Kodi Skin Tools

A set of tools to help in the development of Kodi skins.

Features

Skin reloading

Reload Kodi's skin to view the latest changes when ever a file is saved in the editor. A comma seperated list of extensions can be set to control which files type trigger a reload.

Requires script.vscode.reload for Kodi to be installed.

Requires remote http control to be active in Kodi with both a username and password set.

Kodi Settings -> Service -> Control

• Allow remote control via HTTP -> ON
• Allow remote control from applications on this system -> ON
• Allow remote control from applications on other systems -> ON (if Kodi is accessed over a network)

Localization

Generate localization strings for any text in your skin.

Quickly switch between ID and $LOCALIZE[ID].

Generate translation file

All Kodi string are generated in the en_gb language file by default. The Generate translation file command can then be used to generate a new translation file in a different language ready to be externally translated. If the new translation file already exists then only new entries will be written into it to prevent overwriting already translated stings.

Definition provider

Quickly jump to or Peek the definition of Expressions, Variables, Includes, Constants and Localized strings.

Reference provider

Quickly find or Peek all references of Expressions, Variables, Includes, Constants and Localized strings.

Color selection

Edit colors directly in the editor window.

Editor views

Control ID view

Show all the used control id's for the open xml document, and for known skin files look up which controls this xml should implement.

Skin reports

Scan the skin and find any unused media files.

Requirements

Skin reloading requires script.vscode.reload for Kodi to be installed.

Extension Settings