Hi, > > Thanks Maurice for your reply, > > Yes I was referring to a classical widget app running on windows desktop. > > So I will wait a bit for that, seems difficult to manage since app is running > on a > variety of Windows versions, including not so few XP users... BTW that is > limiting a lot distribution on window's tablets like Surface, isn't it? I > hope one > day it will be as easy as it is on Android and iOS...
[Kalinowski Maurice] Surfaces are running Windows 8.1 at least if not Windows 10. Hence you can use either approach (WinRT app and desktop app using Windows Runtime). Basically you leave out Windows 7 and earlier. Maurice > > Philippe. > > Le 02-06-2016 08:56, Maurice Kalinowski a écrit : > > Hi, > > > > I assume that you are referring to classic apps when you talk about > > Windows 10? > > > > WinRT covers Windows Store Apps, meaning in case you have a universal > > app, then Qt Positioning is supported, given that the Broadcom chip > > works properly. But that is a driver thing. > > > > In case you want to develop a classic / desktop app, you could try > > https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/159330/ This enables the WinRT > > Geolocation API for desktop builds in 5.7. However, this has > > implications on the versions of Windows you can run this application > > on and potentially have additional requirements. > > > > For full "classic" desktop applications there was no unifying API and > > makers have always provided separate SDKs for those chips. Hence > > GeoLocation is a huge step into the right direction. > > > > BR, > > Maurice > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Interest [mailto:interest-bounces+maurice.kalinowski=qt.io@qt- > >> project.org] On Behalf Of maitai > >> Sent: Thursday, June 2, 2016 6:09 AM > >> To: Interest@qt-project.org > >> Subject: [Interest] QGeoPositionInfoSource on Windows 10 > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> I can read here http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtpositioning-index.html > >> > >> "Currently the API is supported on Android, iOS, OS X, Linux (using > >> GeoClue version 0.12.99), Windows (with GPS receivers exposed as a > >> serial port providing NMEA sentences), and WinRT (using > >> Windows.Devices.Geolocation)." > >> > >> Question 1: Does it means there is no way so far to use an internal > >> GPS on windows 10? I have a user with a Samsung tablet/Windows 10 > >> equipped with broadcom GNSS 4752 / Global Navigation Satellite System > >> (GNSS) who is asking why it doesn't work like on Android or iOS... > >> > >> > >> When I try QGeoPositionInfoSource on my Windows 10 machine (no gps > >> internal nor external), I see these messages in the console: > >> > >> Available position sources: ("serialnmea", "geoclue") > >> serialnmea: No known GPS device found. Specify the COM port via > >> QT_NMEA_SERIAL_PORT. > >> positioning method: All methods > >> minimum update interval (pos)= 1000 > >> Failed to create Geoclue client interface. Geoclue error: > >> org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Disconnected > >> > >> Question 2: Does it means there is a way to use Geoclue on windows? > >> > >> Thanks > >> Philippe Lelong > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Interest mailing list > >> Interest@qt-project.org > >> http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest > _______________________________________________ > Interest mailing list > Interest@qt-project.org > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest
