Hi, On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 2:39 PM Marco Bernasocchi <ma...@opengis.ch> wrote:
> Hi, > On 29.10.18 10:01, Peter Petrik wrote: > > > > Ad: iOS vs MacOS. This is similar to running full QGIS on android device, > vs running QField (or similar "reduced" application based on QtQuick). One > thing is possibility to run something somewhere, other thing is if it is > usable at all. I can imagine that it may be possible to compile and run > QGIS on a smart fridge, but ... :) > > I absolutely agree with you here, this is why I planned QGIS for android > as I did: > - first let’s get it to run on android with the same UI, port all the base > libs and do all the background work and get a decent version functioning. > QGIS for android just had basic optimizations for mobile devices and touch > screens (which btw were implemented so to allow any touch screen to be > used, and not only android) but was very well received and funny enough we > still get requests for updating it. > - Then shift the focus on the UI and UX and replace it completely. And > that Is why we created QField. We originally called it QGIS mobile but > quickly changed it to not go against the QGIS trademark rules. > > If we want to ship something official for iOS (or Android) on the official > store(s), we would probably need to agree on some application (&set of its > features) based on qgis quick. > > Where does the need for another official QGIS mobile application come > from? QGIS quick is based on the extracted core modules of QField so they > could be reused for custom applications. > QField has over 100K downloads, is fully open source,has pushed QGIS > forward by pushing things to QGIS core instead of just to the app. And - > foremost - is the origin of QGIS quick and could be ported to iOS with the > same distribution caveats like any other QGIS based app. > > I’d really would rather see some more help coming to QField than investing > a lot of time to get to somewhere where QField already is. > Maybe a misunderstanding, I do not suggest to start a new mobile project. My whole point was that it is not possible to have the same application for desktop and mobile devices with same set of widgets and features. > Cheers Marco > > > Cheers, > Peter > > -- > Marco Bernasocchi > QGIS.org Co-chair > ma...@opengis.ch > +41 (0)79 467 24 70 <+41794672470> > > [image: OPENGIS.ch Logo] <https://www.opengis.ch> >
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