Thanks for sharing, great info! BR,
// Pete Martin Kolman kirjoitti tiistai 3. tammikuuta 2017: > Mon, 02 Jan 2017 01:09:49 +0000 Helicalgear .: > > Hi, > > > > Qt5.2 itself provided the "QtLocation" as you see. > > But, unfortunately, QtLocation is not allowed to use for 3rd party > > apps officially, right now. > > > > Please see "Sailfish FAQ" > > https://harbour.jolla.com/faq#QML_API > > And the list of modules which can be used by 3rd party apps. > > https://github.com/sailfish-sdk/sdk-harbour-rpmvalidator/blob/master/allowed_qmlimports.conf > > > > The number of listed modules is increasing time by time. > > I think we have no choice but to wait for that the QtLocation add to > > the list if you want to release your app officially (by Jolla Store). > There are other - possibly less convenient but Jolla Store copamatible - > ways of showing a map on Sailfish OS than Qt Location. > > Probably the most used Qt Location alternative is the PinchMap QML > element, which was originally written for the Qt port of AGTL (Advanced > Geocaching Tool for Linux) but has since found its way to many > mapping-related applications on Sailfish OS and elsewhere. It usually > supports just display of tiled map layers and simple POI, but can be > quite easily extended & tweaked it's implemented completely in QML. > Thanks to this it's also totally independent on Qt Location and is > already used by applications in Jolla Store, such as modRana or Foursail. > > As for where to "get" the PinchMap QML element - at the moment its > basically being used as a copy-lib with various applications including > the PinchMap.qml file as part of their source code, usually with various > twekas, changes and improvements. These are the PinchMap.qml versions I > know about: > > https://github.com/webhamster/advancedcaching/blob/master/advancedcaching/qml/PinchMap.qml > - this is the basically the original version targeting > Harmattan/N9/QtQuick 1.1 > > https://github.com/Maledictus/foursail/blob/master/qml/PinchMap.qml > - PinchMap as used by Foursail (QtQuick 2.0) > - should be fairly self contained > > https://github.com/jmlich/devconf-sailfish/blob/master/qml/PinchMap.qml > https://github.com/rh-lab-q/confla-android/blob/master/PinchMap.qml > - these look like possibly a bit more modern versions with some > app-specific tweaks > > https://github.com/M4rtinK/modrana/blob/master/modules/gui_modules/gui_qt5/qml/PinchMap.qml > - PinchMap as used by current stable modRana release branch > - quite heavily tweaked and improved > - uses a Python backend via PyOtherSide for tile download/storage/lookup > - has some support for showing POI markers and routes > > https://github.com/M4rtinK/modrana/blob/master-better_tile_display/modules/gui_modules/gui_qt5/qml/PinchMap.qml > - further improved PinchMap version > - provides flicker free & more efficient tile display support via a > custom QML-side tile data model > - still has some bugs, especially in its coordinate conversion functions > - will be part of a modRana stable release once the bugs are ironed out > > > Other than PinchMap, there is also Maep which I *think* might be also > adapted as a map widget: > https://github.com/dcaliste/maep-qt > > Also I guess worst case one could also use a web-view and some of the > Javascript based tiled-map frameworks such as Leaflet. > > > Or, I think that you can try to release your app by other way like > > OpenRepos ( https://openrepos.net/ ). > > > > Best regards, > > > -- // Peter Pykäläinen Lähetetty Jolla C:stä _______________________________________________ SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list To unsubscribe, please send a mail to devel-unsubscr...@lists.sailfishos.org
