script.omnilauncher

Omnilauncher is an addon for kodi that interprets XML files in a directory and builds a menu tree that can also launch programs.

This addon doesn't do any scrapping, it just uses what is in the XML files. It should be used as a glue between a third-party program that actually does the scrapping and creates the XML and kodi.

Examples

The only configuration in this addon is the root directory, where all XML files will be read, and a menu item is created for each one of them.

One could have, for instance, the following file in the root directory:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<omnilauncher>
  <title>Google chrome</title>
  <info>
      <plot>Web browser developed by Google</plot>
  </info>
  <art>
      <thumb>thumb.png</thumb>
      <fanart>fanart.jpg</fanart>
  </art>
  <target type="shell">google-chrome</target>
</omnilauncher>

Another entry could point to a Games directory:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<omnilauncher>
  <title>Games</title>
  <art>
      <thumb>thumb.png</thumb>
      <fanart>fanart.jpg</fanart>
  </art>
  <target type="directory">games</target>
</omnilauncher>

Selecting this entry would make omnilauncher parse all XML files in the Games directory and build another menu tree.