[mythtv-users] What is mythXML?

Chris Adams rocket at extremelan.net
Thu Sep 23 07:56:54 UTC 2010


On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Chris Adams <rocket at extremelan.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Chris Adams <rocket at extremelan.net> wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 5:40 PM, David Whyte <david.whyte at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Since I only want to dabble with Android programming I will probably abuse
>>> the mythXML pages to do what I want (nothing more than a program guide,
>>> upcoming recordings page etc, but with the option to set recordings).
>>
>> Have you considered skinning mythweb?
>> Doing no android programming could be considered dabbling, and mythweb
>> is designed for skinning :)
>>
>
> Seems the technical term in mythweb is template, since you want to
> change what's presented. Skins seem to offer a CSS sort of a level of
> customization - they can't change layouts or hide/show different stuff
> like you'll need to on a mobile screen.
>
> The mobile template exists but isn't terribly functional right now. I
> bet there's lots of people who'd appreciate any efforts in fleshing it
> out! :-)
>
> When it comes to integration in your phone - iPhones can save a URL to
> the home page so it looks like an app (but when clicked it loads in
> the web browser). Can you do the same on android? If you can do that,
> you just made a cross-platform mobile app without doing any android
> programming.
>

Hmm.. mythdroid's page claims its trunk version offers scheduling of recordings:

http://code.google.com/p/mythdroid/


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