cross-platform.md

Cross-Platform

Metadata

Some remotes can be implemented to work on all OS (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X). However some remotes may only work for a specific OS. This can be controlled by specifying the meta.platform field in the meta file for the remote:

# only for windows
meta.platform: windows

It can also specify multiple allowed operating systems.

# for windows and linux
meta.platform: windows linux

Qualifiers

Another scenario is where you may want to support multiple OS, but need different implementations for some OS. This can be controlled by using qualifiers in the file names for the remote. The following example shows how you could have a default implementation plus a specific implementation for Mac OS X.

Remotes/
	Example/
		meta.prop
		remote.lua
		remote_osx.lua
		layout.xml
		icon.png

You could also specify a different implementation for each OS:

Remotes/
	Example/
		meta.prop
		remote_win.lua
		remote_osx.lua
		remote_linux.lua
		layout.xml
		icon.png

File qualifiers can also be applied to layout, property, and icon files.