venice-qt

Desktop implemetation of venice en C++ and QT

Pre-requisites

• QMake version 3.1 or higher or CMake 3.29 or higuer
• Qt version 5.12.8 or 5.15.13
• Make version 4.2.1 or higher
• Protobuf 3.21.12 or higuer

Pre-requisites Installation in Ubuntu 24.04

• For installing QT, QMake, CMake with related Bluetooth dependencies :

sudo apt install qtbase5-dev qt5-qmake qtconnectivity5-dev cmake build-essential

• Installer protobuf compiler

sudo apt install -y protobuf-compiler

• If an official version of protobuf compiler 3.21.12 or higuer is not available on your distribution, you can installe it by hand:

wget https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/refs/tags/v3.21.12.tar.gz
tar -xvf v3.21.12.tar.gz
cd protobuf-3.21.12/
./autogen.sh
./configure
make -j$(nproc)
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/protoc /usr/bin/protoc

Update Git Submodules

After clonning the repository, execute the following commands

git submodule update --init --recursive

Build via the CLI with qmake

• Exeute the following commands:

cd qmake
chmod u+x build.sh
./build.sh

Build via the CLI with cmake

• Exeute the following commands:

cd cmake
chmod u+x build.sh
./build.sh

Run via the CLI

• Execute the following commands:

cd build
chmod u+x build.sh
sudo -E ./venice-qt

• sudo privileges are required in order to access the Bluetooth adapter

Notes

• Service advertising is based on this library.
• qtconnectivity5-dev is required.
• The current version only allows the advertising of the Venice File Service Exchange.
• You need to use a USB dongle Bluetooth. Currently, the internal Bluetooth adapter is not detected.
• To execute a local test by using Android Studio:
  • Flutter 3.13.9 is required. Flutter 3.16 and 3.19 produces an error : file too long error if the hard disk is encrypted.
  • For installing SDK Android packages via Android Studio : tools->Android SDK Manager and to look on the tabs the available packages
  • To avoid Error: A value of type 'List<int>' can't be assigned to a variable of type 'Uint8List
    • To take a look here
      • Files to modify with the line Uint8List.fromList(data.toString().codeUnits);:
        • Dart Packages:
          • ble_bootstrap_channel-XXXX
          • ble_bootstrap_channel
          • views/copypaste/sender_view.dart