[Interest] How to run a WinRT app on a Window 8 intel tablet?

[Andrew Knight]

Hi Nuno,

On 08/06/15 13:05, Nuno Santos wrote:
> Oliver,
>
> Is Qt for WinRT only available for x64 arch?
In terms of pre-built releases, yes.
>
> The test tablet I got is x64 but it has a 32bit windows installed on it.
>
> Is there any way of work around this?
Build Qt yourself with the winrt-x86-msvc2013 mkspec.
>
> Regards,
>
> Nuno
>
> On 04/06/2015 12:37, Oliver Wolff wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am afraid that deployment to a device from Creator only works for
>> Windows Phone but not for Windows Tablets. For Tablets you have to
>> package/deploy everything manually using windeployqt for example. The
>> other option (that I would tend to avoid) would be building on your
>> tablet (if it has an x86 CPU).
>> Another option would be to use Visual Studio. There it should be
>> possible to select your tablet and deploy the application you created
>> (for example by calling qmake -tp vc CONFIG+=windeployqt).
>> Some more information can be found on
>> http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/winrt-support.html#package-content but the content
>> here is partially outdated and being updated at the moment. The D3D
>> shader service for example is no longer needed.
>>
>> BR,
>> Olli
>>
>> On 6/4/2015 12:57, Nuno Santos wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm doing my first experiments with WinRT.
>>>
>>> I have a Dell Window 8 tablet and i'm trying to run a QtQuick Hello
>>> World program on it.
>>>
>>> I was able to start the app on the computer but not on the tablet.
>>>
>>> I thought there was a mechanism like iOS and Android, in which I could
>>> select the device.
>>>
>>> Is there any guide line on how to proceed?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Nuno
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