Is there any blueprint or README that explains the protocol?

[Albert Vaca]

UI and specially UX are always important, and is something I think we
should improve in the Android app, but this is a different topic :P

On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 12:02 PM, Павел <pzinin at gmail.com> wrote:

> I do not think that this very app should have native look’n’feel because
> UI is not the most important part in this case.
>
> 4 янв. 2015 г., в 22:37, Albert Vaca <albertvaka at gmail.com> написал(а):
>
> Well, let's say it was my mistake :) After you write an app you have to
> maintain it, and in my case now I have to maintain twice as much code as it
> would be necessary otherwise. I actually agree that the user interface
> should still be written with the platform's SDK to integrate with the
> system look and feel, but a bunch of the core classes that run under the
> hood could be reused across platforms.
>
> And we have an iOS KDE Connect app quite functional that could be
> published and it's not, because I can not maintain Objective-C code (I
> don't even have an iPhone). I just don't want that to happen again with
> Windows Phone. But if you are going to maintain your app afterwards, then
> it's your choice to use C++ code or just re-write it in .NET.
>
> Albert
>
> On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 2:47 AM, Pavel Borisov <pzinin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  On 04.01.2015 13:20, Albert Vaca wrote:
>>
>>  Hi :D
>>
>>  There is a README in the kdeconnect-kde package that explains
>> "something". I'm afraid that if you need more details you will have to ask
>> here (and maybe update the README with what you think is missing :).
>>
>>  Also, I don't know if it's easy to run C++/Qt code in a Windows Phone,
>> but I think it's worth it to give it a try because you could actually reuse
>> a lot of the code from the KDE client instead of rewriting it.
>>
>>  Albert
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 6:14 PM, Pavel Borisov <pzinin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello, Albert and everyone there!
>>>
>>> I am currently trying to begin Windows implementation of KDEConnect
>>> protocol. I have an intention to make Windows Phone 8 version of the client
>>> as I have Nokia phone. It could be reused on WinRT or Windows 8 though as
>>> they have almost the same API. Currently I am tinkering with the debugger
>>> around android branch but in order to start off the actual coding a bit
>>> faster I am requesting sort of document on this.
>>>
>>> P.S. thanks for all the awesomeness this stunning utility has brought me
>>> lately :)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best regards, Pavel Borisov
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>>
>>  I know there might be a possibility to run Qt on WinPhone. But why
>> don't you use this approach (shared code) on all platforms?
>>
>> I will try to code in kind of native (it would not be literally native
>> after all since this is .NET :D ) way just with intention of acquiring
>> some new skills. After all, it could be a good idea to make it GSoC project
>> if you wish. But I can't promise that I will come up with something that
>> _works_ in the meantime as I'm studying at university (except summer of
>> course =))
>>
>> --
>> Best regards, Pavel Borisov
>> Jabber ID: pashazz at gentoo.ru
>>
>>
>
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