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Multiplatform Mobile App Development with Qt

Develop cross-platform mobile applications efficiently.


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Reach All Major Mobile Platforms 

Qt enables writing apps once and deploying them across major mobile platforms (iOS and Android) from one codebase. Eliminating the need for platform-specific adaptations streamlines development, saves time and costs, and ensures consistency across platforms.

Optimize Mobile App UI Development

Qt allows for adaptable and responsive layouts for various screen sizes and offers a wide range of ready-to-use components, such as sliders, switches, buttons, tabs, calendars, and tumblers.

Simplify Mobile App Maintenance

By letting developers work on a single codebase for every target, Qt simplifies cross-platform development and maintenance, reducing duplicate work, and helping effectively leverage native features. 

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Firstbeat Tracks the Vitals of the World's Top Athletes

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Development time saved with Qt

We utilise Bluetooth heavily in our product. Qt offers a cross-platform solution that supports both iOS and Android Bluetooth connectivity. We also share lot of the same codebase across the apps. With Qt this has been easy.

Veli-Pekka Kurunmäki, Director of Sports Performance Products, Firstbeat Sports

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Understanding Mobile Device Platform Requirements

Developing mobile apps requires an understanding of the unique characteristics of different platforms. Qt helps mobile developers navigate the varying design guidelines, navigation styles, and UI elements inherent to Android and iOS. With Qt, developers can simplify the development process and create mobile apps that work seamlessly across multiple mobile platforms.

Learn More About Mobile Platforms | Qt Creator Manual

 

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Platform APIs in Qt 6

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Challenges of Mobile Application Native Development

Native development for mobile apps can be challenging due to different languages, libraries, tools, and skills. Qt addresses these issues by enabling cross-platform development from a single codebase, ensuring native performance, and providing access to platform-specific features. 

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Creating a Mobile Application

This tutorial describes how to use Qt Creator to develop Qt Quick applications for Android and iOS devices when using Qt 6 as the minimum Qt version and CMake as the build system.

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Qt for Android

 

If you're a developer looking for a high-level overview of how Qt supports the Android platform, this page is for you.

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Qt for iOS

 

The iOS style is one of the pre-built styles for Qt Quick controls, offering a native look and feel on iOS. 

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Features and Licenses for Desktop, Mobile and Web

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Learn More About Qt Features, Framework Essentials, Modules, Tools and Add-Ons

Want to know more about Qt Features? Explore the modules and tools of the latest Qt release and product offerings. Discover which development platforms, operating systems, and coding languages are supported.


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Qt for Application Development Professional

Get license for key functionalities for application development while fully retaining intellectual property rights.

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Qt for Application Development Enterprise

Get a license for a more comprehensive feature set for developing applications, additional value-added services, or full technical support, while fully retaining intellectual property rights.

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Customer Cases Built With Qt

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Imaginando combines music and technology to create inspiring experiences, using Qt to speed up time-to-market and ensure consistent user experience across platforms.

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eyeMaps

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eyeMaps offers an AR map that displays a 3D virtual world through your phone, utilizing Qt for its development in augmented reality.

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Devinco

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Devinco AS offers mobile solutions to reduce paperwork and improve resource management. They chose Qt for its superior user experience, outperforming other frameworks available.

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