Single Qt codebase for kdeconnect

[Pavel Borisov]

Hello.
It looks unlikely from here that it is possible to distinguish a single 
codebase for all sorts of platforms.

The highest support that we have from Qt library is undoubtedly Blackberry.
Although, Qt has Native Style for Android since 5.4 so presumably no 
problem here from user's point of view.

The main problem of all the time is: Qt does not have a single unified 
interface for services. On the other hand, kdeconnect must be in 
background in order to receive incoming connections. So what we have now:
- Blackberry: complete Qt-based framework for services: the concept of 
Headless Application: 
http://developer.blackberry.com/native/documentation/cascades/device_platform/headless_apps/
- Android: not implemented yet: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-37221
- Windows RT: nothing

But even by the time related bug is fixed, we will have been 
encountering a major problem: unification between Blackberry and Android 
service framework (+ Windows).
It might end up with writing a middleware for service to be working. 
Pretty much all I can say for now - not with current Qt release. It is 
due to not only  my previous statements but also owing to this 
Windows-related issue: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-40922

It might be more realistic to develop a separate client - at least for 
now - for every platform. However it could be possible to have the same 
client for everything without background service. A huge drawback.

-- 
Best regards, Pavel Borisov
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