[Interest] XAML and CX in Qt for Windows Phone

[Đèn cù Phan Quang Huy]

Dear Andrew,

Recently, i was a bit busy so i can tried it today. (ZW) extension only
enable to use CX. I want to render Qt to XAML scene graph. How can i do
it???

Sorry for my poor English :) !


On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Đèn cù Phan Quang Huy <
matdennoigi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Andrew!
> I will try it.
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 2:52 AM, Knight Andrew <Andrew.Knight at digia.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Huy Phan Quang wrote:
>> > So, it mean "i must rebuild qt source code"???
>>
>> Not for using C++/CX in your application (why would it)? You just need to
>> tell the compiler to enable the extensions (/ZW). Qt will happily link just
>> the same.
>>
>> -Andrew
>>
>> ---
>>
>> From:
>> Knight Andrew
>>
>> Sent:
>> ‎13/‎08/‎2014 4:32 CH
>>
>> To:
>> Đèn cù Phan Quang Huy;
>>
>> interest at qt-project.org
>>
>> Subject:
>> RE: [Interest] XAML and CX in Qt for Windows Phone
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> > Hi all !
>>
>> >
>>
>> > In Windows Phone 8, Microsoft provided a new technique for native
>> development (C++). There are 2 template for native :
>>
>> >
>>
>> > Native Only (only use C++) template: this template only use pure C++
>> with limited access to Platform API (C# implementation like Camera, Push
>> Notification, etc.). It has been only used
>>
>> >  for game development (with DirectX). XAML + C# + C++ template: with
>> this template, in fact, it is “general Windows Phone template” with XAML for
>>
>> >  layout, C# for logic processing and C++ for backend heavily
>> processing. Example, the game render would be written in C++ (like native
>> only) but it would be rendered on a control in XAML. MS provided a mechanism
>>
>> >  for communicate between C# and C++, is “CX” (much like C++.net) and it
>> much like JNI mechanism in Android. CX allows C++ can access C# Platform
>> API,
>>
>> >  which can’t be accessed directly from C++.
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> > In Qt, when i want to build for Windows Phone, i will create Visual
>> Studio Solution by “qmake” and build it in Visual Studio, but the output
>> solution of it is > “Native Only Template”, thus i can’t write CX and
>> integrated any Ad Banner for my app.
>>
>> >
>>
>> > Please add qmake optional for create Xaml template. It's very useful!
>>
>>
>>
>> As you have noted, Windows Phone allows for "Native Only" development,
>> and this is what Qt uses. We do not use any CX, C#, or XAML in the Qt
>> codebase, and this is likely to remain the case as we go along.
>>
>>
>>
>> That said, there is nothing preventing you from using CX in your code.
>> You simply need to add
>>
>>     QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -ZW
>>
>> to your .pro file to enable the extensions.
>>
>>
>>
>> XAML integration is also possible in theory, but it requires major
>> changes to Qt. If you're not planning to use any Qt UI integration
>> (Widgets, Qt Quick, etc.), then you probably won't have any serious issues
>> using XAML, though. The two experiments are available
>>  on Code Review:
>>
>> https://codereview.qt-project.org/86264
>>
>> https://codereview.qt-project.org/88593
>>
>> They involve modifying winmain, a static BSD-licensed support library in
>> qtbase. You are welcome to do something similar in your app; just rebuild
>> winmain or link to your version of winmain instead.
>>
>>
>>
>> So, to summarize: we don't use these features in Qt (and have no plans
>> to), but there are ways to use them in your app.
>>
>>
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>>
>>
>> P.S. What ad banner framework are you using? It may actually be possible
>> to use it from native C++ by generating headers from the winrtmidl compiler.
>>
>>
>>
>
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