folder on my desktop which uses unc paths in a domain environment ( i'm at work ) moved direct to c:\MP2\ and it has built ok and i have mp2 running with apolloOne skin right now

 

[wizard123]

Great work so far @morpheus_xx

In themes/default/styles there are xaml files like ButtonsOverrides.xaml are these files always here and is this where i would say edit the main menu button style ?

 

[morpheus_xx]

First, please read the "Resource lookup chain" section in our wiki: http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/2_.../2_Creating_Skins_for_MP2#ResourceLookupChain.

The "Home button" style is defined inside https://github.com/morpheusxx/Media...efault/styles/ButtonsOverrides.xaml#L225-L276.

Inside ApolloOne I started with clean structure and only placed the styles there, that I modify. This means: my "ButtonsOverrides.xaml" depends on "Buttons.xaml" of the Default skin. This is the reason, why the current amount of files and styles is so low, everything else is inherited from Default skin.

Edit: My answer was not complete:
the ButtonOverrides only contain the "container" description for buttons. The "content" style is then defined inside https://github.com/morpheusxx/Media...t/styles/OtherControlsOverrides.xaml#L17-L117

 

[wizard123]

Thanks, i now understand the skin structure and the inheritance etc which is all fairly straight forward. The only issue remains understanding where to find what i want to change and how to edit it, for example if i wanted to change the blue/green colors or even opacity of the main menu buttons not the tiles how would i do this ?

 

[morpheus_xx]

Ok, I understand this question very well, it took me a also long time to find the wanted parts

For a complete list from home to style follow the steps:

1. Home screen is: https://github.com/morpheusxx/Media...or/ApolloOne/Skin/ApolloOne/screens/home.xaml. It has no own code, but includes:
2. https://github.com/morpheusxx/Media...in/ApolloOne/screens/master_homemenu.xaml#L28. Where the ListView refers to HomeMenuListViewStyle.
   
3. The style is defined here: https://github.com/morpheusxx/Media...lt/styles/OtherControlsOverrides.xaml#L69-L70
4. The style sets the ItemTemplate (content of the button) to "ThemeResource MainMenuItemDataTemplateHover": https://github.com/morpheusxx/Media...efault/styles/OtherControlsOverrides.xaml#L81
5. This resource is defined directly above and contains the background fill of semitransparent color: https://github.com/morpheusxx/Media...lt/styles/OtherControlsOverrides.xaml#L51-L53

 

[wizard123]

lol
Right i see how a lot of the styles are resourced from previously declared styles. Question is, the HomeGroupListViewStyle as far as i can see is using MenuListViewStyle which is using DefaultListViewStyle lol is that correct ? and how would i add the code to OtherControlsOverrides.xaml to style HomeGroupListViewStyle instead of using the inherited defaults.
Hope that all makes sense

 

[morpheus_xx]

Question is, the HomeGroupListViewStyle as far as i can see is using MenuListViewStyle which is using DefaultListViewStyle lol is that correct ?

Yes, this is the inheritance chain.

and how would i add the code to OtherControlsOverrides.xaml to style HomeGroupListViewStyle instead of using the inherited defaults.

Not sure if I understood the question right. If you now plan to modifiy the button content style, you should do this here: https://github.com/morpheusxx/Media...lt/styles/OtherControlsOverrides.xaml#L39-L67.

Generally spoken, if you need to modify a style you can:

• Define it with same name inside ApolloOne styles, they will override the "default" ones globally
• Or you define new styles with new names and modify all places where you plan to use the different style without touching the other defaults

For Titanium I also used both ways.

 

[jehe]

Hi,
I have a question about the "plugin.xml".
How do I create or where can I find the PluginId?

 

[MJGraf]

Just take a GUID Generator and create one. Likelyhood that it's already used by another plugin is 2^128