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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Does Ubuntu Phone SDK support 12.04? [duplicate]
I'm excited about Ubuntu Phone supporting QML, and i'm wondering if the SDK supports 12.04?
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Ubuntu SDK for windows
From where can I download Ubuntu SDK for mobile application development? I can not find any links.
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Problem with Ubuntu Phone SDK demo app
I have installed the Ubuntu phone SDK on a VirtualBox VM running Ubuntu Precise (12.04.2 LTS) as the guest OS. The "guest extensions" have been installed. The guest OS kernel is 32 bit 3.2.0-37 ...
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Can commercial applications use Gsettings?
According to specified technical requirements, a commercial application must be self‑contained in a single directory (which I agree is a good requirement), and use ~/.config/<app-name> for its ...
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Hardware accelerated video and OpenGLES
Everybody is talking about the new "Ubuntu OS for Smartphones" and that it can easily be ported to different hardware designs.
Well, from other porting activities it became clear that it is not ...
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What's the architecture of Ubuntu Phone?
Will Ubuntu Phone be more an Android or more a "normal" Linux? Or in other Words: will it be possible to have e.g. wxWidgets/wxWidgets-applications on it?
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NFC on Ubuntu Mobile in General
There's already a question about the Nexus 7, but I'm thinking more about something like an abstraction layer expressed in the toolkit for NFC. That would work in the same way as 'native apps' on ...
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Will python development be supported on Ubuntu mobile? [duplicate]
Are there plans to support applications developed using python in Ubuntu Mobile?
If so, can you give some general information about restrictions or limitations?
Thanks!
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Changing the category that Quickly apps install to
In gnome and lxde, Quickly apps install to Accessories category by default. I want my app to install to the Internet category. Is there a way to make it so it will automatically install to Internet ...
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How can I update the Ubuntu SDK preview from the Qt 5 Beta PPA to the Qt 5 Release PPA
When the Ubuntu SDK preview was announced on the 2nd of January, it was based on the Qt 5 Beta release (as Qt 5 had not yet been released and packaged for Ubuntu). At some point, the Qt 5 release was ...
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Issues installing qt5 & sdk for phone app
I followed the instructions for downloading the qt5, but it failed.
I downloaded qt4 from package manager in 12.10.
I then tried to install sdk through terminal, but to no avail did it bring it up it ...
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Are there any tutorials available which would help me learn the concepts of Mobile Development?
Right now I am working on Asp & C#.net. I am also interested in Mobile App Development and want to start with Ubuntu Mobile development using C#.Net.
Are there any tutorials available which would ...
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jQuery in Doxygen generated API documentation
I am using Doxygen on Ubuntu 12.10 to generate API documentation for a C++ library and demon. This works fine with one issue, I can not seem to resolve.
Doxygen uses jQuery in the generated files to ...
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Cannot overwrite file /home/baadshah/.config/QtProject/qtcreator/toolchains.xml: Permission denied
Cannot overwrite file /home/baadshah/.config/QtProject/qtcreator/qtversion.xml:
Permission denied
Cannot overwrite file /home/baadshah/.config/QtProject/qtcreator/toolchains.xml:
Permission denied
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QML Module not found [duplicate]
I am getting QML module not found on this line import Ubuntu.Components 0.1. I have installed the ubuntu-sdk. I have QT creator 2.6.1 installed.
Please kindly help or direct me to where I can get ...
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How and where can I monetise my application?
I am currently publishing Android apps on Google Play and the Amazon Appstore.
Are you going to provide a similiar place to market apps?
If so, is there some kind of Digital Rights Management ...
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How do I combine two toolbar buttons into one?
In my application toolbar, I have two toolbar buttons Travel Planner and Departures as shown below,
I need to change it this,
As you can see in the 2nd image, it seems that 1 button has 3 ...
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How to make Gtk spinbutton symbolic in 12.04 in only a specific application?
I am currently developing an application for Ubuntu 12.04 and Ubuntu 12.10 systems. My application is completely monochromatic except for the spinbuttons as seen in the screenshot below.
This issue ...
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How can I make a HTML5 app for Ubuntu Mobile?
Is there any tutorial? I made some apps in HTML5 but I don't know how to "compile" or transform this code to obtain an Ubuntu Mobile App.
Thanks for your help.
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Further information on the Ubuntu Phone SDK [closed]
We saw many threads on the Ubuntu User Interface Toolkit that will be available for the Ubuntu Phone application development (see this thread for example). But there seems to be no information about ...
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What is the equivalent to Android Intent and BroadcastReceiver?
I've played with and written code for Android and I learned the concept of Intents and BroadcastReceivers in Android. They are used to call Apps for specific purposes like making a call or playing ...
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Highlighting Gtk Entry fields on invalid input by user
I am creating a program using Python and Gtk. I want to guide the user by pointing out mistakes if any. I have attached a sample glade interface below. Here the user is supposed to enter a valid ...
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How can I install a Gsettings Schema without root privileges?
The typical workflow to install a Gsettings Schema is this:
Create a schema, with the extension .gschema.xml, with contents like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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Does a company writing C++ apps have to share its source code if it calls unmodified QT or Ubuntu libraries?
What is the relationship between Ubuntu and QT and Canonical? The coming Ubuntu phone looks interesting. Ubuntu seems to be interwoven with QT. If my company wants to write commercial C++ apps ...
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Testing Ubuntu mobile applications
I'm currently reading much about the new Ubuntu mobile (phone) OS and now I'm wondering if there is the possibility to test applications. I know that QtCreator is the recommended IDE and an emulator ...
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Uploading quickly packages to Launchpad
I created an application using Quickly and packaged it using the command quickly package. But after I uploaded it to my PPA, I got a message from Launchpad saying:
Rejected:
Source/binary (i.e. ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 Auto-Diagnostic Programs
I want to know if someone has any experience with any auto-diagnostic programs in Ubuntu 12.04. Does any program of this kind work in Linux?
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Screen dependent image resolution
I'm currently reading some articles about QML, QtQuick and the soon coming Ubuntu SDK and I'm wondering if there are any mechanism that allow a device resolution dependent selection of image ...
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unable to install the Ubuntu Toolkit
I wanted to install the Ubuntu tool kit to get started programming, but when the install was nearly on its end it threw up the following error:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
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Can't compile a GTK+ program, errors in GTK-files
for years ago I downloaded GTK+-dev. Now I would create a programm with GTK+. Simply startet with the example on http://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/gtk-getting-started.html, I get lots of ...
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Are charges made on application updates?
I'm planning to develop an open source application and am also considering to set a non-zero price for it.
If an user purchases the app, will he be charged again when updates are released?
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Does Ubuntu app store sell beta of games?
Most games are in constant development, you may release something or stay in beta and that beta may be of very high quality yet incomplete.
Does the ubuntu store do beta funding ?
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Problems with QML Tool Kit Installation: “unmet dependencies: qt-components-ubuntu: … ”
I am following the directions on the page for Ubuntu App Development:
http://developer.ubuntu.com/get-started/gomobile/
Command 1:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:canonical-qt5-edgers/qt5-beta1 ...
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“quickly tutorial ubuntu-application” not working
I installed Quickly with sudo apt-get install quickly. If I want to read the tutorial with quickly tutorial ubuntu-application I get the following error message:
FEHLER: No tutorial command found.
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Issues installing QML toolkit preview [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I resolve unmet dependencies?
I was following the instructions from http://developer.ubuntu.com/get-started/gomobile/ to install the QML toolkit preview, but I ...
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Is there any plan to merge `qt-components-ubuntu` into official QT/QML?
Is there any plan to merge qt-components-ubuntu into official QT/QML? Is it ongoing already? It's quite sad that ubuntu forked qt. I want to use qml to build a desktop app, and widgets introduced in ...
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Is GTK+ supported on Ubuntu for phones
I wondered if GTK UI library would be supported on Ubuntu phone and tablet ?
I know the SDK for mobile encourage QML/QT but will it be still possible to develop apps for phones, and especially ...
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Need more information about API for 'Ubuntu for Phones' [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I start developing applications for Ubuntu mobile?
I would like to develop a app on Ubuntu for Phones. I have already developed apps on iPhone and Android. Could ...
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Fetcher in Currency Converter Ubuntu app
I saw in the Ubuntu phone app tutorial that the fetcher in the currency converter is from ecb's web page. Do you know if that data can be legally used in a real app or web page? I suspect that data ...
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What are the alternatives for notify-send?
I use notify-send for desktop notifications and I get notifications with expected summary and body. However, notify-send has limitations and so I would like a few recommendations on alternatives for ...
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Positon of exit button [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Window Controls moved to right hand side
How can I move all the window controls to the right?
How can I set up the exit button on aplications to be on the right side ...
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Kinect + Webcam - Bandwidth issue
I am making an application on Ubuntu 12.04 and ROS Fuerte (Robot Operating System) using the Microsoft Kinect sensor and a logitech webcam. Both work perfectly fine independently. For information I ...
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Can I respond to comments in Software Center as app developer?
Is there anyway to respond to some comments privately on the Ubuntu software center? Some users of my app seem to be having problems but have not filed bug reports or asked questions on the launchpad ...
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Ubuntu.Components QML Module
I installed QTCreator and Ubuntu SDK as shown here.
When trying to run the code sample provided here, QTCreator tells me it can't find the Ubuntu.Components QML Module.
Notes:
The build-logs says:
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How to add licensing to Ubuntu Application?
I am developing a commercial app for Ubuntu Software Center. Since it is commercial, I do not want users can simply copy/download the app from somewhere else and put it into PCs without buying it ...
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Access native functions in ubuntu phone
I'm looking at app development for ubuntu phone and it really looks great! But is it possible to access the native functionality of the phone like make a phone call or save a file?
The API ...
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Is development of Ubuntu phone on other platforms possible?
When I first read about Ubuntu phone I became very excited about it. However, I am disappointed to see that if I want to get started I should download and install Ubuntu first. While I can totally ...
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How do I get high resolution icons in Unity for my application without a .desktop file?
I am trying to fix a problem I found with a Java application. It has a too low res icon. After reading the source of it I modified it to have a bigger icon. SWT uses the gtk_window_set_icon() function ...
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Looking for developers to help me turn ideas into products [closed]
Can anyone suggest how I might go about looking for young developers who can help me turn linux-based ideas into products (initially unpaid)?
I am a Business Analyst not a coder and have a couple of ...
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Upload .sdb3 database to Ubuntu One (python) [closed]
I am tying to add Ubuntu One support to my app. I followed this tutorial: http://developer.ubuntu.com/resources/app-developer-cookbook/ubuntu-one/adding-ubuntu-one-files-support-to-your-app/
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