2023-02-22, 16:43
My addon service is only useful when my skin is being used. Is there an effective way using xbmc.monitor or something else to start/stop the service when the skin is changed?
2023-02-22, 17:19
my initial thought, assuming your service addon is using a while loop to keep it alive, would be to exit the while loop if the skin is not your skin
need to locate a setting that shows what skin is active
restarting the service without restarting kodi i think would actually be impossible though
need to locate a setting that shows what skin is active
restarting the service without restarting kodi i think would actually be impossible though
2023-02-22, 17:23
(2023-02-22, 17:19)jepsizofye Wrote: my initial thought, assuming your service addon is using a while loop to keep it alive, would be to exit the while loop if the skin is not your skinThanks @jepsizofye yeah that was where I was getting stuck. Perhaps I can put the code within the while loop in the conditional check on the skin but keep the while loop itself active.
need to locate a setting that shows what skin is active
restarting the service without restarting kodi i think would actually be impossible though
it's easy enough getting the current skin directory : skindir = xbmc.getSkinDir()
2023-02-22, 17:46
i think youre right on target there, inside your existing while loop
if not skindir=="myskin":
break
(apologies for syntax its just an example)
if not skindir=="myskin":
break
(apologies for syntax its just an example)
