Support for extra libraries in APK in Android QT Creator -- Change in name

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Hi,

I'm close to re-submit the merge request. Any ideas on the new name? 
What about "Other required libraries"  or "custom external libraries"

I'm easy with any name....

Carlos.

On 06/18/2011 01:26 PM, frameworks at qlands.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have no problem with changing the name, nor with any changes in its 
> implementation. Any suggestions  and comments are welcomed.
>
> Cheers,
> Carlos.
>
> On 06/18/2011 09:43 AM, Robert Schuster wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> if additional libraries are to bundled with the main APK I'd vote for
>>
>> calling them likes this: bundled libraries
>>
>>
>>
>> 'Extra' just sounds so super generic that it could mean anything. I'd
>>
>> like to point out that at the QCS people asked about out-of-the-box
>>
>> support for certain KDE libraries. Although we do not intend to work on
>>
>> it now, it should be noted that for Ministro it does not matter what
>>
>> kind of libraries it loads. So if we consider the Qt stuff the core then
>>
>> everything else (like KDE libs) is 'extra'. As such using that term for
>>
>> custom bundled libraries does not seem wise to me.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Robert
>>
>>
>>
>> Am 16.06.2011 09:03, schrieb Frameworks:
>>
>>      
>>> Dear Bogdan,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I just send a merge request for the changes in creator that add support
>>>
>>> for extra libraries in the APK. Here are the details:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Add in support for extra libraries.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This merge request mainly focuses on the modification to Android QT
>>>
>>> Creator to include support for extra deploy libraries in the APK. As
>>>
>>> described in the modified UI, “Extra libraries are other libraries that
>>>
>>> are required by this application but not part of this project.”
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The changes in Creator does not automatically affect current Necessitas
>>>
>>> projects. If the user want to include an extra library Creator will ask
>>>
>>> to upgrade it project to support it. The process of upgrading will:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 1. Check if its possible. Users will be able to upgrade if their version
>>>
>>> of Android LightHouse supports extra libraries i.e., if the version of
>>>
>>> libs.xml in LightHouse has the array name extra_libs.
>>>
>>> 2. Upgrade the project's ibs.xml to add the array name extra_libs.
>>>
>>> 3. Upgrade the projects manifest to include the resource of extra_libs.
>>>
>>> 4. Copy the class files from LightHouse to the project (Industrius and
>>>
>>> mobile). This because the version in LightHouse has the modifications to
>>>
>>> load the extra libraries. All files are copied to be sure that previous
>>>
>>> class files in the project does not conflict with current class files.
>>>
>>> 5. Leave a backup of libs.xml, class files and the manifest in the
>>>
>>> project directory. Those files will include “._old” in their extension
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This set of changes also fixes two bugs in Creator:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 1- Checked bundled libraries get unchecked just before the APK is build.
>>>
>>> (Line 133 in androidpackage creationstep.cpp)
>>>
>>> 2- Bundled libraries have the format libMyLib.so when it should be the
>>>
>>> undecorated version of them e.g., Mylib (Line 904 in qt4androidtarget.cpp)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This merge request also comes with a merge of few changes in
>>>
>>> qlands-AndroidLighthouse to support extra libraries in the apk.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Carlos Quiros
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> PD
>>>
>>> I am also working on assets support in Creator and the necessary changes
>>>
>>> in QT using JNI. I could send you something very soon if you fancy.
>>>
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