Introduction

This How To will explain several ways on showing a "Hello World" opup on screen

Examples

Using xbmc modules

Simple example using xbmc python modules showing a notification dialog that will show for 5 seconds.

More info on Built-In functions can be found here: List_of_built-in_functions

import xbmc

__addon__       = xbmcaddon.Addon(id='script.hello.world')
__addonname__   = __addon__.getAddonInfo('name')
__icon__        = __addon__.getAddonInfo('icon')

message = "This is a simple example of notifications"
time = 5000  #in miliseconds

xbmc.executebuiltin('Notification("__addonname__",message,time,__icon__)')

Using JSON-RPC

Using xbmc modules & JSON-RPC API

More info on JSON-RPC API can be found here: JSON-RPC_API

{
    'jsonrpc': '2.0',
    'id': 0,
    'method': 'Addons.ExecuteAddon',
    'params': {
        'addonid': 'script.popup',
        'params': {
            'image': 'D:\\heartagram.jpg',
            'line1': 'Hello World',
            'line2': 'Showing this message using',
            'line3': 'Combination of XBMC python modules and',
            'line4': 'JSON-RPC API interface',
            'line5': 'Have fun coding',
        }
    }
}

import xbmcgui
import sys
import urlparse

class PopupWindow(xbmcgui.WindowDialog):
    def __init__(self, image, line1, line2, line3, line4, line5):
        self.addControl(xbmcgui.ControlImage(x=25, y=25, width=150, height=150, filename=image[0]))
        self.addControl(xbmcgui.ControlLabel(x=190, y=25, width=500, height=25, label=line1[0]))
        self.addControl(xbmcgui.ControlLabel(x=190, y=50, width=500, height=25, label=line2[0]))
        self.addControl(xbmcgui.ControlLabel(x=190, y=75, width=500, height=25, label=line3[0]))
        self.addControl(xbmcgui.ControlLabel(x=190, y=100, width=500, height=25, label=line4[0]))
        self.addControl(xbmcgui.ControlLabel(x=190, y=125, width=500, height=25, label=line5[0]))

if __name__ == '__main__':
    params = urlparse.parse_qs('&'.join(sys.argv[1:]))
    window = PopupWindow(**params)
    window.show()
    xbmc.sleep(5000)
    window.close()
    del window

HOW-TO:HelloWorld addon

Introduction

Examples

Using xbmc modules

Using JSON-RPC

Using xbmc modules & JSON-RPC API

See also