Sockets in Ubuntu Touch Apps

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I am creating an IRC client for the Ubuntu App Showdown. I need a way to be able to access an IRC server in QML (or JavaScript). What is the best way to accomplish this?

Isn't this more like a question for stackoverflow? – psukys Aug 14 '13 at 08:22 — psukys, Aug 14 '13 at 08:22

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 14 '13 at 08:05

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If there is no QML module that can help you accessing IRC servers, you will probably need to write a QML plugin in C++ that does that work as a backend. You can then use QML to implement the UI frontend.

answered Aug 14 '13 at 08:05

David Planella

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score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 16 '13 at 17:03

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I would try to port irc-chatter (https://github.com/Venemo/irc-chatter) to Ubuntu-touch. Source is written in Qt/Qml (c++, see communiircclient.cpp).

edited Aug 16 '13 at 17:03

Braiam

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answered Aug 14 '13 at 06:53

sUbuPack

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I tested using a C++-function in qml on ubuntu-touch: see http://askubuntu.com/questions/266628/qt5-qtcreator-using-a-cfunction-in-main-qml-to-create-a-file-tmp – sUbuPack Aug 14 '13 at 11:42

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 20 '13 at 20:58

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Although it is not as performant as the QML solution, you can you IRC-js to communicate with the IRC Server. Here is the GibHub link to the project https://github.com/gf3/IRC-js

answered Aug 20 '13 at 20:58

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Sockets in Ubuntu Touch Apps

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