In order to create a custom field type, you should be aware of basic plugin development.
Please follow the following steps to create an advanced custom field type in Jira.
- Create a basic Jira plugin skeleton. For creating Jira Plugin please refer to the given linkhttps://developer.atlassian.com/docs/getting-started/set-up-the-atlassian-plugin-sdk-and-build-a-project/create-a-helloworld-plugin-projectAfter creating a Basic plugin skeleton modify your atlassian-plugin.xml and add the following code in your atlassian-plugin.xml.
- After creating a Basic plugin skeleton modify your atlassian-plugin.xml and add the following code in your atlassian-plugin.xml. <customfield-type key=”Jira-Cf-Type-field” name=”Jira-Select CFType” class=”com.atlassian.jira.plugin.customfield.JiraCustomFieldType”><description>Create Your Own Advance Custom Field Type</description> <resource type=”velocity” name=”view” location=”templates/plugins/fields/view/view-basictext.vm”/><resource type=”velocity” name=”edit” location=”templates/edit- jiraselectcftype.vm”/><resource type=”velocity” name=”xml” location=”templates/plugins/fields/xml/xml-basictext.vm”/>
</customfield-type>
com.atlassian.jira.plugin.customfield.JiraCustomFieldType – class which extends an available CustomField Class to provide an entry point for the custom field.
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