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Developing UI Widgets
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If you need to create new UI widgets, `utils/wbuilder.lua` is your friend. It
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`utils/wbuilder.lua` is your friend, if you need to create new UI widgets. It
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sets up a minimal environment to bootstrap KOReader's UI framework to avoid
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starting the whole reader. This gives you quick feedback loop while iterating
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through your widget changes.
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through your widget changes. It's also a handy tool for debugging widget
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issues.
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To get a taste of how it works, try running this command at the root of
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KOReader's source tree:
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@ -19,5 +20,5 @@ KOReader's source tree:
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It will spawn up an emulator window with a grid and simple timer widget for
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demonstration.
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You can add your own `UIManager:show` show call at the end of
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`utils/wbuilder.lua` to test your new widget.
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You can add more `UIManager:show` call at the end of `utils/wbuilder.lua` to
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test your new widgets.
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