Writing applications for Ubuntu (including Ubuntu Phone) and questions about the application submission process to the Ubuntu Software Center. This covers both open source and commercial applications.
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How to use Ubuntu App Developer's Key system?
Okay so I made a package and submitted it to Ubuntu App Developer. It does not install any files directly, but does depend on Qt framework. The License Key system Ubuntu provides says it will look for ...
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Problem with Quickly text input field
The Problem
I am using Quickly to try the mybrowser demo from the Ubuntu Website.
Everything goes well until I add a simple text field (for URL entry) in Glade, then, no warnings are issued but the ...
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How can I theme my Qt app to resemble one written in Gtk?
Mark Shuttleworth recently blogged about the decision to include the Qt libraries in the 11.10 release, with a followup from Jono Bacon. The thing that puts me off Qt apps is that they don't blend in ...
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Convertion of tiff image in Python script - OCR using tesseract
I want to convert a tiff image file to text document. My code perfectly as I expected to convert tiff images with usual font but its not working for french script font . My tiff image file contains ...
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Unity .desktop Actions internationalization and localization?
How can we translate Desktop Action Names? Is it supported by quickly, launchpad?
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Why can't I define the size of a Gtk.Entry embedded in a Gtk.Toolbar?
I have embedded a Gtk.Entry box into a Gtk.Toolbar, however changing the requested width of practically anything (i.e. the Gtk.ToolItem that contains the Gtk.Entry and the Gtk.Entry itself) doesn't ...
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Changes to the KDE library prevent compiz 0.9.7.12 from compiling
I have been been following a tutorial on modifying existing compiz plugins, but run into the following error when compiling compiz-0.9.7.12:
In file included from ...
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Launcher icon highlite on drop
I am making Ubuntu application and I want my launcher icon to be highlighted, when file is about to be dropped on it, like for instance nautilus icon.
As far as I understand I can do it by adding mime ...
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Can I create an app for the Ubuntu Touch platform using PyQt?
Will I be able to create an app for the Ubuntu Touch platform targeted at phones and tablets using PyQt?
What are the options for writing apps for Ubuntu Touch using Python?
Thanks.
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Manual to Quickly: application preferences?
Where can one find a manual to Quickly, where it is written about using (=programming, how to connect widgets in PreferencesDialogWindow with preferences, and how to use them in the application) ...
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Error while running Quickly
Getting an error while running quickly app:
Creating project directory sata
Creating bzr repository and committing
Launching your newly created project!
(sata:2701): GLib-GIO-ERROR **: Settings ...
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Easiest way to add a GUI to a Python code?
I'm planning out a Raspberry Pi project, and I want to make it very easy to use. My dad will be using it, and I'd like for it to be usable without having to interact with the terminal. I just want a ...
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Gtk.SelectionMode.MULTIPLE allows selection of only one row in Gtk.TreeView
I'm developing an application using Quickly. I have a Gtk.TreeView with a Gtk.ListStore as its model. The selection mode of the Gtk.SelectionMode is set to Gtk.SelectionMode.MULTIPLE.
The problem is ...
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Open ports for development purposes
I'm doing some Java ME Development in my brand-new Ubuntu laptop, coming from a now replaced Windows Vista one.
What I'm trying to do is run a Mobile Simulator that acts as an HTTP Server -receives ...
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Dynamically create XmlListModel?
Is it possible to dynamically create XmlListModel using a javascript function in a .qml file?
Also, what can I execute qml file with so that I can get console.log() to the command line?
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How long does it take to complete the review stages in Ubuntu?
When we submit an application to the Ubuntu Software Center, how long does it take to complete the review stages? Namely,
Pending Review
In Review
How long (average or based on your experience) ...
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Will Ubuntu Phone run Java apps (not Android)
If an application or a game is written in Java for desktop Linux, but with touch friendly interface,
will it be able to run on the Ubuntu Phone and Tablet?
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How to set quickly to use python3 when creating new applications in Ubuntu 12.04
I'm just starting to learn python and use the standard set of tools in ubuntu 12.04 (quickly, glade, gedit).
When I do quickly create ubuntu-application foo the application uses python 2.7 by ...
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Spin button General properties in Glade arranged in a weird manner
Can you see in the properties you have to scroll all the way to the right to see whats on the buttons.
Is this a bug or can I edit this from somewhere, this only happens in spinbuttons and their ...
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Problems related with spin buttons
So, I have an important problem related with spin buttons in Python/GTK3. I'm trying to create a spin button in my project, Virtuam, and it seems to work... but with a bug which blocks the +/- ...
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Common SDK for Ubuntu Touch an “Classic”?
I started to develop Apps for Ubuntu using "quickly".
Nice toolset and I love python as Programming language.
I have a question regarding development for Mobile Devices and the "Classic" x86 Systems:
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ComboBoxText in Glade / GTK+3 / Python - disappears when displayed 2nd time
I'm trying to implement a drop down list in an Ubuntu app using Glade (GTK+3) and Python. I can get the ComboBoxText to display, populated with strings. However when I close the window it is contained ...
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How can I add a pip based dependency to a Quickly project?
There is a great topic here about dependencies from ubuntu repositories. But my app depends on python package, which has to be install with sudo pip install package. Can I add this kind of dependency ...
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Ubuntu Touch SDK problems
I have installed the Ubuntu touch SDK the way it is advised on the Ubuntu dev website (with sudo apt-get install ubuntu). I'm using Ubuntu 13.04.
The problems/symptoms are the following :
When I ...
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What is Ubuntu Touch's policy on protection of QML/js source?
My friends and I wish to write mobile apps for Ubuntu touch as a business venture when it releases. However, each and every bit of the source needs to be protected for the business prospects to work. ...
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Glade GUI in Python 2.7 crashes
I created a simple program using a glade .xml file and it, whenever I run the program, it crashes!
Here's the Python code:
#!/usr/bin/env python
import pygtk
pygtk.require("2.0")
import gtk
class ...
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Quickly can't package, but raises no errors
I am trying to make a .deb package for my project in quickly. This is what I get:
ilya@ilya-laptop:~/Projects/online-translator$ quickly package
...........Ubuntu packaging created in debian/
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Maintaining kernel modules submitted in the Software Center over kernel updates
This question is specifically for submitting a package in the Software Center.
If I wish to submit a package that contains a kernel module (*.ko) which will install in /lib/modules/ and there is a ...
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Text entry box on quickly not working
right now I'm doing the 'create your first ubuntu app' youtube tutorial. I'm trying the text entry box and nothing comes up when I enter text. Here's my code,
self.urlentry = ...
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Ubuntu Colours Pallete Licence
I am developing some Chrome app and started using Ubuntu colours for it. The ones I found in the Ubuntu Colour Palette. I assume it's there and public so that app developers could create a consistent ...
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How do I find out how popular an application is?
For me there are two use cases when I am interested in the popularity of a given application or an application version on Ubuntu:
There is a choice of several similar applications. Before I install ...
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How to make an ubuntu SDK dialog not stretch over the full mainview?
When I create a dialog with the Ubuntu SDK, like in the example below, the dialog covers the full mainview:
import QtQuick 2.0
import Ubuntu.Components 0.1
import Ubuntu.Components.Popups 0.1
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Is there any way to create custom maintainer scripts with quickly?
I'm creating a GUI for a pre-existing cli program. There are a few functions that the cli program doesn't have build in, so I wrote custom C programs (since the libraries I needed were written in C). ...
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Are there any standard icons for qml-app-development? [closed]
I am developing a qml-app and I want to put icons on the buttons. I would like to use ubuntu standard icons to get the real ubuntu look for my app. How can I do this?
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100% No-Non-Sense Native C/C++ Development Or Not? [closed]
It is no secret that Google has been very liberal with the meaning of the word "open" with Android. An unsuspecting observer would think that, because Android is purportedly "open", a third-party ...
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Grid view at Ubuntu touch - How to use it?
In article about content views is a part about a Grid view. But I didn't found anywhere how to use it. Do you knew something about it?
Tahnks for answer!
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What are the design guidelines for appindicator icons?
I am creating a Unity AppIndicator using Python + PyGObject, but I wish for it's icon to be in standard Ubuntu style. Where can I find appropriate guidelines for using colours (or is it just ...
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How to get Ubuntu AppIndicator icon coordinates
I'm working on Ubuntu Linux 12.04 and create software built on top of GTK+ 3 using pygobject.
I've got a task of showing popup windows just below the app indicator icon of my application and I can't ...
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How do I install an app on a device running ubuntu touch?
I've built the sample app for ubuntu touch and I've got a device running the preview.
So how do I put the app on the device?
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How Will App Permissions be Handled in Ubuntu Touch?
Most elements of the hardware, or data sets shared between apps on the Android and iOS platform are controlled strongly, and only provided to apps explicitly on a need-to-know basis. This can allow ...
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Run system commands from QML App
I'm creating a QML app for Ubuntu Touch to easily manager your Minecraft server. Just for fun and to learn QML. However, I got somewhat stuck on a step on my app.
I'm more of a web developer, never ...
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How to display popup dialog after app start?
If i use the PopupUtils.open() command in the Component.onCompleted property of the any item it does nothing, example:
Rectangle {
id: rect
height: 600
width: height
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What application will give me a calendar with a year view?
Most applications have month or week or agenda view but I'm looking for something that can give me a one year spread.
TIA
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How does Application Review Board work?
According to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AppReviews the Application Review Process is good both for upstream software developers and Ubuntu packagers. The point seems to be that the upstream developers ...
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How do I get started with an Ubuntu friendly GUI framework?
I have a few small scripts that I use for routine tasks. They require simple parameters to run. Rather than running them from the terminal, I'd prefer to pick something from the menu, be presented ...
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How to work with processes?
I have seen similar questions here, but I didn't get my answer. Maybe it's because I am new to all this and just don't understand. I want my app to work mostly as an indicator. And if user would start ...
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Is QML-Python a good UI-backend combination? [closed]
I wanted to try out a few desktop applications whose GUI is written in QML alone and the backend in python. Is this a good choice for writing desktop applications? I'l be using PyQt. What are the ...
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How do I develop an Ubuntu application in HTML and JS?
I am developing an app and I think HTML and JavaScript are better for the future, but I cannot find any tutorials (I need the app to use the system theme).
Are there bindings for Unity, message menu ...
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Ubuntu touch design as in example
How can I create a design like for ubuntu touch at this design pageStack contacts example? I'll use it as it is in that exmaple (in a pageStack).
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Create C++ native code without QML
I want to create native C++ code for Ubuntu phone that is NOT QML based. In fact, I want to create native C++ code that:
1) does not use or depend upon Qt
2) uses SDL to bring up a window
3) Get a ...
