The release of the KDE Plasma Mobile 22.11 mobile platform has been published, based on the mobile edition of the Plasma 5 desktop, the KDE Frameworks 5 libraries, the ModemManager phone stack and the Telepathy communication framework. The kwin_wayland composite server is used to display graphics in Plasma Mobile, and PulseAudio is used for sound processing. Simultaneously, the release of the Plasma Mobile Gear 22.11 set of mobile applications, which is formed by analogy with the KDE Gear set, has been prepared. To create the application interface, Qt is used, a set of Mauikit components and the Kirigami framework from the KDE Frameworks, which allows you to create universal interfaces suitable for smartphones, tablets and PCs.
Includes apps such as KDE Connect to pair your phone with your desktop, Okular document viewer, VVave music player, Koko and Pix image viewers, buho note taking system, calindori calendar planner, Index file manager, Discover app manager, sending SMS Spacebar, plasma-phonebook address book, plasma-dialer phone call interface, plasma-angelfish browser and Spectral messenger.
In the new version:
- The mobile shell carries over the changes prepared in the KDE Plasma 5.27 branch, which will be the last in the KDE Plasma 5.x series, after which work will focus on the preparation of KDE Plasma 6.
- In the drop-down panel of quick settings (Action Drawer), the ability to open the sound source selection window by clicking on the media player indicator has been added.
- In the home screen (Halcyon), performance on low-powered devices has been improved, and an issue with the performance of scrolling through the list of applications has been resolved. Improved use of the Meta key to display the home screen.
- In the screen saver, the contrast of the font used to display the clock has been increased. Work has been done to improve performance.
- Added support for changing the panel orientation in the KWin compositor, which made it possible to ensure that touch input works correctly on devices with a flip screen (for example, OnePlus 5).
- The design of the power off menu has been updated, in addition to the shutdown and restart buttons, a button has been added to end the user session.
- Changes have been made to the weather forecast applet to unify work on desktop systems (the settings dialog has been switched to use a window in desktop mode, scrollbars have been added, the list of places has been redesigned).
- The Recorder application has been adapted for integration into the KDE Gear suite. The interface has been switched to a full-screen layout, the settings dialog has been switched to using a window in desktop mode, the recording player interface has been simplified, instant recording is provided after pressing the "record" button, support for exporting saved recordings has been added.
- In the interface for making calls (Plasma Dialer), it is possible to change the buttons for answering a call, for example, in addition to traditional buttons, sliding buttons or buttons of an asymmetric size can be used. On the incoming call screen, the display of caller id and call duration is implemented. Added initial support for CI builds with Qt6. The settings section has been moved to new form components.
- Spacebar, an SMS/MMS sender, now has a preview of image attachments in chat and notifications. Added the ability to send a quick response (tapback). Implemented chat deletion confirmation dialog.
- In the application manager (Discover), the output of recommended applications has been improved.
- In Tokodon, a client for the Mastodon decentralized microblogging platform, the settings section has been moved to new form components. Provided automatic cropping and rotation of images on the timeline.
- NeoChat messaging software continued to work on support for end-to-end encryption and the transition of the settings section to new form components. Added a separate section for configuring notifications and implemented support for configuring work through a proxy. Rewritten interface for switching between accounts.
- The Kasts podcast listener now supports streaming and listening to episodes without first downloading them.
- In the configurator, the work of the module for setting up the mobile network has been adjusted and the behavior on devices without a SIM card has been improved.
- AudioTube's music player now includes the ability to view lyrics, display album art, and support for filtering recent searches. The interface implements the display of images with rounded corners and offers a new design for list headers. Actions on each composition are placed in the pop-up menu.
Starting with the release of KDE Gear 23.04, it was decided to develop mobile versions of KDE applications within the core KDE Gear package, without shipping a separate Plasma Mobile Gear suite.
Source: opennet.ru