[Qt-qml] Trying hard to get WebView to work from a QML only program on N900 with Qt 4.7

[Alan Alpert]

On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:29:35 Cichowlas Bruce (Nokia-MS/Boston) wrote:
> I'm trying to run a QML only program that includes WebView (or the
> examples, for that matter).  Everything works until I try to display the
> WebView, at which point things go black and that is the end.
> 
> I've been installing the most recent .deb files to my N900 from the
> qt4-experimental files at the qt archives at gitorious.org .  Currently
> I'm using the 20100706 files.  Looking at the build log, it appears that a
> build attempted to happen on 20100716 but did not complete for a reason
> unclear to me.
> 
> Since that approach isn't working, I have started trying to build a Ubuntu
> environment for 4.7 on which I can hopefully simulate the N900.  Then, if
> it fails, I'd have better means to track exactly what is happening.
> 
> But perhaps the problem is some configuration issue of which I'm not aware.
>  Is anyone able to run any of the demos and examples from Qt4.7 on a N900?
>  I've been launching them using the QMLViewer icon, since they are solely
> QML code.  Is there a better way?
> 
> Thanks,
> Bruce

The problem could be that the WebView module is missing (it is in a separate 
module to other QML types). Try using the qt4-experimental packages from the 
maemo extras-devel repository instead, as they are more likely to be complete. 
They are what I've been using to successfully run examples.

-- 
Alan Alpert
Software Engineer
Nokia, Qt Development Frameworks