[Qt-creator] Testing 3.3.0-rc1 for iOS, random feedback

[Fawzi Mohamed]

> On 01 Dec 2014, at 16:28, Harri Pasanen <harri at mpaja.com> wrote:
> 
> After some searching I did find the device switch from the target selector down left at the UI.   Thanks for the tip.

good :)

> 
> For some reason I hardly ever used that, typically went through the Project / Build & Run panel if I needed to change the run settings and from there the device selection is not obvious for iOS.   

I agree that being consistent would be better, but actually android uses (from creator perspective) a single device, which then in the android plugin then maps to the “current” device used by the tools.
iOS on the other hand actually defines different [Qt Creator] devices for different iOS devices, and either in that selector, or Build&Run is how you change the device in creator.

Actually the simulator is a bit more like android, as there is a single device, but in projects>run you can choose the actual device (I thought about using QtCreator devices also there, but those do not scale well for large numbers).

Using a single device for real devices and have a creator global switch seems worse to me than the actual setup.

Fawzi
> 
> I think for consistency Android, iOS and other mobile platforms should behave the same way though.
> 
> Harri
> 
> 
> On 01/12/2014 14:31, Fawzi Mohamed wrote:
>> Well I think that remembering the device is how it is supposed to be:
>> having an iPad and an iPhone it is not clear that switching depending on the connect/disconnect sequence of the devices is better, especially if one (for example) has an iPad only app.
>> Creator tell you as hint on the run button that you might want to switch, and just above the run button(in the kit/target selector) you can change the device.
>> So I find it better than the alternative. 
>> 
>> Fawzi
>>> On 25 Nov 2014, at 18:53, Ariel Molina <ariel at edis.mx <mailto:ariel at edis.mx>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> There seems to be some glitch when trying to switch devices though.
>>> I first ran some demos on my iPhone and that worked quite well.
>>> However, when I plug in my iPad3, the run configuration insists in my
>>> iPhone.
>>> Even if I go to Qt Creator preferences and set the iPad 3 as default
>>> device, it still does not mention it...
>>> 
>>> Update, I just noticed that for some reason the Kit has a device preference.
>>> Why is it so?   That is unlike the behavior with Android.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Yes, I found that too, some time ago I reported a bug about the Kits in general, they seem to be too tied to devices, they may it really too difficult to work with several devices. The only one that's working fine is the Android deployment, which asks which device to run every time.
>>> 
>>> Kits also make it difficult to switch Generic Linux Devices btw, just try using, say 10 Raspberry PI or Toradex, and you will find youself making 10 Kits, one for each IP address.
>>> 
>>> For iOS is specilly counter-intuitive, you need to change it in two places.
>>>  
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