GSoC/2019/StatusReports/brute4s99

KDE Connect for Windows

Mentors

• Albert Vaca Cintora
• Hannah von Reth
• Simon Redman

Summary

KDE Connect is an application to sync your connected devices. Some of the features of KDE Connect include:-

• sync mobile and desktop device notifications
• send and receive files between devices
• mobile device as a presentation remote
• clipboard on both devices
• mobile device as keyboard and/or mouse.

KDE Connect also supports plugins that extend the utility of KDE Connect, like- pausing the music or other playing media on a desktop if the mobile device starts ringing, preventing desktop from going to sleep if a device is connected, et al. All these plugins can be fully controlled by the user.

KDE Connect for Windows currently builds using Craft, but has a lot of problems and is currently not suitable for an official release. This project aims to release a port for Windows OS, by fixing the existing plugins accordingly to also support Windows OS, adding system integrations and publishing the official build to the Windows Store.

By the end of this project, we should have a release-able installer shipped to the Windows Store for review.
GSoC 2019 Proposal for KDE Connect for Windows

Steps To Build

Please follow the community guide page on how to build KDE Connect on Windows with Craft.

Milestones

1) Extend KNotifications for Windows

2) Implement KDE Connect's SFTP plugin in Windows port

3) Implement other KDE Connect plugins in Windows port

4) Develop system integrations for Windows port

5) Publish app to Windows Store

Work Report

Milestone 1 : Extend KNotifications for Windows

• Status - COMPLETE
• Duration - 27 May, 2019 to 10 June, 2019
• Blog link - KNotifications ❤ Windows 10
• Main patch- add snoretoast backend for KNotifications on Windows
• Demo Video:- <embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCeMWAG3CRo</embedvideo>

Milestone 2 : Implement KDE Connect's SFTP plugin in Windows port

• Status - COMPLETE
• Duration - 10 June, 2019 to 10 July, 2019
• Blog link - SFTP Plugin on Windows 10
• Main patch- add basic SFTP Plugin for Windows
• Demo Video:- <embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2bZxkGzfWQ</embedvideo>

Milestone 3 : Implement other KDE Connect plugins in Windows port

• Status - UNDER REVIEW
• Duration - 11 July, 2019 to 01 August, 2019
• Blog link - UPDATE_ME
• Main patch- N.A. (please refer to the list of patches merged into `kdeconnect-kde/master`)
• Demo Video- UPDATE_ME

Milestone 4 : Develop system integrations for Windows port

• Status - INCOMPLETE
• Duration - 02 August, 2019 to 15 August, 2019
• Blog link - UPDATE_ME
• Main patch- INCOMPLETE
• Demo Video- INCOMPLETE

Milestone 5 : Publish app to Windows Store

• Status - INCOMPLETE
• Duration - 16 August, 2019 to 26 August, 2019
• Blog link - UPDATE_ME
• Main patch- N.A.
• Demo Video- UPDATE_ME

List of Patches

R138 Craft

• Add Un.Sections to NSIS Template

R289 KNotifications

• add .vscode to .gitignore
• change audio dep logic wrt win32
• add snoretoast backend for KNotifications on Windows
• add `-pid` parameter to Snore backend calls
• have 1024x1024 app icon as fallback icon in Snore
• avoid duplicate notifications from showing up on Windows and remove whitespaces

R877 Craft Blueprints for KDE

• remove phonon from deps if building for win32
• add snoretoast for win32 builds to knotifs blueprint
• add syntax-highlighting dep for building kio-extras
• Add NSIS Script for KDE Connect
• add kpeoplevcard to kdeconnect-kde
• add images to KDE Connect .Appx build
• add sms app and URL-handler to packages

R834 SnoreToast

• add .arcconfig to SnoreToast
• fix header files destination for SnoreToast

R320 KIO-Extras

• Fix SFTP Plugin of KIO for Windows
• allow kio-extras to build with mingw on win32 and remove unnecessary includes

KDEConnect-KDE

• fix Ring for Windows port
• add menu icons
• set last modified time for files received in Android-> PC transfers
• replace phonon with QtMultimedia
• fix win32 build
• use override
• fix new indicator icon
• add quit option
• add basic SFTP Plugin for Windows
• add basic PauseMusic plugin for Windows
• retain Header Labels when resetting commands list
• Split config issue fix for Win32 build
• Fix presenter plugin for Win32
• use Qt in place of Unix-only symbols in kio/kdeconnect
• re-add support for keyboard in Windows build
• add `windowIcon` to daemon for better support on Windows
• Fix win32 tests

Some Links

• My personal blog
• Twitter
• LinkedIn
• GitHub
• KDE Identity
• KDE Phabricator

Contacts

• Email : [email protected]
• IRC Nick : brute4s99 at IRC Freenode
• Phone Number : (+91)-9210775170