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This section describes how to use Bixby's library capsules, which let your capsules work with complex concepts such as dates, times, and geography.

Using Capsules

To use a library capsule, it must be imported. In your capsule.bxb file, include an import statement in the capsule-imports block:

capsule {
  capsule-imports {
    import (viv.time) {
      as (time) version (2.58.56)
    }
  }
}

This import lets you refer to concepts and actions in the viv.time.* namespace simply with time.*.

Capsules import their own dependencies (for example, viv.business relies on viv.geo, viv.rating, and other library capsules); your capsule does not need to import these separately.

Capsule Versions

Last updated Nov 20, 2018

When importing library capsules, these are the minimum versions to specify:

Capsules

These are some of the most commonly used library capsules along with links to further discussion.

• Business (viv.business)
  Describes how to work with concepts representing businesses.
• Contact (viv.contact)
  Describes how to search for and save contact information.
• DateTime (viv.time)
  Describes how to work with a variety of relative and absolute date/time expressions.
• Entity (viv.entity)
  Providers helper models, layout macros, and dialogs for presenting certain kinds of data sets.
• Geography (viv.geo)
  Describes how to work with geospatial concepts and localities.
• Image (viv.image)
  Describes how to work with concepts representing image metadata.
• Measurement (viv.measurement)
  Describes how to work with concepts representing units of measurement, including conversion between compatible units.
• Money (viv.money)
  Describes how to work with currency.
• Navigation (viv.navigation)
  Describes how to provide navigation to a selected destination with Google Maps.
• Open Hours (viv.openHours)
  Describes a set of concepts representing open hours for businesses. (This works in tandem with the Business capsule.)
• Profile (viv.self)
  Describes how to access and update user profile information.
• Rating (viv.rating)
  Describes how to work with concepts representing ratings and reviews.