Developer Guides

Step-by-step tutorials and guides for Movian development.

Getting Started Guides

• Installation Guide - Setting up your development environment
• Development Setup - IDE configuration and tools
• Command-Line Options - Complete reference for all startup options and debug flags
• Building Your First Plugin - Complete plugin tutorial
• Customizing the UI - Creating custom themes and layouts

Advanced Guides

• Debugging Plugins - Troubleshooting plugin issues
• Debugging View Files - UI layout debugging techniques
• Performance Optimization - Making plugins and UI faster
• Skin Performance Best Practices - Comprehensive guide to skin performance and maintainability
• Pagination and Caching - Best practices for async pagination with intelligent caching (built-in HTTP cache + custom cache)
• Navigation: page.redirect vs openUrl - Understanding navigation methods and history management

Workflow Guides

• Plugin Development Workflow - Best practices for plugin development
• Theme Development Workflow - Creating and testing custom themes
• Contributing to Movian - How to contribute to the core project

Platform-Specific Guides

• Android Development - Building for Android
• iOS Development - Building for iOS
• Desktop Development - Windows, Linux, macOS specifics