Using Qt for Mobile in 2023

Having used Qt for the past few years in a cross-platform app, I’ve come across more and more issues that keep piling up on mobile, to the point I’m beginning to think that Qt is not the best choice in 2023. While Qt is still quite good for desktop development, there are several areas it is lacking in mobile dev. The goal of this post is to highlight these areas for both developers evaluating Qt, and for The Qt Company to understand developer pain points....

December 24, 2023

HTTPS Obsolescence

I have a tablet that’s about ten years old. I’ve used it to read a lot of great books. Although I don’t usually install applications on it, I went to do so the other day. Despite being connected to the Internet, I was met with this message. Wondering if there was an issue with my connection, I tried to open duckduckgo.com in Chrome. Ah, a certificate issue. That must be why I was unable to connect to the Google Play Store....

March 8, 2020