[QGIS-Developer] [Qgis-psc] Is QGIS on Android?

[Marco Bernasocchi]

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Cheers

Marco

On 15.10.19 10:47, Saber Razmjooei wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There is also Input (https://inputapp.io
> and https://github.com/lutraconsulting/input) which is based on QGIS
> and it is GPL. The app is also available on iOS (TestFlight) too.
>
> Roam has been also revived by Nathan. So, I suggest to have a section
> on the website for "QGIS on mobile/tablet" with all the QGIS based app
> on various app stores. There is no one app addressing all the needs of
> users (see also proprietary GIS software vendors and multiple mobile
> apps).
>
> Regards
> Saber
>
> On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 at 18:02, Marco Bernasocchi <marco at qgis.org
> <mailto:marco at qgis.org>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Harrissou,
>
>     that is a very old version indeed, but not non functional, it just
>     supports only "old" androids, if you have a newer android the
>     playstore will tell you that your device is not supported (still
>     has over 10K downloads).
>     We have not updated much that version because QField is the much
>     better android solution for QGIS. In fact QField is QGIS core
>     behind an highly optimized UI and was responsible for a lot of
>     improvements in QGIS itself. We always make whatever
>     possible/sensible in QGIS and reuse it in QField then.
>
>     QField has a very large use base with over 100K downloads and and
>     average rating of over 4.5 (out of 1100 feedback), but I guess as
>     you say still not everybody is aware of it. QField also pretty
>     much mimics the QGIS structure where we welcome external PR,
>     issues and fixes (so far QField has had contributions by around 15
>     developers IIRC and is translated in 13 languages more than 75%).
>
>     Obviously QField is GPL and you can use it as you see fit by
>     simply synchronizing or copying your data to and from your device.
>
>     So yes, I guess we should change that link, I'll discuss that
>     tonight in the PSC meeting.
>
>     Cheers
>
>     Marco
>
>     On 14.10.19 18:18, DelazJ wrote:
>>     Hi,
>>
>>     For years now, the main page of QGIS website (https://qgis.org)
>>     claims:
>>
>>
>>               Create, edit, visualise, analyse and publish geospatial
>>               information on Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD (Android coming
>>               soon)
>>
>>     coming soon....
>>     And looking at the download page
>>     (https://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/download.html), there's an
>>     Android section that brings to a version of QGIS in the play
>>     store. Unsurprisingly, that version is old and not functional.
>>     And unfortunately, there are people trying to download it. Which
>>     is not good for the project imho.
>>
>>     So is QGIS really on Android?
>>
>>     Regards,
>>     Harrissou
>>
>>
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