[SailfishDevel] Python and Qt Widgets development possible?

[Andrey Kozhevnikov]

Actually you don't need Harbour to develop what you want ;)

On 11.02.2014 20:09, Timur Kristóf wrote:
> This site answers both your questions: https://harbour.jolla.com/faq
>
> 1. QWidgets are unsupported on Sailfish because they are not 
> mobile-optimized and not hardware accelerated.
> 2. Python will be supported but isn't yet.
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Dietmar Schwertberger 
> <maillist at schwertberger.de <mailto:maillist at schwertberger.de>> wrote:
>
>     Hi!
>
>     Until now I have been using PySide to write Qt Widgets
>     applications that were running fine
>     under Windows and Maemo.
>     With some if/else I got native look & feel on both platforms.
>
>     Now I've tried the same with PyQt5 on Sailfish OS and the
>     application looks
>     like a Windows application and even opens new windows when I e.g.
>     open the menu.
>     Unfortunately it seems that QML is the only way to get native look
>     and feel.
>     Am I right?
>
>     Switching to QML/Qt Quick seems a major effort and especially, it
>     is very un-pythonic
>     to use this mixture of two languages.
>     Even when I switch, it seems that there's quite some effort to
>     stay compatible over
>     multiple platforms as you more or less have to use Silica
>     components on Sailfish OS
>     and on the other hand I won't gain usability on a mouse based
>     platform like Windows.
>
>     With Maemo I had the impression that it was quite easy to port any
>     GUI application
>     and get at least a reasonable UI. Seems that this is not true with
>     Sailfish OS any more.
>     You have to choose between all or nothing...
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Dietmar
>
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