Ubuntu Touch Programming Course
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@mimecar looks great!
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Hi @mimecar ! any news about your programming course? Do you need help on anything?
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Hello,
@flohack said in Ubuntu Touch Programming Course:FYI we are in an experimental state with building the sdk again: https://github.com/ubports/usdk-image-tools/pull/1 - if this Pull Request is finally merged it should be able to generate a new SDK
BR
It seems that something was done some days ago. Is the good sdk available now ?
Best regards
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@pulsar33 just in case you don't know it, @dobey is working on https://github.com/dobey/ergo
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@advocatux : thanks but I don't find a thread speaking of that on this forum and github is a bit vague for me.
@Flohack : any news ?
Best regards
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@pulsar33 what I meant with that post is just to let you know that there will be a new toolkit
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@flohack said in Ubuntu Touch Programming Course:
FYI we are in an experimental state with building the sdk again: https://github.com/ubports/usdk-image-tools/pull/1 - if this Pull Request is finally merged it should be able to generate a new SDK
BR
@Flohack : I read on your link :
- Generate the SDK for Ubports #1
Merged
mardy merged 5 commits into ubports:master from mardy:ubports 21 days ago
But I'm not sure to understand. Can we use now the Ubuntu Touch Programming Course with the good sdk ?
Best regards
Pulsar33 - Generate the SDK for Ubports #1
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@flohack : Hello Flohack
Thanks for the answer anyway
@mimecar never replied me ...
@mardy I don't know ...It seems that there are some explanations in this new thread (work in progress)
Have a nice day
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Hi, everyone!
I´m starting to play with the examples in the book in order to build my own apps. Just last night I used clickable to run the WeatherRecorder app on my desktop (xenial); everything ran pretty well except for the images temperature.png and search.png not loading.
The terminal complains it cannot find them in the build path. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
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Hi @shelllavie
the sample applications ”WeatherRecorder” and ”WeatherRecorderChart” was made using the Ubuntu-sdk-ide.
After writing them, that tool was deprecated and replaced by ‘clickable’.Running the the sample apps with clickable can be little issues.
Issue 1: icon images .png ( temperature.png and search.png) are not showed when the running on a device (or desktop) and are not include in .click package.
Fix: Add this:
$$files(*.png,true) \
at the existing entry “QML_FILES” in the WeatherRecorde.pro file
the one placed inside the folder containing .png icon and qml files).
With that modification should like this:QML_FILES += $$files(.qml,true)
$$files(.png,true)
$$files(*.js,true)
Issue 2: there are incongruous values for ‘applicationName’ parameters in Main.qml and “manifest.json.in” files.
This could cause an error when trying to run the application on a device.Fix: Align the values in “Main.qml” and “manifest.json.in” to have the same value in both files.
In Main.qml
applicationName: "weatherrecorderchart"manifest.json.in
"name": "weatherrecorderchart",
I can't update sources on github because the owner of the repo is mimecar.
tnx
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Happy Sunday everyone!
@fulvio or anyone who knows:
How to make the weatherrecorderchart app responsive? I thought the "width: units.gu(110) ..." bit in the Main.qml file would do the job, but after installing it on my BQ E5 the view doesn't fit the screen resolution. Any ideas would be really appreciated.
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Hi @shelllavie
that is a known "problem" not solved to introduce the next chapter topic about adapting the sample application layout at the device screen (phone or tablet).
I have sent the chapter to @mimecar some time ago but due to an important issue Miguel suspended the course for a while (maybe you know about that, if you are subscribed at the course Telegram channel). I don't know when will be published (i am not the owner of the course, i have only written only some contents).To solve the application size issue you can use a Layout named "ConditionalLayout" (https://api-docs.ubports.com/sdk/apps/qml/Ubuntu.Layouts/ConditionalLayout.html?highlight=conditionallayout).
Another solution could be use a "Loader" component (https://api-docs.ubports.com/sdk/apps/qml/Ubuntu.Layouts/ConditionalLayout.html?highlight=conditionallayout).
Useful links:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/446755/what-does-gu-stand-for
https://blog.ubuntu.com/2015/06/16/the-grid-system-in-detailTnx
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Goodnight.
First of all I want to apologize for having the course so stopped. At the end of April an event occurred that has affected me a lot. For that reason, anything that is not day to day has been stopped. Little by little I'm recovering but it's hard for me to continue.
In my planning I thought I would have migrated the course to Sphinx at the end of September. This has not been possible and I think that for the moment I will continue with GitBook. I will move to the new version even if I lose the documentation in PDF / ePub format. Later I'll make the migration to Sphinx.
@shelllavie, I write down the changes and add them in the next update. If you see that I forget to do it, you remind me.
@Pulsar33, Sorry for not answering. I read the forum but I have to take time to answer. I have not checked if the new SDK works, but remember that you can use the version that exists in the virtual machine of the course.
If I have an answer for answering, don't hesitate to ask me. I will try to answer on the same day.
Greetings.
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@mimecar : sorry if you had problems. I know what it is ...
Take care
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I have migrated the programming course to the new version of Gitbook. At the moment it will only be available in HTML format. If there is interest, I will export it to PDF and ePUB formats.
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Goodnight.
For personal reasons I had the course stopped. Although I have been preparing documentation in the meantime, I have not published it yet. I will make some changes that affect the course:
- The virtual machine (with the Ubuntu Touch SDK) can be downloaded until next Sunday. Then I will delete the file.
- I will update the course so that it is based on Qt Creator of PC. Most of the code can be used in Ubuntu Touch with minor changes.
- Although most of the content will be maintained, I will generate the screenshots again so they take the PC as a reference.
- The documentation will use Sphinx as a tool (the same as UBports). This way it will be easier to manage the translations.
- The course code will be posted on GitLab (now it is on GitHub). The generated files (ePub, PDF and HTML) will be available on my website.
I will keep you informed of the news.
A greeting.
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Thank you for continuing and expanding this valuable resource for the community!