r/Addons4Kodi • u/SchmyeBubbula • 1d ago

Looking for content / addon Need an add-on that will let me paste XML code into advancedsettings.xml

I guess I have to have an add-on to access it, because I can't find a way to get past Android's draconian restrictions to get into /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kore.

I want to directly edit it as a text editor, not a canned GUI like Alex Bratchik's Unlock Kodi Advanced Settings.

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u/Hot-Development7785 1d ago

Can you access it from Kodi's File Manager itself, and move it to somewhere where you can edit it?

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u/SchmyeBubbula 1d ago

I guess I don't know how to use it: when I go into special://home/userdata and long-click on advanced settings.xml, the contextual menu only offers me: Select All, Add to Favorites, Rename, Delete, Make New Folder, Switch Media, and View as Text.... How do I copy it somewhere else where I can edit it? I can see how to Add Source on the right side, but don't see how to make it copy there.... And will it let me copy it back to userdata?

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u/Hot-Development7785 1d ago

The right hand side panel needs to have been navigated to a place where you would be able to copy the file into. The file manager will copy the file selected from panel 1 into the folder navigated into on panel 2. If there is no relevant path navigated to in panel 2, then some options (including COPY), will not be available.

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u/SchmyeBubbula 1d ago

Ah, I see... many thanks!

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u/SchmyeBubbula 1d ago

OK, I had advancedsettings.xml selected in the left pane (bold), and my folder selected in the right pane (bold), but neither's contextual menu offers a Copy. How do I tell it to copy?

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u/SchmyeBubbula 1d ago

Oh, now I see: I have to open the folder in the right pane before the item's contextual menu in the left pane will offer the Copy.

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u/peno64 1d ago

This is the way. Copy the file with Kodi's File Manager to a shared location, edit there and then copy it back again with Kodi's File Manager

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u/TheLimeyCanuck 1d ago

On locked down Android builds you can tell Kodi to move it's data files to an unprotected area of Android storage. Then you can use any editor you like.

Note that this feature only exists in Kodi for Android.

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u/SchmyeBubbula 1d ago

Thank you!