16.04.2014 
The power of Qt running on the ubiquity of Android is a potent combination that can be used to great effect in a number of different applications. But are there certain apps that really shine when they’re built using this dynamic duo? Before I go any further, let me introduce myself. My name is Andy […]
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Qt on Android Episode 4 - How to prepare your Qt application for publishing on Android markets
erratum 2014-04-13: Updated Bundle Qt libs pros and cons. Update2: Here you can read also the Chinese version, thanks goes to Foruok. After we’ve learned how to set up the development environment and how to use Qt on Android, it’s time to move forward and in this article we are going to learn about different […]
Defensive Patent Publication for Qt
In the last few weeks I’ve been working on a prose description of how the type-erased container iteration with QVariant works. The existence of the feature and how it can be used was described in my presentation at DevDays 2013. The slides are available here. The video is not available currently, but will be published […]
The future of Qt on Android looks bright
Urbi et Orbi A new year just started a few weeks ago, but Qt on Android doesn’t have time to rest :). The secret meeting At the beginning of the year I attended a very important workshop in Oslo. For two full days KDAB (me) and Digia (Oslo office folks) secretly discussed the future of […]
Qt on Android Episode 3 - How to use Qt Creator to create, run, debug and setup Qt applications on Android
Update: Here you can read also the Chinese version, thanks goes to Foruok. Use Qt on Android After we learned how to setup the development environment, we’ll move forward in this article and learn how to use Qt Creator 3.0 (the one that comes with Qt 5.2 SDK) to create, run, debug and setup Qt […]
Qt 5 under the hood An interview with Mark Rigley of the QNX Car Team
The guys at QNX have been doing such great stuff with the QNX Concept Car, we wanted to draw our reader’s attention to the fact that, “under the hood” and so not publicized, the awesome entertainment system and the instrument cluster in the Mercedes are done with Qt 5 (QML2 to be precise) on top of […]
KDAB contributions to Qt 5.2
Qt 5.2 has just been released! Coming only five months after 5.1, the new release brings in a huge number of new features, as well as many bug fixes. For the first time ever, Qt is officially supported on two major mobile platforms: Android and iOS. KDAB contributed over 300 commits to Qt 5.2, both […]
Be free Qt on Android
In my first article that I wrote about Qt on Android I gave you a small introduction on how the port began and where is it now. I wrote about the fact that in November 2012 I contributed the port to Qt project, but I intentionally omitted one very important thing to tell you. Before […]
Meeting C++ trip report.
Earlier this month, KDAB attended the Meeting C++ conference in Düsseldorf as a Gold Sponsor. The conference was well attended by people from across the spectrum of C++ use, and with a wide variety of expertise. Attendees were enthusiastic and interested in getting the most out of C++11, sharing knowledge about the direction of C++, […]
Qt on Android Episode 2 - How to set up the development environment for Qt on Android
Update: Qt on Android Episode 3 is available here Update2: Here you can read also the Chinese version, thanks goes to Foruok. In this article we’ll move forward and see how to set up the development environment for Android. A few remarks before we start: This article focuses on Qt 5.2! I’ll add comments for […]