Can I use Dlang in Qt5 instead C++ for develop Android Apps?
Basile B.
b2.temp at gmx.com
Tue Apr 14 09:29:25 UTC 2020
On Tuesday, 14 April 2020 at 09:27:35 UTC, Basile B. wrote:
> On Tuesday, 14 April 2020 at 01:50:22 UTC, evilrat wrote:
>> On Monday, 13 April 2020 at 21:01:50 UTC, Baby Beaker wrote:
>>> I want develop Android apps using Qt5. But C++ is very hard.
>>> I want to use Dlang becouse Dlang is very easy.
>>
>> In theory nothing stops you from doing that. In practice
>> however you have to deal with C++ anyway, how API matches ABI,
>> and many more low level underlying things. You also need to
>> know how your OS works.
>> Don't forget that you have to know the tools as well, dealing
>> with Android means you will have to do cross-compilation. Must
>> know how to use compilers, linkers and debuggers, and shell
>> scripts as well as bonus.
>> Oh and don't forget that you have to make bindings to
>> interface these 2 domains, and that requires knowledge of both
>> D and C++.
>>
>> So if you're too brave yet go ahead and try.
>>
>>
>> There was some Qt attempts such as this one
>> https://code.dlang.org/packages/qte5
>> But since the last release was in 2016 it is probably no
>> longer compiles, and I have no idea if it supports Android.
>
> I agree. I think ABI compliance is an easy step but one will
> have to take care to memory managment, that's the big thing OMO,
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