Template.xml
template.xml files are stored in sce_sys/livearea/content and are responsible for the livearea's design and functions of a Game/Application. Once a new app has been installed and the bubble is launched for the first time, the xml's content will be partially written in the ur0:shell/db/app.db (tbl_livearea & tbl_livearea_frame)
Sample of a basic xml structure
Inside the <livearea>-tag the basic layout will be declared along with some internal version information of the xml.
In the <image>-tag inside the <livearea-background>-tag the background picture will be declared (by default this will be bg0.png and located next to the template.xml itself)
Analog to this the <startup-image>-tag inside the <gate>-tag declares the startup icon. (startup.png by default)
And lastly the string "Hello World!" will be displayed at the position of frame3 depending on the livearea style.
Tags
<livearea>
Example:
<livearea style="a1" format-ver="01.00" content-rev="1">
Different Layouts for style="":
a1
a2
a3
a4
a5
ad0
- Https://i.imgur.com/VLvcCUf.png
ad1
ad2
ad3
ad4
nsx1
ps1emu
psmobile
pspemu
vd
browser
content_manager
kids
music
<livearea-background>
<livearea-background> <image>bg0.png</image> </livearea-background>
<gate>
<startup-image>
Example:
<gate> <startup-image>startup.png</startup-image> </gate>
<frame>
Depending on the layout style, there will be different numbers of frames available. The positions itself are fix but you can position your liveitems inside them freely.
<frame id="frame3" multi="o" autoflip="0" rev="1">
<liveitem>
Liveitems are the actual displayed 'widgets' inside a frame. There can be different versions for different; language settings, time settings, age limits or even device models!
<liveitem default="on">
<liveitem from="2016-07-25T07:00:00.00Z" until="9999-07-25T17:00:00.00Z">
<text>
Example for styling options:
<text align="outside-right" ellipsis="off" line-align="left" line-break="on" line-space="3" margin-left="39" margin-top="18" origin="image" pre-br="on" text-valign="center" valign="bottom" word-scroll="off" word-wrap="on" x="17" >
<str>
Example for styling options:
<str bold="on" color="#ffffff" emboss="off" oblique="off" shadow="off" size="22.000000" underline="off">Lorem Ipsum</str>
<image>
Example for styling options:
<image align="center" origin="frame" valign="top" width="99" height="99" x="-209">x.png</image>
<background>
<background align="center" valign="center" >x.png</background>
<target>
Creates a link that can be selected and touched. Can open a website or execute an uri call. Examples:
<target>http://xyz.com</target>
<target>camera:</target>
<target>psns:browse?product=EP4293-PCSB00956_00-GALGUNWAPP000000</target>
<lang>
Example: The liveitem containing this tag will only become active if the Vita's language setting is set to Japanese.
<lang>ja</lang>
Language Codes: ja, en, fr, es, de, it, nl, pt, ru, ko, ch, zh, fi, sv, da, no, pl, en-gb, pt-br, tr
See Languages page.
<exclude-lang>
The liveitem will become active if the Vita's language setting doesn't match the language code(s). (Multiple declarations possible!)
<exclude-lang>en-gb</exclude-lang> <exclude-lang>fr</exclude-lang> <exclude-lang>es</exclude-lang> <exclude-lang>de</exclude-lang>
<age-limit>
<age-limit >3</age-limit>
<model>
The liveitem will only become active on a Vita.
<model>vita</model>
Advanced tags for System Applications
<title color="#000000ff"/>
Sets the title color for system apps in the top left corner.
<system-function-zone>
<func>voucher-code</func>
<func>online-manual
<target>sceman:photos</target>
</func>
<func>reload</func>
</system-function-zone>
Declares additional buttons to the top of the livearea screen.
Frame Example of NPXS10015
You can always dump the un-encrypted template.xml of any System application from vs0:app/NPXS1????/sce_sys/livearea/contents/ or any installed game/app from ur0:appmeta/TitleID/livearea/contents/.