I fully agree to ekke's and Jason's wishes. The features mentioned are all topics I also miss urgently since our first app development tests with Qt .. Not having cross-platform access to those "standard" mechanisms for mobile OS really makes me wonder whether my next projects will be based on Qt ...
Highest prio from my personal perspective: >> - Background processing API >> - In-app Notifications: local, remote + add Windows Store to Qt Purchasing module 2016-06-22 10:45 GMT+02:00 ekke <e...@ekkes-corner.org>: > Am 22.06.16 um 10:36 schrieb Bo Thorsen: > > Den 21-06-2016 kl. 22:55 skrev Jason H: > >> I feel like the last few releases have been run by the trolls, and > >> not the users of Qt. I was hoping open governance would enable the > >> community to direct Qt development, but I seem to have misinterpreted > >> what it means. I'm looking for what's going into 5.8.. not much > >> listed on the releases page. > >> > >> I'd like to suggest that mobile get some much needed love. > >> - Application state transitions; Foreground, background > >> - Background processing API > >> - Screen wake lock API > >> - In-app Notifications: local, remote > >> > >> While I have those characterized as "mobile" there are things like > >> notifications occurring on desktop platforms. > >> > >> Any thoughts? > > > > There's only one reason why you don't see more features for the mobile > > parts: There are not enough developers on it. And that's not because > > QtCompany is doing anything wrong, they just have their priorities > > different from what you have. > > > > Personally I don't care about mobile at all. I haven't had a mobile > > customer since 2011 and I don't see that changing. My focus is almost > > entirely on Linux embedded and Windows desktop. Those are the areas > > where a lot of applications are written. > > > > I'd love to see the mobile platforms thrive. But unless you Qt users > > start becoming Qt developers and contribute to it, I don't see that > > happening. > hmmm > the only reason for me to use Qt is mobile > using new Qt Quick Controls 2 Qt is a great platform for mobile app > development and I hope many new developers will start with Qt on mobile > to make this easier I'm writing example apps and a blog series > http://j.mp/qt-x > > I really hope that there will be development on the topics Jason H > mentioned above > > ekke > > > > > Bo Thorsen, > > Director, Viking Software. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Interest mailing list > Interest@qt-project.org > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest >
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