Ubuntu SDK IDE and DevKit - new release

[Zoltán Balogh]

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Hi all,


Today we have released the new Ubuntu SDK IDE and Devkit packages.


The highlight of the changes are the following

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    Based on QtCreator 3.5.1

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    Built on 5.6.0 Qt

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    Migrate templates to 1.3 UITK

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    Upgrade the Ubuntu Desktop Kit to OTA11 APIs

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    Enable click and snap format distribution of the IDE and Devkit packages

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    Make the UITK component gallery work (Tools -> Ubuntu -> Showcase
    Gallery)

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    Discover arm64 devices -  Fixes LP: #1558413

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    Remove the qmlproject wizard. It is deprecated and should not be
    used anymore.

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    Add support for executing custom scope runners on the phone Fixes
    LP: #1534509, LP: #1537550

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    Don't expect .pot file to exist, this breaks CMake when no
    translations are present Fixes LP: #1538419

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    Fixes LP: #1537550 "Manifest changes are not saved before publishing
    regardless of setting"

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    Fixes LP: #1534509 "Please attach your device - which one?"

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    Adjust HTML5 template to mirror the QML sample app


Known issues

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    The click chroot bootstrapping is fragile. In case of troubles with
    creating  click chroots please install the static chroot packages ->

$ sudo apt install ubuntu-sdk-api-15.04-armhf

The ultimate fix for this problem is coming soon (in few weeks) in a 
form of replacing click chroots with LXD containers

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    The Ubuntu Desktop Kit does not contain the complete platform API
    set. It does contain a lot, but not those what would depend on
    system services. The Ubuntu Desktop Kit is mostly for UI prototyping
    with the latest UI ToolKit release. With the LXD container this
    issue will be gone as the container will function as fully licensed
    build and runtime environment.

Upcoming changes in the following days

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    New welcome screen with direct access to the UI Toolkit showcase gallery

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    Functional desktop kit for click packaged (armhf) pocket desktop IDE


How to get it (given that you have followed the instructions 
https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/phone/platform/sdk/installing-the-sdk/and have 
the Ubuntu SDK installed already)

$ sudo apt update && sudo apt install ubuntu-sdk-ide ubuntu-sdk-dev


Happy hacking and please find me if you have any trouble with the SDK,


bzoltan

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