Re:Some thoughts after (almost) a year of real Xamarin use
by pjmlp on Saturday April 04, 2015 @03:18PM
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No it would not.
On my case, I wanted to make use of the native file pickers, which only became available in Qt 5.4 via QML (not C++)[0] for Android, with iOS and WP8 support still coming.
Granted, on Android's case the pickers are only available as of version 4.4, but they are available and it is also possible to use intents for lower versions and vender specific pickers.
On my specific case, I came to the conclusion that writing my own JNI layer would be less trouble than debugging Qt. However note that for me this is just hobby development, whenever I feel like coding for it.
Compared to Xamarin, The Qt Company seems to still be searching on what platform integration to sell to companies and how.
On my case, I wanted to make use of the native file pickers, which only became available in Qt 5.4 via QML (not C++)[0] for Android, with iOS and WP8 support still coming.
Granted, on Android's case the pickers are only available as of version 4.4, but they are available and it is also possible to use intents for lower versions and vender specific pickers.
On my specific case, I came to the conclusion that writing my own JNI layer would be less trouble than debugging Qt. However note that for me this is just hobby development, whenever I feel like coding for it.
Compared to Xamarin, The Qt Company seems to still be searching on what platform integration to sell to companies and how.
[0] http://blog.qt.io/blog/2014/12/10/qt-5-4-released/