[Adium-devl] Some questions about write a new service plugin

[Evan JIANG]

Hi,
   Another quick question, why must the plugin to be put to the
Adium/Contents/Plugins folder? If I double click on my
AdiumFetionPlugin.AdiumPlugin to run it, it shows install the plugin
successfully. And the plugin is putted into ~Library/Application
Support/Adium 2.0/PlugIns. But after launch Adium, it shows "Could not
load AdiumFetionPlugin:The AdiumFetionPlugin plugin is not compatible
with Adium..."
   Any idea about that?

Best regards,
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Evan JIANG <firstfan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Zachary,
>   Thank you very much.
>   Yes, I didn't implement the host method. After add it,  issue 1&3
> are fixed. But after that, when I try to set the account to offline,
> it will be offline, and re-connect immediately.

Sorry, it's my own mistake. It's ok now.

>
> About issue 2, after add host method, the [self statusType] is still
> offlinetype in connect method (I print out [self statusType] after
> called [super connect]).
>   And issue 4, Chat_NudgeBuzzOccured is not defined in both
> Adium.framework, AIUtilities.framework and FriBidi.framework. Anyway,
> I found out the string value and use it as
> [[adium notificationCenter] postNotificationName:@"Chat_NudgeBuzzOccured"
>                                                                                          object:chat];
> It works partly. I mean, the chat window will add a message like  "XXX
> need your attention". But the window still doesn't shake. After look
> into the AINudgeBuzzHandlerPlugin's source code, I guess it may check
> the service to decide whether to shake the window.
>
>
> Thank you agian. Your mail really helps me.
>
> Best regards,
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 4:20 AM, Zachary West <zacwest at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 15:02, Evan JIANG <firstfan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>   I'm a newbie to adium's code. I'm trying to write a service plugin
>>> for adium to support Fetion IM (China Mobile Messenger). It basicly
>>> works. While developing it, I use adium 1.3.3 source code for
>>> reference, especially the purple service code.
>>> But I met some problems, really hard for myself to solve by studying
>>> the existing code.
>>> 1. I need to add
>>>        if ([self enabled])
>>>                [self setShouldBeOnline:TRUE];
>>>  into the end of "initAccount" method to make the enabled service
>>> start to connect when launching adium. But I didn't see such kind of
>>> code in CBPurpleAccount.m. How does it work?
>>
>> You probably aren't responding to -host on the account. Note that this
>> uses, by default, a preference for the account:
>>
>> /*!
>>  * @brief Connect Host
>>  *
>>  * Convenience method for retrieving the connect host for this account
>>  */
>> - (NSString *)host
>> {
>>        return [self preferenceForKey:KEY_CONNECT_HOST group:GROUP_ACCOUNT_STATUS];
>> }
>>
>> This is used to determine connectivity, you shouldn't need to add that
>> to the init. When the server specified by -host is available, it will
>> connect. See also:
>>
>>
>>> 2. Adium will keep service's status as the last time it is. For
>>> example, if I set the MSN account to be away, and then quit adium and
>>> re-launch again, the MSN account is still be away. I think this status
>>> should be set before login to the server, for most of IM protocols
>>> support to set login status. But before call "[self didConnect]",
>>> [self statusState]  always be AIOfflineStatusType. Though I found I
>>> can get the last time staus with "[self
>>> valueForProperty:@"StatusState"]", I found CBPurpleAccount doesn't use
>>> that. Then what's the right way to implement it?
>>>
>>
>> This is probably related to #1/#3. If it doesn't fix it by returning a
>> -host, please respond.
>>
>>> 3. In Adium's preference - account panel, if I set my service to
>>> disable, and try to enable that again, it will not start to connect.
>>> Even the UI of account panel won't update, I mean, when I try to
>>> enable the servie, the checkbox shows not checked, I need to press up
>>> key and down key to move the highlight to that service to force the UI
>>> update again, then I can see the checkbox is checked. Maybe this issue
>>> is similar as the 1st question.
>>
>> It might be, I'm not all that sure I understand. Does the checkbox not
>> work, or is it merely not connecting? The initial connect here, that
>> is when enabling, probably requires the host be connectable, so #1
>> applies.
>>
>>> 4. Fetion, the service I'm developing on, supports nudge message. I
>>> want to know, when I receive the nudge message, how to make the window
>>> shaked? It seems that
>>> [[adium contactAlertsController] generateEvent:CONTENT_NUDGE_BUZZ_OCCURED
>>>                                                                         forListObject:listObject
>>>                                                                                  userInfo:nil
>>>                                          previouslyPerformedActionIDs:nil];
>>> doesn't work.
>>
>> The window won't shake. You should be posting Chat_NudgeBuzzOccured like so:
>>
>>
>> [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]
>> postNotificationName:Chat_NudgeBuzzOccured object:chat nil];
>>
>>>
>>> That's all. I'm waiting for your reply. Thank you.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Evan JIANG
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Zac
>>
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