Adding Screenshots to your Add-on

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Kodi Krypton has a new feature that allows Add-ons to contain preview screenshots.

It’s pretty cool as you can see below on the Add-on screen:

[Image: addon_screenshot.jpg]

Its pretty easy to add this to your Add-on:

Just add this to your addon.xml

Code:
<assets>
        <icon>icon.png</icon>
        <fanart>fanart.jpg</fanart>
        <screenshot>resources/screenshot-01.jpg</screenshot>
        <screenshot>resources/screenshot-02.jpg</screenshot>
        <screenshot>resources/screenshot-03.jpg</screenshot>
    </assets>
    <news>Initial Release</news>

And copy the screenshots to the resources folder.

NOTE: It’s best to keep the icon and fanart in the root for backwards compatibility.

Kodi shows 3 screenshots on the screen but I suggest up to 9 (especially for skins) so the user can browse using the right arrow.

Screenshots should be used for all visual Add-ons I think, not just skins.

Go go go! Big Grin