[Qt-interest] Qt Webkit and Google Earth Plugin?

[Luke Hill]

<Oliver.Knoll <at> comit.ch> writes:

> 
> Hello,
> 
> does the Google Earth Plugin work in Qt Webkit? I am currently trying to 
display e.g.
> 
>   http://code.google.com/intl/de-DE/apis/earth/
> 
> in my QWebView.
> 
> Just after instantiating my QApplication object - and before anything else - I 
do have:
> 
>   QWebSettings::globalSettings()->setAttribute(QWebSettings::PluginsEnabled, 
true);
> 
> This /does/ make a difference, because the Flash video on the site above 
("Featured Video") plays fine!
> (Setting PluginsEnabled to false does indeed not load the Flash plugin).
> 
> But unfortunatelly where the Google Earth is supposed to displayed I get a 
static image, saying that
> 
> "Your browser does not support the Google Earth Plugin
> Please try again with one of these browsers:
> Google Chrome 1.0+
> Internet Explorer 6+
> Firefox 2.0+
> Flock 1.0+"
> 
> (The URL above does work on my Windows XP machine, in Firefox 3.6 and IE 7).
> 
> Oh and just now I have installed Safari on Windows XP, and this browser 
renders the *same* message! :( So
> apparently Google Earth Plugin does not support (Q)WebKit on Windows. Will 
recompile my code on my Mac
> tonight and see whether that makes a difference: according to
> http://earth.google.com/intl/en/plugin/ Safari 3.1+ is at least supported on 
Mac OS X (so maybe that
> plugin then also works with QtWebkit, at least on Mac)...
> 
> But then again,
> http://code.google.com/intl/de-
DE/apis/earth/documentation/#installing_the_google_earth_plugin
> mentions that "Although the plugin and API may work correctly on other 
browsers that support NPAPI with
> npruntime extensions, these browsers are not officially supported." (whatever 
that means, I am not
> browser plugin expert). So maybe there are any tweaks how to make the plugin 
work anyway with Qt Webkit?
> Where does Qt Webkit look for its plugins anyway (I am very new to that 
class)? According to
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2139983/add-a-new-plugins-path-to-qtwebkit 
they are
> "stored in the Mozilla Firefox plugins directory or the standard plugins 
directories". So how is the
> "Mozilla Firefox plugin" directory located, where is the "standard plugin 
directory" (the one like %
>  QTDIR%/plugins? I did not see any subfolder like 'webkit' or the like.)?
> 
> Any other experience? A Google search does not come up with much (except some 
other guys asking the same
> question in Qt Forum etc.)
> 
> Or does anyone know whether it is possible to remote-control Google Earth (the 
application, not the
> plugin) on Mac, just like on Windows with the http://earth.google.com/comapi/ 
(which off course is
> "Windows only")? And apparently http://code.google.com/intl/de-
DE/apis/earth/documentation/
> (the "JavaScript API") is the way to go anyway, the COM API does not seem to 
receive much love anymore...
> 
> Thanks,
>   Oliver

Oliver, any progress on this. I am also trying to embed Google Earth in a QT 
desktop application. Any pointers on your solution if you have found one by now 
would be appreciated. Thanks!