Playbook OS to support Qt
 

Saw this linked from phonescoop.

"By officially joining the Qt open source effort, RIM will contribute its Qt work back to the project with a promise not to fork the code base. "

Re: Playbook OS to support Qt
 

I think its the only tablet to get for n900 enthusiasts.

The iPad is locked down, Win7 is too slow/thick/thristy, Win8 is not here yet, Android is stuck in its own mess...WeTab sucks balls (as with other open source hardware efforts).

But they better offer new choices in 2012, I'm thinking:
6.8" + 8.9" + 10.1" sizes with polished hardware (shaved bezels, thinner, lighter, position of ports/buttons easily pressed).

Plus updated specs (BT 3/4, GLONASS, NFC, 1.5GHz Tri-A9 or Dual-A15) and more choices (LTE/3G-telephony, Lapdock for the two larger models)

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Don't forget the firesale-Touchpad. :) It even already runs Python & PyGame. :)

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It isn't supported yet, but should be in the PlayBook 2.0 OS.
We will have to see how well it works, and what is supported.
The promise of "cross platform development" has been greatly exaggerated up to this point for mobile applications.
Don't get me wrong, it was a lot worse, but a Qt application isn't a compile away for most situations.

For example you can also use Qt in an Android application using necessitas, but currently it lacks a number of modules (multimedia, sound etc.). And when Qt for Symbian^3 was released OpenGL wasn't supported yet. You still can't compile for Symbian on a non-windows platform using the official SDK. WebOS also used to have some Qt components, but without proper integration with (a version of) Qt Creator that isn't very useful.

So I really hope the Qt support functions well in PlayBook OS 2.0, but that is something we will have to wait and see.
If it is properly integrated with Qt Creator, can be compiled on Linux, has everything needed to make a game (at least partial OpenGL support, and sound/multimedia), then I will buy a PlayBook to test it. Even if I think that the tablet is really unoriginal in both hardware and software design.

Re: Playbook OS to support Qt
 

It still has, (qt4-webkit) but IIRC it's not API accessible.

Re: Playbook OS to support Qt
 

The launcher screen, work in progress circle and various other main UI elements appear to be written in QML. When I digged through the file system I eventually located a bunch of QML files implementing custom components for all of this. Concerning imports used in the files:
I would say it's probably QtQuick 1.0 @ Qt 4.7.0 or similar. I haven't seen any official documentation on this and anybody else using it to write QML applications so far.

Still a few days ago, A-Browser QML (test) showed in the Preware feed. It claims to be using Qt 4.8 (!), Webkit and QML. Unfortunately, I was not able to find any more info on this, not even the source code.

Re: Playbook OS to support Qt
 

Hmm, the description states that it is basically the QML browser demo. Given that it has scrollbars and no special touch integration for the UI, it's believable.

Re: Playbook OS to support Qt
 

So Playbook and WebOS both support Qt. When will something popular support Qt? Seems to be popping up on platforms that are either dying, considered flops or do not have the developer's mindshare at the moment.

That needs to stop.

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Qt for Android & PySide for Android. :)

Re: Playbook OS to support Qt
 

Wow, so Android my be a viable alternative for me after all. ;)