Practical LQML

2022-03-10

fully interactive app development

• ECL / Slime
• QML / single file auto-reload

on both desktop and mobile

The above clip shows both an iPhone Simulator and an Android Emulator pointing to the same desktop WiFi IP.

The same obviously also works with real mobile devices (any number of them).

A practical note: the above is only a show case, you don't want to develop in the simulator/emulator, for several reasons:

• real devices are smoother (UI, animations) and more responsive
• they don't steal from your precious desktop space
• they don't eat big amounts of resources on your desktop

And since it works all over WiFi, your devices don't need to be attached via cable.

A note about stability: QML auto reload is perfectly stable, because it doesn't rely on Swank. From experience in the past, I remember that Swank did sometimes disconnect or freeze, but I don't have enough current experience to tell if this still applies.

For sources and description please see gitlab repo.