[Ubuntu-phone] Questions regarding the App Showdown

David Planella david.planella at ubuntu.com
Thu Aug 8 15:59:38 UTC 2013


Al 08/08/13 17:20, En/na Николай Шатохин ha escrit:
> Do I need a source publication? Can I give a free application with
> closed source?
>

>From http://developer.ubuntu.com/showdown/rules/

"The code must be released under an Open Source license
<http://opensource.org/licenses> to make its review possible"

Cheers,
David.

>
> 2013/8/8 David Planella <david.planella at ubuntu.com
> <mailto:david.planella at ubuntu.com>>
>
>     Al 08/08/13 16:50, En/na Michael Spencer ha escrit:
>     > Hello,
>     >
>     > I'm planning on developing an application for the Ubuntu App
>     Showdown,
>     > and have a couple of questions:
>     >
>
>     That's excellent news :)
>
>     > I'm concidering allowing the app to sync with a backend web
>     service. Is
>     > this something I would use Online Accounts for, and where can I
>     find out
>     > how to use it?
>
>     I'm CC'ing Alberto Mardegan (mardy on IRC), who develops Online
>     Accounts, and he can give you more detail.
>
>     You might also want to look at the old Facebook app code
>     (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-facebook-app), although I believe it
>     didn't use OA directly, but through Friends.
>
>     > Also, the service in mind requires an API key by the
>     > developer. What is the recommended procedure for using API keys
>     in an
>     > Ubuntu Touch app that is open source (GPLv3).
>     >
>
>     I'm not sure about the best answer to this one, you might want to wait
>     until someone with more knowledge answers on the list, or ask on
>     askubuntu.com <http://askubuntu.com>.
>
>     > I'd also like to be able to schedule events in the calendar, by
>     passing
>     > a date, title, and text to the calendar. Is this possible, or
>     will it be
>     > possible by the deadline?
>     >
>
>     This is currently work in progress. You should be able to use Qt
>     Organizer for this (the libqt5organizer5 package), with the jsondb
>     backend, but in the calendar app meeting today it seems there
>     might be a
>     couple of upstream bugs which prevent from using it. You might want to
>     give it a go and report back if it works for you.
>
>     > Another feature that would be nice to have is inserting notes
>     into the
>     > Notes app. Again, is or will this be possible before the deadline?
>     >
>
>     I don't think there is an API to insert notes in the Notes app,
>     but Ugo
>     Riboni, who develops the app, should be able to confirm.
>
>     Cheers,
>     David.
>
>
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