default.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import xbmc,xbmcgui,xbmcaddon
import resources.lib.ColorPicker as cp

ADDON_ID = "script.skin.helper.colorpicker"
ADDON = xbmcaddon.Addon(ADDON_ID)
ADDON_PATH = ADDON.getAddonInfo('path').decode("utf-8")

class Main(object):
    '''Main entrypoint for our colorpicker'''
    def __init__(self):
        params = self.get_params()
        if params:
            color_picker = cp.ColorPicker("script-skin_helper_service-ColorPicker.xml", ADDON_PATH, "Default", "1080i")
            color_picker.skinstring = params.get("SKINSTRING","")
            color_picker.win_property = params.get("WINPROPERTY","")
            color_picker.active_palette = params.get("PALETTE","")
            color_picker.header_label = params.get("HEADER","")
            propname = params.get("SHORTCUTPROPERTY","")
            color_picker.shortcut_property = propname
            color_picker.doModal()

            #special action when we want to set our chosen color into a skinshortcuts property
            if propname and not isinstance(color_picker.result, int):
                wait_for_skinshortcuts_window()
                xbmc.sleep(400)
                current_window = xbmcgui.Window( xbmcgui.getCurrentWindowDialogId() )
                current_window.setProperty("customProperty", propname)
                current_window.setProperty("customValue",color_picker.result[0])
                xbmc.executebuiltin("SendClick(404)")
                xbmc.sleep(250)
                current_window.setProperty("customProperty", "%s.name" %propname)
                current_window.setProperty("customValue",color_picker.result[1])
                xbmc.executebuiltin("SendClick(404)")
            del color_picker

    @staticmethod
    def get_params():
        '''extract the params from the called script path'''
        params = {}
        for arg in sys.argv:
            arg = arg.decode("utf-8")
            if arg == 'script.skin.helper.colorpicker' or arg == 'default.py':
                continue
            elif "=" in arg:
                paramname = arg.split('=')[0]
                paramvalue = arg.replace(paramname+"=","")
                params[paramname] = paramvalue
                params[paramname.upper()] = paramvalue
        return params

    @staticmethod
    def wait_for_skinshortcuts_window():
        '''wait untill skinshortcuts is active window (because of any animations that may have been applied)'''
        for i in range(40):
            if not xbmc.getCondVisibility("Window.IsActive(DialogSelect.xml) | \
                Window.IsActive(script-skin_helper_service-ColorPicker.xml) | Window.IsActive(DialogKeyboard.xml)"):
                break
            else: xbmc.sleep(100)


#MAIN ENTRY POINT
if __name__ == "__main__":
    Main()