On Jan 16, 2013, at 9:22 AM, Bache-Wiig Jens <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> >>> Second, it would be useful to know if I am on a "phone", "tablet" or >>> "desktop" platform. ( can already guess by the resolution but perhaps it >>> would be convenient to abstract it a bit. >> >> These days you can't really tell from the resolution :) But I don't >> think Qt currently has a way to distinguish xcb/wayland running on a >> tablet vs a desktop, or eglfs running on a phone vs a tablet. How would >> a typical Android application make the latter distinction? > > Yes, and that was exactly my point. We need an abstract way for a platform to > tell us if it is one of those formFactors without us guessing or knowing > exactly which device type it is. I would probably rename "phone" to > "handheld" as and iPod Touch is obviously the same form factor as well. Or the other way around; "phone" is what most handheld devices are, and the iPod Touch is a special case which we can treat as a "phone" for ui layout purposes. (And, are tablets not "handheld" ?) In any case, this (Platform.os and Platform.property) looks like a really useful API. +1 from me. Morten _______________________________________________ Development mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
