pytsharp Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Hi, I'm working on a BigBox plugin and an associated Android app to enable a tablet to be used as a side screen / auxiliary screen to show marquees / banners / control layouts and pdf manuals for the game that is currently selected in Big Box. The idea is that the tablet would be automatically synchronized via WiFi to the selected game in Big Box, and it would show relevant data for that game. This could be especially handy to show the control layout and manual for a game when using Big Box in a cabinet. I was wondering how much interest there would be in the community for me to release this plug in to everybody? Also, @Jason Carr, can I use the Big Box logo, or a derivative of it as the icon for the Android app? Thanks! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 On 6/3/2017 at 6:11 PM, pytsharp said: Hi, I'm working on a BigBox plugin and an associated Android app to enable a tablet to be used as a side screen / auxiliary screen to show marquees / banners / control layouts and pdf manuals for the game that is currently selected in Big Box. The idea is that the tablet would be automatically synchronized via WiFi to the selected game in Big Box, and it would show relevant data for that game. This could be especially handy to show the control layout and manual for a game when using Big Box in a cabinet. I was wondering how much interest there would be in the community for me to release this plug in to everybody? Also, @Jason Carr, can I use the Big Box logo, or a derivative of it as the icon for the Android app? Thanks! Awesome! Yes, no problem @pytsharp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g0d53nd Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 (edited) This is a great idea. Id use it just for the manuals itself. I have an android tablet now that hardly gets used so this would definitely have me dusting it off. Edited June 5, 2017 by g0d53nd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 This plugin support was a awesome idea @Jason Carr if we are going to get plugins like what @pytsharp is proposing here. I'm looking forward to more news on this one for sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Napalm2016 Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Same here never use my tablet anymore this would be useful to show control layouts this is a great idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pytsharp Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 5 minutes ago, g0d53nd said: This is a great idea. Id use it just for the manuals itself. I have an android tablet now that hardly gets used so this would definitely have me dusting it off. Yep, that's pretty much the reason why I came up with the idea in the first place And even for those who don't have one, a decent Android tablet can be now bought for $50 or so, and it's a nice addition to a cabinet, if only to display the appropriate manual while playing! I'm planning to release a first beta of the plugin this week. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Just now, pytsharp said: Yep, that's pretty much the reason why I came up with the idea in the first place And even for those who don't have one, a decent Android tablet can be now bought for $50 or so, and it's a nice addition to a cabinet, if only to display the appropriate manual while playing! I'm planning to release a first beta of the plugin this week. OOhh that's soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Will it work from PC to Windows tablets or just with Android Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosh Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 I love this idea. +1Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pytsharp Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 2 hours ago, DOS76 said: Will it work from PC to Windows tablets or just with Android For now I'm just targeting Android but I'm happy to look into supporting Windows clients if there's an interest towards that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Just now, pytsharp said: For now I'm just targeting Android but I'm happy to look into supporting Windows clients if there's an interest towards that Well i have a old windows tablet in a drawer so i would be interested as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Or i could use my intel nuc on a second monitor for marque's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g0d53nd Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 4 hours ago, pytsharp said: Yep, that's pretty much the reason why I came up with the idea in the first place And even for those who don't have one, a decent Android tablet can be now bought for $50 or so, and it's a nice addition to a cabinet, if only to display the appropriate manual while playing! I'm planning to release a first beta of the plugin this week. Well I am defiantly looking forward to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pytsharp Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 Hey @Jason Carr, can I ask you something? Would you be able to extend the IBigBoxThemeElementPlugin interface with a Dispose() or OnExit() or similar method, so that plugins can dispose of things like a thread listening on a socket connection when exiting BigBox? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdavis Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Great minds think alike! This is exactly the idea that got me started on the HTTP server plugin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALIE Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Sounds Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 23 hours ago, pytsharp said: Hey @Jason Carr, can I ask you something? Would you be able to extend the IBigBoxThemeElementPlugin interface with a Dispose() or OnExit() or similar method, so that plugins can dispose of things like a thread listening on a socket connection when exiting BigBox? Thanks! Absolutely! That should be already available though relatively easily with ISystemEventsPlugin. You can have your class implement both IBigBoxThemeElementPlugin and ISystemEventsPlugin I believe. Though there may be some weirdness due to multiple instances, hmm. But anyways, let me know how that works and if you run into any issues I can add something in the live stream tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pytsharp Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share Posted June 7, 2017 Oooh, that's fantastic, thank you for the heads up! Is that interface new? I hadn't looked at the Launchbox API Documentation for a while, and until the last time I checked, only the IBigBoxThemeElementPlugin and IGameMenuItemPlugin interfaces were available! I'm sure ISystemEventsPlugin will be perfect if it raises an event on app shutdown or similar! Thank you very much, I appreciate it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 4 minutes ago, pytsharp said: Oooh, that's fantastic, thank you for the heads up! Is that interface new? I hadn't looked at the Launchbox API Documentation for a while, and until the last time I checked, only the IBigBoxThemeElementPlugin and IGameMenuItemPlugin interfaces were available! I'm sure ISystemEventsPlugin will be perfect if it raises an event on app shutdown or similar! Thank you very much, I appreciate it! I did get quite a bit more in there before the 7.10 release, actually. So it should even be available for the official release. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALIE Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Is this stille alive sounder pretty awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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