[bt-devel] Bible Application for Mobile Devices

webmedic webmedic at gmail.com
Mon Aug 26 11:29:56 MST 2013


OK I see I'm not so familiar with qml yet as I am in the process of moving
to python3 and pyqt5.1 but still don't have a running dev environment for
it as pyqt5 is missing qtsensors so for now it does not load.

Thanks


On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Gary Holmlund <gary.holmlund at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> The QML "Text" object supports HTML 3.2 but no css. I did try out using
> "Text instead of "WebView" in the Mobile code. As expected, I did see the
> text, but it is no formatted in any way by the css.
>
> Gary
>
>
> On 8/26/2013 7:30 AM, webmedic wrote:
>
> I have been able to load external resources by giving the entire path to
> the local file.
> On Aug 26, 2013 2:52 AM, "Костя Маслюк" <kostyamaslyuk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  Sorry for confusion. Qt call html format they support as RichText as
>> opposed to PlainText format. So i'm not about RTF but HTML that Qt supports
>> internally.
>>
>>  I would mention again that i did not managed to load external resources
>> with it (QTextDocument: neither css or images) and it does not support some
>> css features. There is already made BibleTime template that works with
>> Qt-Html at Mini repository.
>>
>>
>> 2013/8/26 Greg Hellings <greg.hellings at gmail.com>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 11:42 PM, Gary Holmlund <
>>> gary.holmlund at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Костя,
>>>>
>>>> To use RichText we would have to have a different renderer. I am not
>>>> sure I want to make this now. I still hope that Qt 5.2 will support WebKit
>>>> on Android. You have had a rich text renderer in the past for Mini. Was it
>>>> hard to make? We can do it at a later date if we decide it is the only
>>>> choice.
>>>>
>>>
>>>  The engine supports RTF output, FYI. FMT_RTF should get you that. It's
>>> only used in BibleCS (aka The SWORD Project for Windows). So creating the
>>> renderer shouldn't be /too/ difficult.
>>>
>>>  --Greg
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Developing on Qt 4.8 does not seem like a good choice since the QML
>>>> code (Quick 1.0) is depreciated.
>>>>
>>>> I think that developing Quick 2 on desktops is the best choice for now.
>>>>
>>>> I am going to look at a single window mode for smaller displays. If you
>>>> wish to work on the install manager, I will avoid changes in that area.
>>>>
>>>> Gary
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 08/23/2013 05:06 AM, Костя Маслюк wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  It think we would use Qt RichText for a while. It is used in Mini for
>>>> a long time and WebKit is an runtime option on platforms that supports it.
>>>> I know that it is not full functional but it was enough.
>>>>  Or develop on desktops, i simply do not know what a features supply
>>>> WebKit that Qt RichText haven't (except images, proper css handling).
>>>>
>>>>  Necessitas project that support Qt 4.8.2 on Android have WebKit
>>>> support but have QtQuick1 modules only.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2013/8/23 Gary Holmlund <gary.holmlund at gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>>> On 08/22/2013 07:25 AM, Костя Маслюк wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have tried Mobile on Android, but without WebKit support in Qt, it
>>>>>> does not makes sense (fails loading qml file). I also fixed one issue,
>>>>>> related to comparison between translated and non-translated strings.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Related to WebKit support on Android,
>>>>>> https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-32093
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  I had missed the fact that WebView did not come with the Qt 5.1
>>>>> Android port. I can see this is on the list they want to do for the next Qt
>>>>> release, but it is not guaranteed to be in Qt 5.2
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know that we have a good choice now. We could:
>>>>>
>>>>>  1. Continue on developing a QML version on linux or windows and hope
>>>>> the Qt 5.2 (or later) has the WebView for Android.  The QML "Text" type
>>>>> supports html and we may be able to use it in the sort term and make an
>>>>> Android version.
>>>>>
>>>>>  2. Wait on the QML version and put more effort into the widget
>>>>> version of Mini.
>>>>>
>>>>> What are your thoughts?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Gary
>>>>>
>>>>>
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