@gouchi Looks like it's based on SDL, so in theory it should work if we get a working SDL port for xenial.

I really like the idea of being able to swap out the dash by installing a new click. Would go a long way for customization for our users.

Hello everyone! I just wanted to apologize for the mishap with the weather app this week. We got an api key for OpenWeatherMap for UBports and I published an update to the Weather app without realizing there should also be a Weather Channel api key. I recently pushed an update that removes the Weather Channel option and also removes the issues users were facing by moving them to the OpenWeatherMap provider. Unfortunately we won't be reactivating the Weather Channel/Weather Underground data provider since it seems they are shutting down their api in favor of a business focused IBM provider and they are no longer offering free api access and their data seems to have restrictions for some countries. For now we will keep with just OpenWeatherMap but we will look into other options like DarkSky, etc.

Thank you all for the great feedback! Some really great discussions coming out of this and hopefully we can continue this and turn out a great operating system!

One thing that Sprint really suffers from right now is that its very rough and very early. It's not very well integrated with the rest of unity. I kinda ignored the launcher when making Sprint. That's probably something that we want to keep since it's uniquely Ubuntu. So rather than the current design in Sprint it might make sense to do away with the bottom "favorites" section and make sure the launcher is better suited for the most frequently used apps. At this point the app draw in the next big unity 8 release is a bit of an unknown. But once that's a reality then we should definitely look at how that will interact with Dash/Sprint.

One thing that came up several times is how this has an Android-like feel too it. And I did borrow some ideas for other OSs. This is similar to how on my computer I'm running a "traditional" desktop environment that you could say has a Windows-like feel. But that doesn't mean that its bad. Being different for the sake of being different isn't always a good thing. I think we should take a look at what we want to focus on for Ubuntu Touch that makes it stand out when compared to other OSs. Things like privacy, security, openness, and convergence come to mind. Yes we should most certainly have our own style, we want people to know when they are running an Ubuntu Touch device. But right now the app scope doesn't really do us any favors as its very rigid and lacks any customization. Another thing to consider is onboarding new users. Borrowing ideas from other OSs can help ease users into using Ubuntu Touch.

Due to the range of responses, I think it makes sense to include more customizations in the final solutions as people want different things out if their Ubuntu Touch. And the other take away (as mentioned above), is that we should come up with a few key features/points that we want to define Ubuntu Touch.

Again thank you all for the feedback!

I've been working on this for a bit, but I wanted to release an early version of a possible Dash replacement. You can find it for download on the OpenStore. It's a bit more of a traditional home screen, but that's where the your feedback comes in. What do you think of this possibly being the default on your phone? Nothing official has been decided, this is just an experiment that I've been working on.

When taking a look keep in mind that's is pretty early stage. Although it already has support for the same icon packs that Falcon uses (props to @CiberSheep for those!). I hope you enjoy it and please leave any feedback/discussion here!

@domubpkm mostly just translation updates for the file manager at this point. I'll be sure to post something when it happens!

Hello everyone! I wanted to give a quick update on what's been going on in some of our core apps and developer docs recently.

• Calculator
  • Updated the math.js library to fix issues with decimals
  • Moved the code to GitLab for automated deploys to the OpenStore
• Music
  • The swipe animation between tracks in the now play view has been updated
  • The music app is now available on the OpenStore!
  • Moved code to GitLab for automated deploys to the OpenStore
• Weather
  • Currently working on getting an api key from OpenWeatherMap so we don't need to rely on the current key
• Gallery
  • New "Info" panel for media file details
  • Other minor improvements and translation updates

In general news we are slowly moving the core apps over to GitLab. We are going to setup each core app that is a click to be automatically compiled with Clickable and deployed to the OpenStore. If you're interested in setting up your own app with automated deploys to the OpenStore check out the Clickable docs.

The docs have seen some improvements thanks to some new guides by @CiberSheep. There are now guides on Content Hub export and Content Hub import & Url Dispatcher. If you are willing and able to contribute a guide or an example app you can find a full list of things we want to create over at the Development Resources GitLab project.

Thanks to all the hard work of our Core App developers/contributors, all the great translators, and our documentation writers!

Has anyone tried V-Play? I'd be very curious to see the results. I poked around there site before but I didn't see anything about an armhf build.

Unfortunately I don't have a clue how to compile SDL for Ubuntu Touch, but I do agree that this is something that should be figured out. It probably makes sense to track down one of the developers that might have compiled it and ask them about it.

Running love games on Ubuntu Touch and making a clickable template sounds awesome! If you can get the last parts of that figured out we can discuss how to best make this into a template that can be used with clickable.

This is awesome, thanks for starting this, I'd like to take this info and put it on docs.ubports.com after a few responses.

Bacon2d

Website: https://github.com/Bacon2D/Bacon2D/
License: MIT
Language: QML, JavaScript
Games made with Bacon2d: None (maybe?)

From the README: Bacon2D is a framework to ease 2D game development, providing ready-to-use QML components useful for creating compeling games.

It hasn't seen any development in about a year so it's likely that this project has been abandoned.

SDL

Website: https://www.libsdl.org/
License: zlib
Language: C, C++
Games made with SDL: Fishy Shooter, Balls 2, Tuxracer

From their website: Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform development library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics hardware via OpenGL and Direct3D. It is used by video playback software, emulators, and popular games including Valve's award winning catalog and many Humble Bundle games.

SDL is a well established library for use in games. It has been used to make several games for Ubuntu Touch (both original and ports). Although most of the apps seem to only be built for vivid and don't yet have xenial updates.

Phaser

Website: https://phaser.io/
License: MIT
Language: JavaScript
Games made with Phaser: Fish Tank

From the README: Phaser is a fun, free and fast 2D game framework for making HTML5 games for desktop and mobile web browsers, supporting Canvas and WebGL rendering.

Phaser is a popular open source engine for creating games in JavaScript. The one downside is that you'll need to use the canvas rendering method because there are issues with OpenGL on some devices (like the Bq phones).

Other JavaScript game engines

Other than Phaser there a several other options for game engines in JavaScript, they should all pretty much work on Ubuntu Touch since they just rely on a browser.