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    KDE Connect for Ubuntu Touch

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      • TotalSonicT Offline
        TotalSonic
        last edited by

        There is also GSConnect which is a Gnome extension that also allows you to connect your Android phone to Ubuntu but does not require installing all the dependencies that are needed with KDE Connect. https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/11/connect-android-ubuntu-gsconnect

        As far as connecting your Ubuntu phone to your Ubuntu desktop - it would indeed be nice to have a port of GSConnect or KDE Connect for it - but until that happens some apps that might get you close are
        Caxton - https://open-store.io/app/caxton.sil
        Bluetooth File Transfer - https://open-store.io/app/ubtd.fourloop2002
        uFTP - https://open-store.io/app/ftpmanager.costa
        WiFi Transfer - https://open-store.io/app/wifitransfer.costa

        Best regards,
        Steve Berson

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          xqqy
          last edited by xqqy

          I think since ubuntu-touch and plasma-mobile could share apps.It will be a easy job to port KDE Connect client to ubuntu-touch. And the sources are in kde's git system.
          I am trying to do that through I still stuck in finding where the Qt quick extension “com.kde.kdeconnect” is (A fool question isn't it)and I am just a beginner on how to develop a app to ubuntu-touch. (Maybe I should try to make some easy qml app first, anyway I really like kde connect in android)

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            davidcolombo @xqqy
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            @xqqy Sadly theres also no KDE Connect App for Plasma Mobile, I just found source code and clients for Android & SailfishOS.

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              xqqy @davidcolombo
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              @davidcolombo 0_1543965408379_Screenshot_20181205-071554.jpg
              But from here, it seems the app only use kirigami and "com.kde.kdeconnect" for qt quick libs.
              I think it should be easy to port it to Ubuntu-touch as if com.kde.kdeconnect compatible to ubuntu-touch

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                poVoq
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                Anyone looked further into this?

                The Kirigami app is included in the Desktop version and seems to work reasonably well:
                https://github.com/KDE/kdeconnect-kde/tree/master/app

                https://nicolasfella.wordpress.com/2018/06/07/kde-connect-on-plasma-mobile/

                I guess the problem is that Kirigami needs a newer qt version? Not 5.9.5 as is in UT for now?

                Fairphone 5 (waiting for port)

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                  magnargj @poVoq
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                  @povoq how cool wouldn't that be! I already had fun with kde connect on my pinephone with mobian.

                  Volla 22, Xiaomi Mi A2, Nexus5 (backup)

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                    Fuseteam
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                    sadly ubuntu touch aren't able to keep up with the qt fast enough to enable kde apps on ubuntu touch atm. nicofee of kde(connect) expressed interest in porting kde connect to ut sometime ago (before the qt 5.12) at the time it was running on qt 5.12 and ut was on qt 5.9. now kde connect is on 5.15(i think) while ut is on 5.12 😓

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                      AppLee @Fuseteam
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                      Hi @fuseteam
                      If I understood correctly moving from QT5.12 to upper will not be as difficult as from 5.9.
                      But yeah, sure, there is a lot of work foreseen if we want to keep up with QT updates.

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                        kugiigi @AppLee
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                        @applee Yeah, hopefully we might see Qt5.15 after the 20.04 work. And I don't think KDE will switch to Qt6.0 soon,

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                          Fuseteam @kugiigi
                          last edited by

                          @kugiigi funny enough when i joked about ut jumping to 5.15 in the kde connect group, nicofee's response was "5.15 is not even out yet" 😜

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