[Interest] Qt 5.4 Android with Android 5.0 ART vs JNI/Dalvik

[Stromme Christian]

On Nov 6, 2014 2:48 AM, "md at rpzdesign.com" <md at rpzdesign.com> wrote:
>
> Has anybody gotten a sense of whether Qt 5.4 will handle Android 5.0
> Lollipop along with the JNI/C/C++ interface layer.

The JNI interface has not changed and should work as before.

>
> Dalvik is being replace by ART (A new java run time)
>

ART is not new in Lollipop, it was released in 4.4 and Qt have been talking with ART since the first day :) with the exception of some minor issues (fixed) early in 5.3 days I don't know of any issues with Qt and ART.

> It seems like a major hassle is coming down the pike for those using
> JNI/C/C++ development

I hope not... the biggest hassle I can think of is how they are going to deal with 32 bit binaries on 64 bit system if at all.

>
> Has anybody got experience with the Android 5.0 preview on Qt 5.4 beta?
>

AFAIK it runs on fine on our nexus 5 with the 5.0 preview.

> Cheers ya'all.
>
> Marco
>
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Christian
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