[PySide] PySide for Android & comprehensive build and usage guide

[Ludo Visser]

Hi Martin,

This is awesome.  I will give this a try soon; I've been waiting for
a solution like this for Android development.

Thanks!

On Feb 18, 2013, at 5:02 pm, Martin Kolman wrote:

> Hi,
> I would like announce that I've managed to build Shiboken & PySide 
> against the latest Necessitas Qt libraries for Android.
> I've also found found a way to bundle all the necessary libraries to 
> single standalone Android APK package.
> 
> This basically means, that it is now possible to write Python & PySide 
> applications that can be installed from standalone APK packages to 
> non-rooted user devices, just like any other Android application.
> While I haven't tried that yet, it should be also possible to submit 
> them to Google Play and other online Android application 
> stores/repositories.
> 
> 
> Build & usage guide
> I've written this comprehensive Pyside for Android guide:
> http://modrana.org/trac/wiki/PySideForAndroid
> 
> The guide covers & contains:
> * building PySide for Android from source
> * description of how the PySide port & packaging works on Android
> * an example Python & PySide & Qt Components application in the form of 
> an installable standalone APK
> * an example project for the Necessitas Qt Creator + instructions how to 
> modify it to generate APKs for custom applications
> * links to source code
> * links to pre-built binaries
> 
> 
> Screenshots
> http://modrana.org/trac/wiki/ScreenshotsEN#PySideQtComponentsexample
> These screenshots show the example application after it is installed & 
> started on an android device (HP Touchpad with CM9 in this case).
> The example application uses MeeGo Qt Components, which are also bundled 
> together with a cut-down theme and the other libraries (Python & PySide) 
> in the APK.
> 
> 
> Looking forward to your feedback ! :)
> 
> 
> Acknowledgement
> This project is building on the awesome work done previously by others. 
> I basically "just" put the puzzle together. :)
> 
> * Thomas Perl - showed that PySide for Android is possible
> * Ssortagem at Github - integrated & improved THPs patches for Shiboken and 
> PySide
> * android-python27 - solved the APK bundling issue, created the initial 
> Qt Creator Project & provides Android-buildable Python 2.7
> * the BlackBerry-Py project - I've used their PySide build instructions 
> as a base when making the Android build scripts
> * the Necessitas project - made Qt on Android possible & provides the 
> Necessitas Qt Creator
> * Qt - provided the GUI toolkit :)
> * PySide - provided the Python-Qt bindings
> * Ineans Qt Components - provided the Qt Components used in the example 
> application & project
> 
> Thanks a lot, without your work, this would not be possible ! :)
> 
> Kind regards
> Martin Kolman
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