Some way to render a qml page without compiling and installing an app?

Applications QML
#1

Hello,

I’m trying to work on dessigning the UI of the page, and between I don’t know a lot qt5, and the process of compiling and installing the app, to see the output I’m loosing a huge amount of time. There is some way to dessign and test a screen maybe with mocked texts and mocked data, to test and prove the dessign is working?

Thanks,
J.

#3

interesting, but I don’t expect will allow test stuff with sillica components :frowning: Thanks!

#4

Did you try using the QML live features in the SDK? For pure QML apps that works well. Every edit yous save goes directly live on the phone.

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#5

qmlscene /path/to/qml

sailfish-qml appname

qmlscene works if there are no binaries needed (or needed plugins are installed).
sailfish-qml launches an installed app from /usr/share/appname/qml/appname.qml.

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#6

@poetaster I tried to have it working, but in linux simply crashed when I tested, maybe because it was not a full qml app? I will try it again on the flight-tracker, to see if it works

@nephros the sailfish-qml is what already does my app, in that case you connect to the sailfish os device and edit live there?

Thanks!

#7

You can but you need to be root to write in /usr/share/applications/app.

IF your app is pure QML (or you have a mockup QML version of it), what I do is

  1. ssh mydevice
  2. git clone git+ssh://server/me/repo/ devel/app
  3. cd devel/app
  4. qmlscene qml/app.qml
  5. view qml app
  6. hack qml files
  7. repeat from step 4.
#8

I’ll pull your last version and set it up to work in the sdk. now.

#9

Ok, I cloned, opened the project and:

  1. Went to the ‘Projects’ Tab,
  2. Chose a build and then clicked the ‘Run’ tab
  3. checked ‘Enable receiving updates with QT QmlLive’

It just works. EDIT: This dev box is Ubuntu jammy.

#10

thanks, next week I will have more time, and I will try again, maybe I contact via matrix to help me if I’ve got problems, but last week I tried in my linux and didn’t work.

My linux is a fedora 37, Did you use a real device? or the simulator?

#11

I used a real device. I’ll try to make time although I’m on the road a bit for the easter holidays.

#12

yeah, don’t worry, enjoy the holidays! :wink:

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#13

Yeah! it’s working!!! It works really smooth! good way to test the UI!

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