A few UI related questions

[enishoca]

Hi -
I have a few UI related questions - tried to find answers by searching but perhaps my search-foo hasn't evolved enough.

I have a few ST device handlers that have pretty heavy UI, in fact they are driven primarily through the tiles section. What is the guidance on porting those?

[RELEASE] Generic TV Remote Device Handler using Broadlink RM Pro and Mini...

In that particular case I guess I can make a dashboard, but how would I change colors or indicate state on buttons or put any logic? - also what what would be the mechanism for sharing that dashboard?

Also I don't see a way of adding custom device templates in the dashboard, is there a way of doing that?

[Cobra]

@enishoca

Also I don't see a way of adding custom device templates in the dashboard, is there a way of doing that?

Not natively, no.
'Super Tile' will do most things for you though

[Updated] Super Tile - Icons have arrived!

Please note: This release is NOT included in the Cobra Apps container This is a stand-alone parent/child app with a separate driver. Please also note: This is NOT released under any 'open source' license. Please read the license before installing. OK.. on to the good stuff Super Tile is used for displaying almost anything on a dashboard. Multiple attributes from one or more devices all on one tile Add Freeform Text Add Image URLs You have up to 8 lines, each with 4 colu…

[enishoca]

thanks was looking at it earlier.

[djgutheinz]

That said, you can do a lot with the standard dashboard, attributes, and buttons. On the Samsung Wifi Speaker, I have created the below dashboard.