Felgo 3.5.0 adds support for WebAssembly (WASM). This allows you to use Felgo and Qt to build applications that also run in the browser. With this update you get access to a new target platform, with the same source code and skills you already used to develop mobile, desktop and embedded apps with Felgo and Qt. Felgo for WebAssembly helps …
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Release 3.5.0: Run your Qt and Felgo Apps in the Browser with WebAssembly (WASM)
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Firebase Tutorial Android & iOS: Create an App with Realtime Database and Login – 2020
Mobile apps need a backend. They store settings & data, high scores, check licenses and generate statistics. All these use cases have one thing in common: they use a central database. Coding a full-blown backend takes a lot of time. Think about end-to-end security, communication interfaces and database structure. When you then get to details like concurrent access, it gets …
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How to avoid C++ models in Qt and why you should care
Many tools rely on web technologies like JavaScript and HTML for mobile app development. But a web view does not offer the performance, features and user experience of native apps. While the Qt framework is C++ based, you can also code with QML and JavaScript. In fact, you can create full apps without even touching C++. This post shows how to save …
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How to Expose a Qt C++ Class with Signals and Slots to QML
Application Development with QML is simple and powerful. But Qt C++ can be more performant, offers many features and is less error-prone. This post shows you how to create apps that take advantage of both languages. How to Communicate between C++ and QML Advantages of Coding in QML When to Use C++ Instead How to Access a C++ Object from …
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QML Hot Reload with Felgo Live for Qt
Beginning with the latest release of Felgo 3.4.0, developers can use QML Hot Reloading in their Qt and Felgo projects. This is a major step forward from QML Live Reload, available with the previous versions. Here are a few things you should know about QML Hot Reload, and how you can use it to speed up your development massively. The …
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Release 3.4.0: QML Hot Reload with Felgo Live
Felgo 3.4.0 introduces QML Hot Reload to cut the waiting times to build, deploy and iterate on Qt and Felgo projects. Hot Reload with Felgo Live allows you to change your QML & JavaScript source code and view the result in realtime. It applies QML, JavaScript and asset changes instantly on every connected device, immediately after saving. This reduces the …
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How to Handle Safe Area Insets, Notch & Display Cutout for iPhone X, iPad X and Android P – 2020
More and more mobile devices feature a notch (or display cutout, as it is called on Android). To handle this little monster, mobile app developers now face many new challenges. The trend is spreading fast and many manufacturers already announced new 2018 models with edge-to-edge screens. For example with Android P devices like Essential Phone, OnePlus 6, Oppo R15 Pro, …
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QML Hot Reload: Felgo presents hot new feature at Embedded World 2020!
This year’s Embedded World exhibition & conference has concluded. Felgo attended as Qt Technology Partner at the Qt booth. Visitors were able to put their hands on one of our hottest new features: QML Hot Reload (pun intended!). Here’s a quick video of the demo right at the booth: Short live demo of QML Hot Reload at the booth. …
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49+ Mobile App Ideas and 12 Ways to Come Up with New Ideas in 2020
Coming up with a million-dollar mobile app idea could be really hard. What if there were 12 techniques that could help you generate new app ideas? It would be cool, right? Today, we’ll show you 12 ways how you can generate new mobile app ideas. Additionally, we’ll give you 49+ mobile app ideas, that you can take and start development, …
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The Best Free Music for Games – 19 Most Useful Sites for 2020
Every game needs music. For some developers, game music is just as important as their characters, game sounds, story line or UI. But equipment can be expensive, and recording is a tricky process. It takes time, talent and a budget to create an original soundtrack for a mobile game. And then there are developers that view music as an afterthought. …
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