Apr
24

ReQognise Updates + More coming

As you may have noticed, I have released ReQognise 2.3 on App World for Playbook devices. The reason why this hasn’t appeared on other devices is, well, because other devices don’t need the update.
The update provides:

  • Update to Qt 4.8.1
  • Update to NDK 2.0
  • Fixes ‘Browse’ button automatically re-opening when cancelling dialog
  • Screen issues when opening from portrait mode
  • Bug fixes with file opening.
  • Dialog improvements (UI).

One of the side-effects of all these changes is that the application is much slower now! I was hesitant to provide this update for a while because of the slow down. I have identified the issue to be caused from the updated version of Qt. In particular, they have enabled too many samples, anti-aliasing or something similar upstream.

So, I aim to fix this speed issue in 2.4 which I will be submitting to App World today.
The next update will provide:

  • Even newer version of Qt 4.8.1
  • Faster rotation / running
  • Improved image ordering. No longer pure random. Image rotation is decided PRIOR to running and cycles through a fixed order so that you never see the same image until you have cycled through all others first. This is especially significant in the new trial versions.

Again, the Symbian and Meego versions are unaffected by this. Weaker hardware they may have but this app runs very fast on them.

On a side note, I have released several free versions of ReQognise on Playbook (Animals, Flowers, Landscapes, ..). This will allow people to trial the game before purchase. Each game comes with 15 pre-set images. To choose your own images you would then upgrade to the full version.

Apr
16

Dukto R5 for Playbook Released

Hello everyone,

Here is another fabulous Qt + QtQuick project, Dukto. It allows fast WiFi file transfer to any other device that is running Dukto. Playbook joins a growing list of platforms that support Dukto including Windows, Linux, Mac, Symbian and Meego.
While the portrait orientation and Metro styling may not suit the Playbook, it is consistent with its representation on other platforms. I hope you all enjoy it.

It has been submitted to App World and you’ll likely see it available soon.
For now, you can side-load it. Download

Apr
03

Dingleberry 3.3.3 Source Code

Hey guys,

I have a policy of providing source code for any project I make so others can learn or build from it. Wouldn’t the world be a better place if everyone did this?

So, here I provide the source code to a project I spent many months on, Dingleberry 3.3.3. It could be used to learn Qt/QtQuick or even for the basis of a BDM replacement application (it’s almost there!). Hopefully it serves to improve the tools available for those that are still rooted.

I hope it comes to some use. It has been compiled and tested on: Windows, Linux, Mac, Symbian, Meego.

Download Source