Add-ons: Difference between revisions

From Official Kodi Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Page Overhaul)
(18 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{mininav|[[Extras]]}}
{{mininav|}}
<section begin="intro" />[[Add-ons]] are packages that add features and functions not normally included with XBMC. Add-ons are developed by people on ''[[Team XBMC]]'' and third-parties. XBMC has a growing list of community driven add-ons for online content like [[Add-on:YouTube|YouTube]], [[Add-on:Hulu|Hulu]], [[Add-on:Grooveshark_XBMC|Grooveshark]], [[Add-on:Pandora Radio|Pandora Radio]], as well as [[:Category:Skins| skins (themes)]] and more available from a common [[official repository]], while still enabling third-party developers to also host their own [[unofficial repositories]] for add-ons that any user can choose to add themselves if they like.<section end="intro" />
__notoc__
<section begin="intro" />An Add-on is another piece of software that can be added to a program to further expand and enhance the features of that program. Imagine a smart phone and all the additional Apps that can be installed to enhance its functionality. {{kodi}} has the same ability and these apps are referred to as Add-ons. {{Kodi}} has a growing list of community driven add-ons which can be installed from a common [[official repository]], while still enabling third-party developers to also host their own [[unofficial repositories]] for add-ons that any user can choose to add themselves.<section end="intro" />


==General topics==
= Topic Navigation =
{| width="100%" cellpadding="5px"
 
|- valign="top"
{| style="width: 100%;"
| [[File:Nuvola apps kthememgr.png|60x60px|link=Add-on manager]]
|-
| width="50%" | {{big|'''[[Add-on manager]]'''}}<br />{{#lst:Add-on manager|intro}}
| style="width: 5%; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:Nuvola apps kthememgr.png|60px|left]]
| [[File:Nuvola apps package.svg|60x60px|link=:Category:All add-ons]]
| style="width: 44%; vertical-align:top;" |'''{{resize|1.3em| [[Add-on manager|Add-on Manager]]}}'''
| width="50%" | {{big|'''[[:Category:All add-ons]]'''}}<br />A categorized listing of all add-ons in the XBMC.org repo, along with a few others. Many pages contain documentation for both users and developers, as well as links to forum help, websites, and more.
{{#lst:Add-on manager|intro}}
|- valign="top"
| style="width: 2%;" |
| [[File:Applications-development.svg|60x60px|link=Add-on development]]
| style="width: 5%; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:Nuvola apps package.png|60px|left]]
| {{big|'''[[Add-on development]]'''}}<br />A place to learn how to develop 3rd party Add-ons for XBMC
| style="width: 44%; vertical-align:top;" |'''{{resize|1.3em| [[:Category:All add-ons|List of all Official Add-ons]]}}'''
| [[File:Crystal Clear app kcoloredit.png|60x60px|link=Skins]]
A categorized listing of all add-ons in the {{kodi}} [[Official_add-on_repository|Official Repository]], along with a few others. Many pages contain documentation for both users and developers, as well as links to forum help, websites, and more.  
| {{big|'''[[Skins]]'''}}<br />Skins are also considered a type of add-on, and can even integrate other add-ons to enable certain features. See the skins section for skin-specific topics.
|-
| style="width: 5%; vertical-align:top;" |
| style="width: 44%; vertical-align:top;" |
| style="width: 2%;" |
| style="width: 5%; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:Nuvola apps package.png|60px|left]]
| style="width: 44%; vertical-align:top;" | '''{{resize|1.3em| [[Unofficial_add-on_repositories|Unofficial Repositories]]}}'''
{{#lst:Unofficial_add-on_repositories|intro}}
|}
|}


==How-to's==
 
 
= Add-on settings =
<section begin="settings" />Each Add-on has its own specific settings which can be adjusted by the user. To access the Settings page of an add-on, locate and highlight the add-on in the Add-on Browser, call up the '''''[[Basic_controls#Context_Menu|Context Menu]]''''' and select ''Settings''.<section end="settings" />
 
 
 
= Guides =
<dpl>
<dpl>
  category = How-to
  category = How-to
  category = Add-ons
  category = Add-ons
  notcategory= Development
  notcategory= Development
  format  = ,{{list2|%PAGE%}} \n
  format  = ,{{list2|%PAGE%}}
</dpl>
</dpl>


== Additional topics ==
* [[3rd party add-on repositories]]


== Development ==
* [[Add-on development]]
* [[Python development]]
* [[Skinning]]
* [[Add-on repositories]]
* [[Official add-on repository]]


[[Category:Add-ons|*]]
{{updated|17}}
[[Category:Music Library]]
[[Category:Index]]
[[Category:Video Library]]
[[Category:Manual]]
[[Category:General topics]]
[[Category:Add-ons]]
{{frodo updated}}
[[Category:Karellen]]
[[Category:Video library]]
[[Category:Music library]]
[[Category:Advanced topics]]

Revision as of 01:03, 12 June 2018

Home icon grey.png   ▶ Add-ons

An Add-on is another piece of software that can be added to a program to further expand and enhance the features of that program. Imagine a smart phone and all the additional Apps that can be installed to enhance its functionality. Kodi has the same ability and these apps are referred to as Add-ons. Kodi has a growing list of community driven add-ons which can be installed from a common official repository, while still enabling third-party developers to also host their own unofficial repositories for add-ons that any user can choose to add themselves.

Topic Navigation

Nuvola apps kthememgr.png
Add-on Manager

The Add-on manager's purpose is to manage the various add-ons to the Kodi application. It can be browsed like any other section and the various installed/uninstalled, enabled/disabled add-ons. In the Add-on manager you can also change the settings for auto update, notifications and search for installed add-ons by bringing up the slide in submenu (press left to show/hide). The Add-on manager is not where you go to run add-ons, but only to install and configure them.

Nuvola apps package.png
List of all Official Add-ons

A categorized listing of all add-ons in the Kodi Official Repository, along with a few others. Many pages contain documentation for both users and developers, as well as links to forum help, websites, and more.

Nuvola apps package.png
Unofficial Repositories


Add-on settings

Each Add-on has its own specific settings which can be adjusted by the user. To access the Settings page of an add-on, locate and highlight the add-on in the Add-on Browser, call up the Context Menu and select Settings.


Guides

HOW-TO:Set up subtitle services
As per Kodi v13 "Gotham", subtitles support is now built into Kodi. And instead of downloading a full subtitle download add-on, you now install one (or more) specific subtitle services.