Thread: Calibre app for android.
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Old 09-07-2014, 03:01 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by chaley View Post
Be very wary. PyQt (I think) uses C or C++ wrappers to talk to Qt. Android Qt seems to be rewritten in Java (which is not at all a surprise). If both of these are true then PyQt would need to be redone to work against Java. Possibly that is as simple as using Jython, but in my experience nothing of this complexity is that simple.

It would probably be easier to develop a client/server version of calibre and then implement that client using native libraries on the device. And funny thing -- that is exactly what Kovid is planning to do. He will take care of clients for the normal operating systems (but I am sure he is hoping for help). Others will build clients for systems not natively supported.
Like I said, "but probably a lot of work". I know Kovid is planning client support. Doesn't make this any less cool, in a totally theoretical way.

A mite though.
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