@
robweber
Apologies for going slightly off topic, but I didn't want to presume it would be OK to PM you directly.
I'm not sure if you're aware, but there's a wide spread issue on Android TV boxes (and possibly others on the Android platform), whereby the guisettings.xml will sporadically be lost upon shut down.
This obviously causes a massive headache, especially for those using skins with great amounts of customization.
jjhtpc came up with a solution detailed
here, which uses the app Smanager to run scripts to copy the GUI settings and then restore on start up.
This, however, comes with it's own pitfalls. Namely that the devices needs to be 'rooted' in order to access the required directories within XBMC, but it also relies on 3rd party software, and could perhaps be overwhelming for the 'regular' XBMC user.
So, my train of thought is that there must be away to accomplish the same thing, but by using python within XBMC.
Doing so would remove the draw backs to jjhtpc's method, but could also make the process much more efficient too. Storing the XML back-up within the addon_data springs to mind, or the ability to scheduling XML back-ups?
This is all well and good in theory, but I'm afraid when it comes to implementation I'm found lacking
So I was trying to think of people with the ability to build a script/add-on that could solve this issue once and for all, and my first thought was you!
I realise you are busy with XBMC Backup, so understand if you don't have the time to spare, but thought there was no harm in at least dropping you a line.
Anyway, thanks for your time, and all your work with this awesome add-on.