[Development] Development Digest, Vol 76, Issue 53

[Steve Schilz]

On 1/26/18, 7:22 AM, "Development on behalf of development-request at qt-project.org" <development-bounces+sschilz=pasco.com at qt-project.org on behalf of development-request at qt-project.org> wrote:

    >On 25 Jan 2018, at 21:05, Steve Schilz <sschilz at pasco.com> wrote:
    >>>>>>22.01.2018, 18:37, "Alberto Mardegan" <mardy at users.sourceforge.net>:
    >>>>>>	Hi all!
    >>>>>>	??I've developed a desktop application which uses the WebView QML
    >>>>>>	module, with the hope of publishing it in the Apple store. However,
    >>>>>>	unless I am seriously mistaken, this is just not possible (or maybe the
    >>>>>>	documentation needs some serious love).
    >>>>>>	No matter what I try, it seems that QtWebEngine is always required!
    >>>>>>	If I simply remove QtWebEngine from my Qt installation, building the
    >>>>>>	application succeeds but then when I run it I get the same error as in
    >>>>>>	https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-63107
    >>>>>>	If I look at src/webview/qtwebviewfunctions.cpp it looks like the
    >>>>>>	decision to use the native webview vs QtWebEngine is done at runtime,
    >>>>>>	but for some reason it looks like one still needs to have QtWebEngine
    >>>>>>	available in order for QtWebView to build successfully. With the obvious
    >>>>>>	consequence that one won't be able to publish one's app into the Apple
    >>>>>>	store.
    >>>>>>	Is there some reason why the QtWebEngine support library isn't dlopen'ed
    >>>>>>	at runtime? Can I file a bug about that?
    >>>>>>	From [1] it seems like QT_MAC_USE_NATIVE_WEBVIEW environment variable
    >>>>>>	is required to use native backend.
    >>>>>>	[1] https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/162337/
    >>>>>>Ciao,
    >>>>>? ?Alberto
    >>>>>	?On 22/01/2018 18:49, Konstantin Tokarev wrote:
    >>>>>		?From [1] it seems like QT_MAC_USE_NATIVE_WEBVIEW environment variable is required to use native backend.
    >>>>>	
    >>>>>		?[1] https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/162337/
    >>>>>		Regards,
    >>>>>		Konstantin
    >>>>	 ?On 22 Jan 2018, at 18:22, Alberto Mardegan <mardy at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
    >>>>		?Yes, but still QtWebEngine is required, as QtWebView is linking to it.
    >>>>		?I've now removed a few lines of code here and there and got a version of
    >>>>		?QtWebView which builds fine under macos without being linked to QtWebEngine.
    >>>		?I'll soon try to see if it actually works.
    >>>>		?Ciao,
    >>>>		??Alberto
    >>>	>> 23.01.2018, 17:09, "Morten S?rvig" <morten.sorvig at qt.io>:
    >>>		The QtWebEngine requirement does seem to run counter to the purpose of the QtWebView module.
    >>>		It?s not really clear from the history what happened, but I think we can restore the original behavior:
    >>>		https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/217706/
    >>>		There was a discussion about run-time plugins in QtWebView, if they were implemented it won't be
    >>>		a problem to load and use QtWebEngine backend if it is really needed, and avoid it otherwise
    >>>		Morten
    >>	23.01.2018, 17:09, "Morten S?rvig" <mailto:morten.sorvig at qt.io>:
    >>		In the end we decided to go with this approach and finalize the plugin patch for dev. The other branches
    >>		will be left as-is. In the mean time it's possible is to build QtWebView from source with the above patch
    >>		If you want to avoid the QtWebEngine requirement.
    >>		
    >>		 Morten
    >>Apologies in advance if this comes off in any way as rude, I love Qt, and respect everyone here greatly.
    >>Am I correct in understanding that you are saying that prebuilt Qt packages cannot be used to submit to the app store,
    >>And that anyone who wishes to use Qt to develop an app on OSX and submit to the app store must be savvy enough to
   >>Build from source, and locate this thread in the dev newsgroup, and then apply the patch specified? 
>    
>    I agree with this point, but as I said we concluded with not changing the current Qt versions. Order
>    will be restored once the plugin patch is released. I?m not sure what the default plugin will be yet, but at
>    the very least you can select the native plugin by not building QWebEngine or not deploying the QWebEngine
>    plugin (e.g. with macdeployqt -appstore-compliant).
>    
>    Morten

>  

Thanks for the additional clarifications from Morten and Kai.  It wasn't clear to me from the above discussion at 23.01.2018, 17:09
that there are definite plans to go forward with the plugin.  We have been using Qt for 8 years now, since the 4.x timeframe, and 
from that vantage point we definitely understand that things don't happen immediately, but that they do happen in as timely a
fashion as is possible while maintaining the high standards that Qt is known for.

Steve Schilz
Pasco Scientific
Think Science