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Hands-On Mobile and Embedded Development with Qt 5

You're reading from   Hands-On Mobile and Embedded Development with Qt 5 Build apps for Android, iOS, and Raspberry Pi with C++ and Qt

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789614817
Length 368 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Making Great UIs FREE CHAPTER
2. Standard Qt Widgets 3. Fluid UI with Qt Quick 4. Graphical and Special Effects 5. Input and Touch 6. Section 2: Networking, Connectivity, Sensors, and Automation
7. Qt Network for Communication 8. Connectivity with Qt Bluetooth LE 9. Machines Talking 10. Where Am I? Location and Positioning 11. Section 3: Other APIs Qt SQL, Qt Multimedia, and Qt Purchasing
12. Sounds and Visions - Qt Multimedia 13. Remote Databases with Qt SQL 14. Enabling In-App Purchases with Qt Purchasing 15. Section 4: Mobile Deployment and Device Creation
16. Cross Compiling and Remote Debugging 17. Deploying to Mobile and Embedded 18. Universal Platform for Mobiles and Embedded Devices 19. Building a Linux System 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

Hello mobile!

So you want to develop apps for mobile and embedded devices using Qt. Excellent choice, as Qt was made for cross-platform development. To get you started, we will run through the basic procedure of using Qt Creator to create, build and run an application. We will briefly examine different aspects to consider when creating mobile and embedded apps, such as how to use Qt Creator to add a menu. Adding a QWidget in the designer is not that difficult, and I will show you how.

Qt has a long history of running on mobile devices, starting with Qt Embedded, which was initially released in 2000. Qt Embedded was the base framework for the UI Qtopia, which was initially released on the Sharp Zaurus on the SL-5000D developer edition.

These days, you can develop an application using Qt and sell it in the iOS App Store, Android Google Play store, or other Linux mobile phones. Qt...

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