Addon self update

Shchvova · 2011-01-12 21:59

Cheers. I think this topick would be usefull for folks. Thanks!

Shchvova · 2011-01-12 22:02

Cheers!

So, add-on can be repository to it's own. Self Auto-Update Achieved =)
/sorry for flood, my browser does strange things, did not show prev. message/

solexalex · 2011-01-12 22:54

hello

Looks interesting but I'm not sure to understand very well.

Can you give the full howto to make an addon self updatable ? Or maybe we just have to set the addon.xml like you did ?
You talked about "Name entry points different" but I'm not sure to understand what need to be different exactly.

(Sorry but as english is not my native language, sometimes i'm not sure to understant correctly !)

Shchvova · 2011-01-13 00:26

I did provide my plugin with everything - http://code.google.com/p/xbmc-vk-repo/so.../test_test

Actually, you should not install plugin and repository, they are in one box. Name differently:
"name" xml property should be different for xbmc.addon.repository, otherwise, it is really working wired.

BTW. I do not have time to test it, it would be really cool if you share your experience.

solexalex · 2011-01-13 01:38

Sorry I may be tired I don't understand... Will have a look tomorrow

anarchintosh · 2011-01-13 17:42

if i understand shchvova correctly, i think he means, just add a repository extension point to your addon's addon.xml:

PHP Code:

<extension point="xbmc.addon.repository" name="VK XBMC Add-ons">
                <info compressed="false">http://xbmc-vk-repo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/test_test/addons.xml</info>
                <checksum>http://xbmc-vk-repo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/test_test/addons.xml.md5</checksum>
                <datadir zip="false">http://xbmc-vk-repo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/test_test/</datadir>
        </extension> 

crucially don't set the repository name to the same as the addon's name.
obviously you need to have a repository correctly configured for it to work.

i haven't tested this.

Shchvova Junior Member Posts: 10 Joined: Jan 2011 Reputation: 0	2011-01-12 21:59 Post: #11 Cheers. I think this topick would be usefull for folks. Thanks!
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Shchvova Junior Member Posts: 10 Joined: Jan 2011 Reputation: 0	2011-01-12 22:02 Post: #12 Cheers! So, add-on can be repository to it's own. Self Auto-Update Achieved =) /sorry for flood, my browser does strange things, did not show prev. message/
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solexalex Skilled Python Coder Posts: 706 Joined: Jul 2004 Reputation: 6	2011-01-13 01:38 Post: #15 Sorry I may be tired I don't understand... Will have a look tomorrow
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