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mobileClematis Aspiring developer Posts: 36 Reg: Oct 21, 2014 Kolkata, India 10,860	confirm \| cancel 10/29/14 02:33 AM (9 years ago) Writing Plugin for first time Is it sufficient only to go through the following documents before writing any plugin? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofAfbIlHYyM&list=PLD0A0EA5DD8159A35 Do I need to check any other documentation? Please suggest if any. Title Comments Is it sufficient only to go through the following documents before writing any plugin? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofAfbIlHYyM&list=PLD0A0EA5DD8159A35 Do I need to check any other documentation? Please suggest if any.

chris1 Code is Art Posts: 3862 Reg: Aug 10, 2012 Austin, TX 50,120	10/29/14 05:58 AM (9 years ago) That should cover the basics. If you are experienced with writing mobile apps, then creating a plugin will be pretty easy. Download the 'self-hosted' version of some existing plugins and take a look at the folder structure. Every plugin has the same basic setup: 1) Root folder - contains the 'control panel' files written in HTML, along with the config.txt (specifies the class name to be used and some other meta-data), the config_cp.txt (tells the control panel which HTML files to display, the icon and the readme file. 2) Screenshots folder - contains just that - screenshots of your plugin in action. 3) iOS folder - contains the .h/.m files written in objective-c 4) Android folder - contains the .java and .xml files, contained in the same directory structure as would be found in an app (i.e., 'src', 'res', etc). Comments That should cover the basics. If you are experienced with writing mobile apps, then creating a plugin will be pretty easy. Download the 'self-hosted' version of some existing plugins and take a look at the folder structure. Every plugin has the same basic setup: 1) Root folder - contains the 'control panel' files written in HTML, along with the config.txt (specifies the class name to be used and some other meta-data), the config_cp.txt (tells the control panel which HTML files to display, the icon and the readme file. 2) Screenshots folder - contains just that - screenshots of your plugin in action. 3) iOS folder - contains the .h/.m files written in objective-c 4) Android folder - contains the .java and .xml files, contained in the same directory structure as would be found in an app (i.e., 'src', 'res', etc).

mobileClematis Aspiring developer Posts: 36 Reg: Oct 21, 2014 Kolkata, India 10,860	10/29/14 06:03 AM (9 years ago) Ok..Thanks for your suggestion. Comments Ok..Thanks for your suggestion.

chris1 Code is Art Posts: 3862 Reg: Aug 10, 2012 Austin, TX 50,120	10/29/14 06:07 AM (9 years ago) No problem - glad to have another plugin developer on the site. Looking forward to what you come up with! Comments No problem - glad to have another plugin developer on the site. Looking forward to what you come up with!

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