Snapping Ubuntu phone app using "ubuntu-app-platform"

XiaoGuo Liu xiaoguo.liu at canonical.com
Thu Nov 24 02:43:08 UTC 2016


Hi,

I have created a Chinese blog at
http://blog.csdn.net/ubuntutouch/article/details/53315941. It shows how to
make use of ubuntu-app-platform to create a Qt-based application using
content interface. Hopefully, it is useful to some of you!

Thanks & best regards,
XiaoGuo

On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 3:48 PM, XiaoGuo Liu <xiaoguo.liu at canonical.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I just found that there was nothing wrong with my project. After some
> troubleshooting, I finally found the root cause of the problem. The ubuntu-app-platform
> is based on Qt 5.6.1 version. However, the Qt version on my desktop is Qt
> 5.5.1
>
> As suggested by the blog https://developer.ubuntu.
> com/en/blog/2016/11/16/snapping-qt-apps/, we need to install
> the  stable-phone-overlay at https://launchpad.net/~ci-t
> rain-ppa-service/+archive/ubuntu/stable-phone-overlay/. We need to do
> "sudo apt upgrade" and "sudo apt dist-upgrade" to make sure our Qt version
> is Qt 5.6.1. Then everything will be fine.
>
> Best regards,
> XiaoGuo
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 12:21 PM, XiaoGuo Liu <xiaoguo.liu at canonical.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just read a blog about snapping a Qt app at:
>>
>> https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/blog/2016/11/16/snapping-qt-apps/
>>
>> I followed the step, and I made my own project at:
>>
>> https://github.com/liu-xiao-guo/rssreader_platform
>>
>> The file size is dropped dramatically. However, there is a problem when
>> launching the app:
>>
>> =================================================================
>> "This application failed to start because it could not find or load the
>> Qt platform plugin "xcb".
>>
>> Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
>> Aborted (core dumped)
>> =================================================================
>>
>> I am not sure what is missing in my project.
>>
>> However, my sample app at https://github.com/liu-xiao-guo/rssreader_slim.
>> It works fine, and it does not use "ubuntu-app-platform", which uses the
>> content sharing.
>>
>> Can anyone help me?
>>
>> Thanks & best regards,
>> XiaoGuo
>>
>>
>> --
>> XiaoGuo, Liu
>>
>
>
>
> --
> XiaoGuo, Liu
>



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XiaoGuo, Liu
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