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2011-09-02 , 17:01
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#5073
Originally Posted by marxian View Post
This is not the case. Even with Qt Components, there are several components that are specific to either Symbian or Meego-Harmattan. The workload is reduced, but unless your application is 'hello world', it's not as simple as clicking a button.

Some examples:

1. PageStackWindow component not available in Symbian.

2. Label component not available in Symbian

3. InfoBanner component has different methods in Symbian than the Meego-Harmattan equivalent.

4. Sheet component not available in Symbian.

5. Dialog component layout/behaviour is different in Symbian than in Meego-Harmattan.

6. MultiSelectionDialog component not available in Symbian.

7. ListItem component not available in Meego-Harmattan.

8. ListItemText component not available in Meego-Harmattan.

9. ToolIcon component not available in Symbian.

10. Available icons for ToolButton/ToolIcon differ between the two platforms.

11. TabBar component not available in Meego-Harmattan.

12. SelectionListItem component not available in Meego-Harmattan.
This has been discussed at developer.forum.com and bugs nokia.com. My guess is they will soon merge.

soo this is not a big thing.

Just look at the history of making apps in Symbian vs N900 and Gtk+ it was A WAYYYYY bigger headache.

I remember trying make apps for S60 hell what a mess.

Now atleast the core is the same difference is some of the UI.

and btw. those components is opensource so they can very well be added as "extras" untill they fully merges.
Last edited by mikecomputing; 2011-09-02 at 17:03.
 

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