[maemo-developers] non-Hildonized v Hildonized Python app

[From: Martin Grimme]

Hi,

2008/12/25, Rabson, Hugo SPC MIL USA USARPAC <hugo.rabson at us.army.mil>:
> Aside from a prettier GUI and Nokia-specific connectivity, what do I
> lose if I don't Hildonize a Python (PyGtk) app?

Apart from what you've mentioned, you don't lose much else, really.
Maybe you'll lose a few potential users, though.

> 1. Is there a way to automatically Hildonize an app?

Not really. It's usually a major UI redesign to make it fit well on
the small screen.
With small, I don't mean the resolution, but the physical size.

> 2. If not, is there an easy way to keep two codebases (one Hildonized,
> one non-Hildonized) in a Python app?

The main differences are HildonWindow vs GtkWindow and the application menus.
You could abstract from the implementations with a wrapper class and
load the appropriate implementation for the platform. You can detect
if you're running on hildon with:

try:
    import hildon
except:
    HAVE_HILDON = False
else:
    HAVE_HILDON = True

There are other ways for detecting, too. But this is what I prefer.

> 3, Failing that, what do I lose by not Hildonizing the Python app at all
> (at least, not in the GUI)?

See above.


> Thanks for your time. Happy Holidays & all that.

Happy holidays to you, too!


Regards,
Martin