venice-qt

Desktop implemetation of venice en C++ and QT

Pre-requisites

• QMake version 3.1 or higher
• Qt version 5.12.8 or higher
• Make version 4.2.1 or higher

Pre-requisites Installation in Ubuntu 22.04

• For installing QT et QMake with related Bluetooth dependencies :

sudo apt install qtbase5-dev qt5-qmake qtconnectivity5 cmake

• If you find the issue Project ERROR: Cannot run compiler 'g++' you can also install build-essential

sudo apt install build-essential

Build via the CLI

• Create a directory build on the project directory

mkdir build
cd build

• Execute the following commands:

qmake ../venice-qt.pro
make

Run via the CLI

• Execute the following command:

sudo ./venice-qt

• sudo privileges are required in order to access the Bluetooth adapter

Notes

• Service advertising is based on this library.

• qtconnectivity5-dev is required.

• The current version only allows the advertising of the Venice File Service Exchange.

• You need to use a USB dongle Bluetooth. Currently, the internal Bluetooth adapter is not detected.

• • To execute a local test by using Android Studio:
  • Flutter 3.13.9 is required. Flutter 3.16 and 3.19 produces an error : file too long error if the hard disk is encrypted.

• To execute a local test by using Android Studio:

  • Flutter 3.13.9 is required. Flutter 3.16 and 3.19 produces an error : file too long error if the hard disk is encrypted.
  • For install SDK Android packages via Android Studio : tools->Android SDK Manager and to look on the tabs the available packages
  • To avoid Error: A value of type 'List<int>' can't be assigned to a variable of type 'Uint8List
    • Take a look here
      • Files to modify with the line Uint8List.fromList(data.toString().codeUnits);:
        • Dart Packages:
          • ble_bootstrap_channel-XXXX
          • ble_bootstrap_channel
          • views/copypaste/sender_view.dart