GUIFacadeControl newbie problem (1 Viewer)

[MrBacardi]

Hello,

I'm currently developing my first MediaPortal-plugin and I'm having some very basic problems with the GUIFacadeControl.

No matter what I try I can't get any items in the list to show up on the screen.

this is my XML:

<window>
  <id>7654</id>
  <defaultcontrol>50</defaultcontrol>
  <allowoverlay>yes</allowoverlay>
  <controls>
    <import>common.window.xml</import>
    <import>common.facade.xml</import>
  </controls>
</window>

I'm trying to use the default facade-control. Is this correct?

And a snippet from my code:

            [SkinControlAttribute(50)]  protected GUIFacadeControl facadeView = null;

            facadeView = new GUIFacadeControl(GetID);
            facadeView.View = GUIFacadeControl.ViewMode.List;
            facadeView.Clear();

            facadeView.Add(new GUIListItem("item1"));
            facadeView.Add(new GUIListItem("item2"));

but the screen still turns up empty when I start my plugin.

I've tested adding some ButtonControls to the XML and they turn up OK on the screen.

But I can't get this facade to work. Can somebody please help me?

 

[MrBacardi]

I used the plugin-tutorial as a base for my plugin:

PluginDevelopersGuide - MediaPortal Wiki Documentation

and all that works great.

But when I try to add a GUIFacadeControl to the prosjekt nothing happens, I can't get the list displayed on screen.

If somebody could point out what code and what XML and code is necessary that would be great! because I can't seem to figure it out.

The GUIFacadeControl is not documented in:
SkinArchitecture - MediaPortal Wiki Documentation

and that makes it a bit hard to understand how to go forward.

any help is deeply appreciated!

 

[panni]

I've had the same problem.
It's working with the following:

<control>
        <description>composite control consisting of a list control and a thumbnail panel</description>
        <type>facadeview</type>
        <id>1201</id>
        <control>
          <description>listcontrol</description>
          <type>listcontrol</type>
          <id>1201</id>
          <scrollOffset>2</scrollOffset>
        </control>
</control>

# code

        [SkinControlAttribute(1201)]
              public GUIFacadeControl testlist = null;

# ... some function which is to fill the list:
            if (testlist == null)
            {
                testlist = new GUIFacadeControl(GetID);
            }

             testlist.View = GUIFacadeControl.ViewMode.List;

             testlist.Add(new GUIListItem("item1"));

 

[Scrounger]

I tried these hints and it works.

But i have another problem.
In my plguin i have only the facade control and the "standard" hidden menu. If i use an additional layout (additional facecontrol - id:51) i get problems with the focus / control with the remote. That means if i use the facedcontrol with id 50 i can normaly switch contol between facadecontrol and hiddenmenu. If i use the second facadecontrol (different layouts) wit id 51, i cant switch between facadecontrol and hidden menu, i lost the focus after leaving hiddenmenu.

Any one has an idea?

 

[Edalex]

You can always set visibility and focus manually in your code but it is painfull

 

[jameson_uk]

It is hard to comment without seeing some code but

GUIFacadeControl is in the wiki
http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_...s/Skin_Architecture/Skin_Controls/Facade_View

but it is a wrapper for other views. This is the control that allows you to switch between list, thumbnail, coverflow ... views

If you really do want just a list control then you can just define a list control
http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_...s/Skin_Architecture/Skin_Controls/Listcontrol

You no not need to instantiate any skin elements

facadeView = new GUIFacadeControl(GetID);

Is not what you need to do. You define the control in the code and the skin file and MP will create the object and and link it to to the definition in the skin file.

I don't think this quite works with the latest version of MP but the code should be 99% of the way there.
http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_...ute/7_Skins/Skin_Architecture/GuiControlsDemo

This gives examples of all the controls and the code behind them.

The other option is to look at the source code / skin files for other plugins

 

[Scrounger]

It is hard to comment without seeing some code but


GUIFacadeControl is in the wiki

http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_...s/Skin_Architecture/Skin_Controls/Facade_View

Argh, sorry its the wrong thread...
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...cally-or-change-aspect-ratio-of-facade.97869/