Hi All, Bogdan,<div><br><div>Firstly, thanks a lot for your detailed and quick reply.</div><div>My comments below.</div><div><br></div><div>(1) what is the use-case I am asking for ?</div><div><br></div><div><div>We need a "menu-driven" OR "wizard-based" way of generating APK--> even when device is not attached.</div>
<div><br></div><div>For example: for some time when I was temporarily without Android device-- I had to borrow family-member's device--- and attach with USB and deploy/run to that-->> and then see the compile-output to see APK folder-- and copy the APK from there--- to distribute to users to test.</div>
<div><br></div><div>What I want is that even without owning target android device-- we should be able to "click Publish"-- and generate the APK-- which can be distributed or otherwise sent to target devices.</div>
<div><br></div><div>For Nokia Ovi Store--> we can use a wizard to generate .SIS file even when the target device type is not connected through USB to development system-- and the SIS file can then be distributed.</div>
<div><br></div><div>(2) My comments on BogDan's email:</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 2:43 PM, BogDan Vatra <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:taipanromania@gmail.com" target="_blank">taipanromania@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Nalin,<br>
<br>
I already implemented something similar.<br>
Check "Sign package" tab of "package configuration" step, if you have<br>
time, fell free to move it to "Main-Menu-->Build-->Publish Project"<br>
:)<br>
<br></blockquote><div>(2)(a) I am attaching screenshot of "Sign Package Tab" of Package configuration.</div><div>I could not understand how it will help in satisfying the desired use-case.</div><div><br></div><div>
How to use the "sign package" tab to generate APK-- even when target device is not attached through USB-- and where is APK generated-- so that APK can be distributed to users/testers who will test on device ?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Am I sending correct screenshot ? OR am I pointing to wrong screen(s) ???</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
But the problem is not where this thing is located, but how it works<br>
now and how it should work!<br>
Let me give you a small introduction about android packages. The<br>
beauty of android packages is that in a single .apk you ca bundle bins<br>
for more than one platform (e.g. you can have libs for armv5, for<br>
armv7, for x86 and now even for mips), so, somehow we need to compile<br>
the apps for all these platforms.<br>
Sadly qmake (cmake, etc.) build systems can not build all these<br>
platforms at once and it is hard and annoying for the user to create a<br>
complete package. Now the user must manually build x times his app<br>
once for every platform. </blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
The good news is that there is a new build system (QBS<br>
<a href="http://doc-snapshot.qt-project.org/qbs/index.html" target="_blank">http://doc-snapshot.qt-project.org/qbs/index.html</a> ) which is good<br>
enough to build all these platforms at once and even to do the<br>
packaging magic.<br>
The bad news is that currently is not finished and it needs to be<br>
polished before we can use it in production, so if you want to help<br>
necessitas project you can start with this one :) which IMHO now QBS<br>
is the only biggest missing piece to make QtCreator the best IDE for<br>
Android out there.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>(2)(b) I'm sure this can happen in future-- and I will be happy to help.</div><div><br></div><div><div>However, right now-- as I see it-- we just need a "menu-driven" OR "wizard-based" way of generating APK--> even when device is not attached.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Please let me know if you want to join our effort !<br>
<br></blockquote><div>For sure buddy BogDan... I am happy to join and contribute my maximum possible as my time and committmenrts permit. </div><div><br></div><div>(3) If there is a way for me to generate and extract a APK for a target device which is not yet attached to development system--- do tell me-- and I will be thankful.</div>
<div><br></div><div>What say people ??? Do reply/comment/help...</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks and Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Nalin</div><div><br></div></div></div></div>