Should KDE provide apps for Horizon OS?

[Simon Redman]

> What is the community opinion on uploading KDE Connect to the Horizon
store?

I have nothing against this, but someone has to step up to do it, starting with documentation of the release steps in the wiki: https://community.kde.org/KDEConnect

> as long as there isn't some cost involved (which in this case
I'd hope would be covered by means of CI)

When I last checked (admittedly, awhile ago), there was no CI support for native Android apps, only for those built with Qt/C++. KDE Connect is currently manually released.

Thanks, 
Simon


On October 25, 2024 10:16:34 AM EDT, Konstantin Kharlamov <Hi-Angel at yandex.ru> wrote:
>On Fri, 2024-10-25 at 14:09 +0000, Loren Burkholder wrote:
>> In the world of VR, Meta is currently the dominant force, given its
>> headsets are both capable and affordable. Since their Horizon OS is
>> built on top of Android, it is capable of running normal Android apps
>> as flat windows. However, due to Big Tech Politics™, Google has
>> refused to make the Play Store available on Horizon OS, instead
>> reserving it for their own upcoming Android XR. The good news is that
>> Meta recently opened their app store to not require any sort of
>> subjective content review[0], so any Android app can theoretically be
>> added to the Horizon store. I've sideloaded KDE Connect to my own
>> Quest and found it to be useful, especially for file transfer. What
>> is the community opinion on uploading KDE Connect to the Horizon
>> store?
>
>👍 IMO, as long as there isn't some cost involved (which in this case
>I'd hope would be covered by means of CI), every way to obtain more
>users should be used. More users = more contributors or donations, so
>more progress. Everyone is happy.
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