Qt on Android: How to create an Android service using Qt
Starting with Qt 5.7, we added the ability to create Android services using Qt. In this article we’re going to see how to get started and also how to communicate between the two. Before we get started...
View Article“Unboxing” the Android Things Developer Preview
Android Things is Google’s answer to creating an environment for IoT devices. Take a slimmed down Android build, add some sensor-specific APIs, and provide it on a number of powerful pre-integrated...
View ArticlePerfect Debugging Experience with QtCreator on Android
While I was working on a yet-to-be-announced super secret and cool Qt on Android project, I had to do a lot of debugging. This way I found that debugging Qt apps on Android using QtCreator was ok, but...
View ArticleQtCreator CMake for Android plugin
Santa Claus is coming to … wait a minute, it’s not Christmas yet! I have the pleasure to let you know that KDAB has contributed to Qt with yet another super cool project! It’s about QtCreator CMake for...
View ArticleQt sensors just got better on Android
Each month KDAB schedules time for me to maintain the Qt for Android port. Usually I use it to review the pending patches or fix bugs, but sometime there is a quiet month and I have time to add new...
View ArticleQt for Android better than ever before
As you already know KDAB is the largest independent contributor to Qt code. Of course we didn’t get lazy and we’ve added a lot of cool stuff to Qt 5.14. In this article I’m going to write about the...
View ArticleAll about Qt on Android
In this session we’ll see real life examples of using JNI on Android. We’ll start by checking the Qt 5.7 goodies which will make our lives easier, then we’ll see simple examples that you’ll need to...
View ArticleAutomotive Grade Maps and Navigation for Everyone
It is our pleasure to introduce a shiny new Maps & Navigation solution for QML developers! This QML plugin is a joint effort between KDAB & General Magic to bring the excellent General Magic...
View ArticleAndroid Shared Storage Qt Wrapper
In this article, I’d like to talk about Android storage. In recent Android versions, Google decided, for a good reason, to restrict the access to the SD card. This means, even if your application will...
View ArticleReverse Engineering Android Apps
Reverse engineering in general is a tricky business and sometimes not very orthodox. So, why bother to write this article? Well, sometimes reverse engineering is also for something good. It started...
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