how to add an admin tab without extending a controller in prestashop? - prestashop

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i would like to add admin tab, i defined a controller and install the tab with this function:
public function installTab($class_name, $tabname) {
$tab = new Tab();
// Define the title of your tab that will be displayed in BO
$tab->name[$this->context->language->id] = $tabname;
// Name of your admin controller
$tab->class_name = $class_name;
// Id of the controller where the tab will be attached
// If you want to attach it to the root, it will be id 0 (I'll explain it below)
$tab->id_parent = 0;
$tab->active = 1;
// Name of your module, if you're not working in a module, just ignore it, it will be set to null in DB
$tab->module = $this->name;
// Other field like the position will be set to the last, if you want to put it to the top you'll have to modify the position fields directly in your DB
$tab->add();
return true;
}
and my controller is defined like this:
class AdminBarCodeGeneratorAdminController extends AdminController
{
/** #var Smarty */
public $smarty;
public function __construct(){
parent::__construct();
}
public function initContent()
{
parent::initContent();
$scan_form=$this->renderForm();
$this->smarty->assign('scan_form',$scan_form);
$this->setTemplate(_PS_MODULE_DIR_.'BarCodeGenerator/views/templates/admin/tabs/scan.tpl');
}
// public function display(){
// $smarty = $this->context->smarty;
// $scan_form=$this->renderForm();
// $smarty->assign('scan_form',$scan_form);
// return $this->display(__FILE__, 'views/templates/admin/tabs/scan.tpl');
// }
protected function renderForm()
{
$this->loadAsset();
$helper = new HelperForm();
$helper->show_toolbar = false;
$helper->table = $this->table;
$helper->module = $this;
$helper->default_form_language = $this->context->language->id;
$helper->allow_employee_form_lang = Configuration::get('PS_BO_ALLOW_EMPLOYEE_FORM_LANG', 0);
$helper->identifier = $this->identifier;
$helper->submit_action = $action;
$helper->currentIndex = $this->context->link->getAdminLink('AdminModules', false)
.'&configure='.$this->name.'&module_name='.$this->name;
$helper->currentIndex .= '&id_BarCodeGenerator='.(int)Tools::getValue('id_BarCodeGenerator');
$helper->token = Tools::getAdminTokenLite('AdminModules');
$helper->tpl_vars = array(
'fields_value' => $this->getConfigFormValues(), /* Add values for your inputs */
'languages' => $this->context->controller->getLanguages(),
'id_language' => $this->context->language->id,
);
return $helper->generateForm(array($this->getConfigForm()));
}
public function getConfigFormValues(){
return array(
'prefixe2'=>Tools::getValue('prefixe2'),
'reference'=>Tools::getValue('reference'),
'key'=>Tools::getValue('key')
);
}
protected function getConfigForm(){
return array(
'form' => array(
'legend' => array(
'title' => $this->l('Scan des codes barres'),
'icon' => 'icon-qrcode',
),
'input' => array(
array(
'col' => 3,
'type' => 'text',
//'prefix' => '<i class="icon icon-envelope"></i>',
'desc' => $this->l('Entrez le prefix du code barre'),
'name' => 'prefixe2',
'label' => $this->l('Prefixe'),
'required'=>true
),
array(
'col' => 3,
'type' => 'text',
//'prefix' => '<i class="icon icon-envelope"></i>',
'desc' => $this->l('Entrez la reférence de la commande'),
'name' => 'reference',
'label' => $this->l('Reférence commande'),
'required'=>true
),
array(
'col' => 3,
'type' => 'text',
//'prefix' => '<i class="icon icon-envelope"></i>',
'desc' => $this->l('Entrez la clé du code barre'),
'name' => 'key',
'label' => $this->l('key'),
'required'=>true
),
),
'submit' => array(
'title' => $this->l('Mettre à jour le statut'),
),
),
);
}
}
but the shop i want to deploy it has the particularity the overrides are disabled, so i tried to insert the controller with two methods:
by trying to install modulesRoutes hook
public function hookModuleRoutes($params){
return [
'module-BarCodeGenerator-AdminBarCodeGeneratorAdmin'=>[
'controller'=>'AdminBarCodeGeneratorAdmin'
]
];
}
in this case, the hook did not even install successfully
-by adding manually the controller in the config/routes.yml
scanTab:
path: BarCodeGenerator/demo
methods: [GET]
defaults:
_controller: 'BarCodeGenerator/controllers/admin/AdminBarCodeGeneratorAdminController::initContent'
_legacy_controller: 'AdminBarCodeGeneratorAdminController'
_legacy_link: 'AdminBarCodeGeneratorAdminController'
but none of these methods worked