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It allows developers to create applications using the Qt framework. You can install the whole tool chain that you need to create, build, debug, run, and deploy Maemo 5 applications as a part of the custom installation in the \QSDK online installer. \if defined(qcmanual) For more information about the Maemo 5 platform, see \l{http://maemo.org/intro/platform/}{Software Platform} on the Maemo web site. \endif For more information about developing applications for the Maemo 5 platform, select \gui {Help > Index} and look for \gui {Platform Notes}, or see \l{http://doc.qt.nokia.com/qt-maemo/platform-notes-maemo5.html}{Platform Notes - Maemo 5}. \section1 Hardware and Software Requirements for Maemo Devices To build and run Qt applications for Maemo 5, you need the following: \list \o Maemo 5 device: Nokia N900 with software update release 1.3 (V20.2010.36-2) or later installed. \if defined(qcmanual) \o MADDE cross-platform Maemo development tool (installed as part of the \QSDK). \endif \o Nokia USB drivers. Only needed if you develop on Windows and if you use a USB connection to run applications on the device. The drivers are installed as part of the \QSDK. You can also download them from \l{https://garage.maemo.org/frs/?group_id=801&release_id=2655}{PC Connectivity} on the Maemo web site. Download and install the latest PC_Connectivity_.exe (at the time of writing, PC_Connectivity_0.9.4.exe). \endlist \note The only supported build system for Maemo 5 in \QC is qmake. \section1 Setting Up Connectivity in Maemo Devices You can connect your device to your development PC using either a USB or WLAN connection. For the device, you need to use a connectivity tool (Mad Developer) to create the device-side end point for USB and WLAN connections. It provides no diagnostics functions but is essential for creating connections between the device and your development PC. To use a WLAN connection, you must activate WLAN on the device and connect it to the same WLAN as the development PC. The network address is displayed in the connectivity tool. To use a USB connection, you need to set up the device as a network device on the development PC. \note If you plan to connect your development PC to the device only over WLAN, you can ignore the USB-specific parts in the following sections. \section2 Installing and Configuring Mad Developer Install Mad Developer on a Nokia N900 device and configure a connection between the development PC and a device. \note The following instructions describe Mad Developer 2.1. The process and text labels might differ on other Mad Developer versions. To install and configure Mad Developer: \list 1 \o On the Nokia N900, select \gui{App Manager > Download} > \gui{Development} > \gui{mad-developer} to install the Mad Developer software package. \o Click \gui {Mad Developer} to start the Mad Developer application. \o To use a WLAN connection, activate WLAN on the device and connect to the same network as the development PC. You can see the network address in the \gui wlan0 field. \o To use a USB connection: \list a \o If you are using Microsoft Windows as development host, you must change the driver loaded for instantiating the connection. In the Mad Developer, select \gui{Manage USB} and select \gui{Load g_ether}. \o To set up the USB settings, click \gui Edit on the \gui usb0 row and confirm by clicking \gui Configure. \note By default, you do not need to make changes. The \gui usb0 row displays the IP address 192.168.2.15. \endlist \o Select \gui{Developer Password} to generate a password for a freshly created user called \bold developer. The password stays valid for as long as the password generation dialog is open. You enter the password when you configure the connection in \QC. \image qtcreator-mad-developer-screenshot.png \endlist \section1 Installing Qt Mobility Libraries To develop applications for the Nokia N900 devices that use the Qt Mobility APIs, you must install the Qt Mobility Libraries on the devices. The libraries are not available in the device package manager, and therefore, you must install them from the command line as the root user: \list 1 \o On the device, in \gui Programs, select \c {X Terminal} to open a terminal window. \o To install Qt Mobility libraries, enter the following command: \c{/usr/lib/mad-developer/devrootsh apt-get install libqtm-*} \o To confirm the installation, enter: \c Y \o Close the terminal. \endlist \section1 Setting Up USB Connections to Maemo Devices Use the network configuration tools on your platform to specify the USB connection to the device on the development PC. You do not need to do this if you use a WLAN connection. \section2 Linux The device uses the IP address 192.168.2.15 with the subnet 255.255.255.0 for its USB connection by default, so you can create the network interface with a different address inside the same subnet too. \note If you have changed the IP address of the device in the connectivity tool, you need to reflect those changes in your development PC USB network settings. Run the following command in a shell as root user: \c{ifconfig usb0 192.168.2.14 up} \section2 Windows When you connect the device to your Windows PC, Windows tries to install a driver for the Linux USB Ethernet connection. In the \gui{Found New Hardware Wizard}, select \gui{No, not this time} in the first dialog and \gui{Install the software automatically} in the second dialog. To specify a network connection: \list 1 \o Open the Network Connections window. \o Select the Linux USB Ethernet connection that is displayed as a new Local Area Connection. \o Edit the \gui {Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)} properties to specify the IP address for the connection. In the \gui {Use the following IP address} field, enter the following values: \list \o \gui {IP Address}: \bold {192.168.2.14} \o \gui SubnetMask: \bold {255.255.255.0} \o \gui {Default gateway}: leave this field empty \endlist \endlist Depending on your version of Microsoft Windows you may have to unplug and re-plug the device to reload the driver with its configuration accordingly. \section1 Configuring Connections to Maemo Devices To be able to run and debug applications on the Maemo emulator and devices, you must set up connections to the emulator and devices in the \QC build and run settings. If you install \QSDK, the connection to the emulator is configured automatically and you only need to configure a connection to the device. You use a wizard to create the connections. You can edit the settings later in \gui Tools > \gui Options > \gui Devices. \image qtcreator-maemo-device-configurations.png "Devices dialog" By default, you create the connection as the \e developer user. This protects real user data on the device from getting corrupted during testing. If you write applications that use Qt Mobility APIs, you might want to test them with real user data. To create a connection as a user, specify the \gui Username and \gui Password in \QC. For more information, see \if defined(qcmanual) \l{Testing with User Data on Maemo Devices}. \else \l{http://doc.qt.nokia.com/qtcreator/creator-developing-maemo.html#testing-with-user-data-on-maemo-devices} {Testing with User Data on Maemo Devices}. \endif You can protect the connections between \QC and a device by using either a password or an SSH key. If you use a password, you must generate it in the connectivity tool and enter it in \QC every time you start the connectivity tool. If you do not have an SSH key, you can create it in \QC. Encrypted keys are not supported. For more information, see \if defined(qcmanual) \l{Generating SSH Keys}. \else \l{http://doc.qt.nokia.com/qtcreator/creator-developing-meego.html#generating-ssh-keys} {Generating SSH Keys}. \endif You can view processes running on devices and kill them. For more information, see \if defined(qcmanual) \l{Managing Device Processes}. \else \l{http://doc.qt.nokia.com/qtcreator/creator-developing-meego.html#managing-device-processes} {Managing Device Processes}. \endif To configure connections between \QC and a device: \list 1 \o To deploy applications and run them remotely on devices, specify parameters for accessing devices: \list a \o Connect your device to the development PC via a USB cable or a WLAN. For a USB connection, you are prompted to select the mode to use. Choose \gui{PC suite mode}. \note If you experience connection problems due to a USB port issue, switch to a different port or use WLAN to connect to the device. \o Select \gui Tools > \gui Options > \gui Devices > \gui Add. \o Select \gui {Maemo5/Fremantle} > \gui {Start Wizard}. \image qtcreator-dev-conf-maemo.png "Maemo device" \o In the \gui {The name to identify this configuration} field, enter a name for the connection. \o In the \gui {The kind of device} field, select \gui {Hardware device}. \o In the \gui {The device's host name or IP address} field, enter the IP address from the connectivity tool on the device. \o In the \gui {The SSH server port} field, enter the port number to use for SSH connections. \o Click \gui Next. \o Follow the instructions of the wizard to create the connection. \endlist \if defined(qcmanual) \o To test applications on the emulator (QEMU) separately, you must create a connection to it from the development PC. If you installed \QSDK, the connection is created automatically and you can omit this step. \list a \o In \QC, select \gui Tools > \gui Options > \gui Devices > \gui Add to add a new configuration. \o In the \gui {The kind of device} field, select \gui Emulator. \o Click \gui Next. \o Follow the instructions of the wizard to create and test the connection. \endlist \endif \o Select \gui Tools > \gui Options > \gui {Build & Run} > \gui Kits > \gui Add to add a kit for building for the device: \list a \o In the \gui {Device type} field, select \gui {Maemo5/Fremantle}. \o In the \gui Device field, select the device that you added above. \o In the \gui Sysroot field, specify the path to the sysroot. By default, the \QSDK installer places sysroot in the following folder: \c{QtSDK\Maemo\4.6.2\sysroots\fremantle-arm-sysroot-20.2010.36-2-slim}. \o In the \gui {Compiler type} field, select GCC. \o In the \gui Compiler field, specify the path to the GCC compiler. By default, the \QSDK installer places the compiler in the following folder: \c{QtSDK\Maemo\4.6.2\targets\fremantle-pr13\bin\}. \o In the \gui Debugger field, specify the path to GDB. By default, the \QSDK installer places the debugger in the following folder: \c{QtSDK\Maemo\4.6.2\targets\fremantle-pr13\bin\}. \o In the \gui {Qt version} field, choose the MADDE Qt version for Maemo5/Fremantle. By default, the \QSDK installer places qmake in the following folder: \c{QtSDK\Maemo\4.6.2\targets\fremantle-pr13\bin\}. \endlist You can leave the \gui {Qt mkspec} field empty. \o Open a project for an application you want to develop for your device. \o Select \gui Projects > \gui {Build & Run} > \gui {Add Kit} to add the kit that you specified above. \o Select \gui Run to specify run settings for the project. \o The mobile application wizard automatically sets the folder where the file is installed on the device in the \gui {Remote Directory} field. For example, \c {/opt/usr/bin}. If the text \gui {} is displayed, click it to specify a folder. \endlist \section2 Testing with User Data on Maemo Devices To run your application as the default user, you must first assign a password for the user account and then create the connection to the device as the user: \list 1 \o On the device, in \gui Programs, select \c {X Terminal} to open a terminal window. \o To specify the password, enter the following command: \c{/usr/lib/mad-developer/devrootsh passwd user} \o In \QC, select \gui Tools > \gui Options > \gui Devices. \o Specify the username \c user and the password in the device configuration. \endlist \section1 Troubleshooting Connections to Maemo Devices The addresses used in this example might be reserved by some other application in your network. If you cannot establish a connection, try the following optional configurations: \table \header \o IP Address and Network on Device \o USB Network on Development PC \o Host Name in \QC Build Settings \row \o 172.30.7.15 255.255.255.0 \o 172.30.7.14 255.255.255.0 \o 172.30.7.15 \row \o 10.133.133.15 \o 10.133.133.14 \o 10.133.133.15 \row \o 192.168.133.15 \o 192.168.133.14 \o 192.168.133.15 \note You cannot use the value localhost for connections to a device. \endtable \note VPN connections might block the device connection. */