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I have a pinephone but it's not too useable yet. It's a chicken and egg problem. Once it's actually starting to be useable and a lot of basics are in place, e.g
by axelthegerman 6y ago
I have a pinephone but it's not too useable yet. It's a chicken and egg problem. Once it's actually starting to be useable and a lot of basics are in place, e.g. stable base OS, apps will follow.
Another issue for apps might just be the lack of resources to get started. Kudos to you for all the work you're doing on Megapixel.
Let's keep iterating and true FOSS fashion share what we've learned so we all can benefit. And we can simply ignore all the "reviews" that complain about the lack of apps, compare to Android/iOS for polish.
Also for people complaining about performance, the code will be optimized, graphic acceleration will be used, and finally more powerful device will become available.
Of course a $200 Linux phone with immature software does not compare to $1000 subsidized spying devices
- axelthegerman 6y agoBesides looking at megapixels, any other resources to get started on app development for Linux phones?
- swiley 6y agoDon't write Linux phone apps, just write Linux apps and publish the source.
- 29083011397778 6y agoBasically as was said below, just write applications for desktop. Some caveats I've found though, is to minimize the horizontal of your app (to even just a couple hundred pixels wide), and verify that treating your mouse as touch input works (such as scrolling) and testing like that. When pretending your app is running on a pinephone works properly-ish, I'd call it good. Any functional client or service is a boon to mobile Linux; and even if it's imperfect, so is everything else for now :)