This site answers both your questions: https://harbour.jolla.com/faq
1. QWidgets are unsupported on Sailfish because they are not mobile-optimized and not hardware accelerated. 2. Python will be supported but isn't yet. On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Dietmar Schwertberger < maill...@schwertberger.de> wrote: > Hi! > > Until now I have been using PySide to write Qt Widgets applications that > were running fine > under Windows and Maemo. > With some if/else I got native look & feel on both platforms. > > Now I've tried the same with PyQt5 on Sailfish OS and the application looks > like a Windows application and even opens new windows when I e.g. open the > menu. > Unfortunately it seems that QML is the only way to get native look and > feel. > Am I right? > > Switching to QML/Qt Quick seems a major effort and especially, it is very > un-pythonic > to use this mixture of two languages. > Even when I switch, it seems that there's quite some effort to stay > compatible over > multiple platforms as you more or less have to use Silica components on > Sailfish OS > and on the other hand I won't gain usability on a mouse based platform > like Windows. > > With Maemo I had the impression that it was quite easy to port any GUI > application > and get at least a reasonable UI. Seems that this is not true with > Sailfish OS any more. > You have to choose between all or nothing... > > Regards, > > Dietmar > > _______________________________________________ > SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list >
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