Ubuntu Touch Q&A 118 Sat 11th June At 19:00 UTC

[UBportsNews]

Ubuntu Touch Q&A 118 is this Saturday 11th June at 19:00 UTC. There will be the Ubuntu Touch updates and developments from the last few weeks. We are sure you will have questions and Forum questions will get priority so post them here before the event or during the live show using Youtube Livechat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8CwOoQK5M4 and Telegram.

Please remember that questions on porting to device **** or it's status, and questions on bugs will not be answered

[kristatos]

I think everybody is interested in the actual state of

• 20.04 development-process:
  How far is this process ongoing? Are there any bigger problems? Is there an approximate timetable for the release?

• VoLTE:
  How far is this process ongoing? Are there any bigger problems? Is there an approximate timetable for the release?

[B.Karloff]

I sort of wonder why Ubuntu Touch at all. I don't really understand what purpose Ubuntu Touch furfills. Some might say that Ubuntu Touch respects user privacy that Andriod and iOS doesn't.

But if you compare Ubuntu Touch with Andriod OS like CalyxOS and GrapheneOS with F-droid then that privacy reason feels sort of redundant.

I personally don't see the reason to choose UT over CalyxOS or GrapheneOS from a privacy and a user control reason. Maybe there are other reasons. It would be intresting to hear your thought if comparing Ubuntu Touch with CalyxOS and GrapheneOS.

[jro]

@kristatos I am not sure if I correctly interpret what I see at gitlab, but if I do, nothing seems to be happening regarding the port to 20.04.

[Martijn]

@ubportsnews I am mainly interested in app development in Ubuntu Touch. Is running of Android apps via Waydroid officially supported? Are there many web apps in a clickable container? Or are the bulk of the UT apps native designed in Clickable?

And is there a possibility that Flutter will be supported for native app development on UT akin on the desktop Ubuntu.

[sanath.usk 0]

Is there any plans to support android 12 devices, the introduction of gki, will the port of new Android 12 devices be simpler?

[ixsvf]

@jro There's plenty stuff happening regarding the move to 20.04 look here: https://gitlab.com/groups/ubports/development/core/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=merged