<div dir="ltr">Thanks for the update, Lekku<div><br></div><div>Questions there are :)</div><div><br></div><div><b>*Submitted apps (and to be submitted ones)*</b></div><div>First of all what do we do with the apps already approved, under QA or scheduled for submission tomorrow? You know, launch date is a very special date, I wouldn't like to change anything unless absolutely necessary.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Will the apps violating these rules, but currently approved or submitted and under QA still work fine for the launch? And will users get proper update notifications when you change package name from e.g. flashlight to com.iamcool.flashlight and update icon to 86x86?</div>
<div><br></div><div>What about the apps that are to be submitted today-tomorrow? Do you know when this "will be a FAQ" will happen and since when shall it be enforced (rather than just recommended)?</div><div><br>
</div><div><b>*<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">QML API and Shared libraries</span>*</b></div><div>What about standard Qt5 modules such as qt5-qtdeclarative-systeminfo and qt5-qtgraphicaleffects</div>
<div>Can I still Require them in .yaml/.spec to guarantee that device will install them or shall we bundle them in manually somehow?</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Artem.</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Iekku Pylkka <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:iekku.pylkka@jolla.com" target="_blank">iekku.pylkka@jolla.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Ahoy all,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">As you might have noticed, there has been lot of stuff happening on application development and application releasing. Some of you who have already submitted applications
to Harbour (Jolla's app store intake) have faced these challenges already. Thank you very much for your submissions.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Here is a list of items we have identified that cause headache and are the reasons why your app might not have gotten store approval yet:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">- Icon size:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">SDK still uses 90x90 icon size whereas the device uses 86x86. Harbour submission requires 86x86 icons. An update to the SDK will be released soon to sync it up
to the new icon size.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">- Icon path defined in .desktop file:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Application icon path is not needed anymore (Icon=appname is enough), you will have to remove absolute paths for Harbour submission. The home screen in upcoming
SDK release will have a fix for this.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">- Application name<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">There will be a FAQ on Harbour regarding what file names need to match the RPM package name at upload time. Your application name should be in "dotted" form,
e.g. com.example.myapp and we will soon update Harbour to validate this and then all the applications should follow this naming convention.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">- QML API<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">For QML application development we support QtQuick 2.x and Sailfish Silica 1.0. In our repositories there are various other packages but as they are not reviewed
by us we cannot guarantee that APIs they provide are available in future, so take caution when using them - your application might be rejected or stop working if you are using unsupported API.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">- Shared libraries<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">You can ship your own private copies of shared libraries that you link against in /usr/share/<name of your app>/, you are not allowed to install shared libraries
anywhere else.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">- Private QML imports<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">If you are using custom QML imports, you have to install them into /usr/share/<name of your app>/, you are not allowed to install the QML imports anywhere else.
Also, the name of your QML import must match the application package name (e.g. an application "org.example.coolapp" can only have a single private qml import module, and that must be imported as "import org.example.coolapp 1.0").<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">- Runtimes<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Application runtimes such as Python are not supported yet, but we are actively working on getting Python support into shape, at which point Python QML APIs will
be allowed in Harbour. Stay tuned.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">- More info<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">There will be the mentioned FAQ page on Harbour which addresses the known application submission problems.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Hopefully, most of these will make sense and not require clarification but if you need any help at all, just holler. We hope to expand the list of supported APIs, and are
interested in feedback from you as to what you would like to see and be able to do in store applications.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Should you have any questions or improvement ideas of these, please send replies to this mailing list.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Happy hacking,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Jolla Crew<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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