Already Done... bundled QT Libs with Apk; and added to KDE wiki on sept 6th, 2012 (WAS: Re: Feature request: Deployment without Ministro, with DLLs in APK)

[Nalin Savara]

HI All, Mixx-man...

I already did something like this... back in september 6th... but due to
reasons mentioned below, I didnt publicize it.

Please have a look at this; I put it on first page of KDE Community portal
wiki... because at the time I felt this should be the top need...

(thanks a lot to XumuK, Izaar and also as always BogDan and Ray-Donelly...
as you are the giants on whose shoulders I am standing)
http://community.kde.org/KDE_Community_Wiki:Community_portal
And the source+qt libs source code:
http://community.kde.org/File:AndroidQt-BundlingQtLibs.zip
I will soon upload a better documented version of this to Git-Hub also.

It's for Necessitas Alpha-3... so it will solve Sebastian's problem also,
about deploying-- and will need some changing to bring to Alpha-4.

[Ray, Bogdan-- hope I have'nt hurt your feelings guys-- and I apologize if
I have-- but ok, after writing the wiki-page and uploading demo-- didnt
earlier inform list earlier-- as I was thinking of the correct way to
properly inform you two before I upload this.
Have written you a personal explanation also.]

Hope this helps...

Regards,

Nalin


On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 9:57 PM, mixxer <ivan at litovski.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Here's a feature request:* Add a deployment option that will bundle Qt in
> the APK instead of using Ministro.*
>
> At issue is the poor user experience produced by the deployment model
> based on Ministro. Main complaints are:
>
>    1. Ministro download can last long on slow networks and thus use up
>    the 15 mins end-users have to request a refund => angry customers, bad
>    review comments, support emails and manual refunds
>    2. Many end users suspect malware => cancelled installation + refund +
>    bad feedback
>    3. Using Ministro locks us into using only Google Play store => Amazon
>    + other stores are out of reach
>
> Compared with "native" android apps, user experience is damaged even
> before the app starts. This is certainly not worth a few Mb of space since
> most modern devices ship with tens of gigabytes.
>
> Thanks,
> Mixx
>
> P.S. Following on from many comments on this thread<https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#%21topic/android-qt/as1zbWzPahw>,
> I thought that the topic deserves a dedicated thread.
>
>
>
>
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