[QGIS-Developer] iOS prototyping

[Peter Petrik]

Hi,
On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 2:39 PM Marco Bernasocchi <marco at opengis.ch> wrote:

> Hi,
> On 29.10.18 10:01, Peter Petrik wrote:
>
>
>
> Ad: iOS vs MacOS. This is similar to running full QGIS on android device,
> vs running QField (or similar "reduced" application based on QtQuick). One
> thing is possibility to run something somewhere, other thing is if it is
> usable at all. I can imagine that it may be possible to compile and run
> QGIS on a smart fridge, but ... :)
>
> I absolutely agree with you here, this is why I planned QGIS for android
> as I did:
> - first let’s get it to run on android with the same UI, port all the base
> libs and do all the background work and get a decent version functioning.
> QGIS for android just had basic optimizations for mobile devices and touch
> screens (which btw were implemented so to allow any touch screen to be
> used, and not only android) but was very well received and funny enough we
> still get requests for updating it.
> - Then shift the focus on the UI and UX and replace it completely. And
> that Is why we created QField. We originally called it QGIS mobile but
> quickly changed it to not go against the QGIS trademark rules.
>
> If we want to ship something official for iOS (or Android) on the official
> store(s), we would probably need to agree on some  application (&set of its
> features) based on qgis quick.
>
> Where does the need for another official QGIS mobile application come
> from? QGIS quick is based on the extracted core modules of QField so they
> could be reused for custom applications.
> QField has over 100K downloads, is fully open source,has pushed QGIS
> forward by pushing things to QGIS core instead of just to the app. And -
> foremost - is the origin of QGIS quick and could be ported to iOS with the
> same distribution caveats like any other QGIS based app.
>
> I’d really would rather see some more help coming to QField than investing
> a lot of time to get to somewhere where QField already is.
>
 Maybe a misunderstanding, I do not suggest to start a new mobile project.
My whole point was that it is not possible to have the same application for
desktop and mobile devices with same set of widgets and features.

> Cheers Marco
>
>
> Cheers,
> Peter
>
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