This tutorial will guide you in packaging an application for Android and publishing it in one of KDE's F-Droid repositories. We assume that there is already a working blueprint for the application you want to package and publish. If not the…
Whenever writing text, start by following these guidelines: And then keep in mind these implementation details: All user interface text is written in either sentence case or title case. Use sentence case when: Also use title case for specia…
The KDE wiki has a few tutorials that haven't been ported to https://develop.kde.org yet. Plasma is very modular, made up of themable widgets that can be added, removed, re-arranged, and customized. Pre-installed widgets and themes are stor…
KNotification allows to create notifications: Using the same straightforward C++ and QML API. This tutorial focuses on C++. You can read more about its QML API in KNotifications QML Types. To send notifications, your application needs to pr…
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Concurrent programming means creating applications that perform multiple operations at the same time. A common problem is that the user sees the application pause. A typical requirement is that an operation which may take an arbitrary amoun…
MIME type icons are used to depict documents and files. They come in four sizes: 16px, 22px, 32px, and 64px. MIME type icons use the monochrome style for 16px and 22px sizes, and the colorful style for 32px and 64px sizes. Unlike most monoc…
KDE apps mostly use standard input controls such as buttons, menus, checkboxes, text fields, and sliders. Here's how to handle various situations: The Button, ToolButton, and RoundButton controls all initiate a one-time action when pressed.…
By joining the ranks of KDE developers, you will get to implement new features and defeat bugs both daunting and simple. Developers collaborate in teams based on what area they are working on. These can be small teams working on a single ap…
A Kirigami.Action consists of a clickable action whose appearance depends on where it is added. Typically it is a button with an icon and text. We can use these to provide our applications with easy-to-reach actions that are essential to th…
Learn how to build KDE software in multiple ways. Learning to create your first applications using Kirigami Discover KDE Frameworks and start building your first classic KDE desktop application. Create KDE applications using Python. Create
D-Bus is a free/open source inter-process communication (IPC) mechanism that is part of the freedesktop.org project. It is used in a wide range of applications and many freedesktop.org standards such as Desktop Notifications, media player c…