C++/Qt Apps on Ovi Store?

Question

Can one develop C++/Qt based application for Symbian and N series phone and upload the same to Ovi store ?.

I hear conflicting stories. I understand the existence of Smart Installer etc.

But my question is as of today can I code and ship apps to Ovi store ?.

If not any clue how long before it becomes a reality ?.

Ankur

Update: http://ht.ly/1PvcI says mid 2010 is when it ships. I also heard from a Qt Developer that is ships along with 4.7 release. Worse case they say is September 2010

Answer 1

Today it is not possible to publish applications developed with Qt in Ovi Store. The problem is, that today very few phones have Qt installed. For this, Nokia created the smart installer, that would be asked to install the correct version of Qt from the internet, but still not stable. Something can be done is to link the application statically, but the executable is something more than 10 mb and passed the capacity constraints Ovi Store. In the near future (after the second half of this year) is expected to SmartInstaller is stable and officially supported by Ovi, which would allow to publish the applications based in Qt Framework!.

Answer 2

Like Jordenysp pointed out, there are hardly any Symbian phones which have qt preinstalled. N8 is the first and it hasnt reached sales release yet. So, my wild guess is that when N8 is out, you can ship qt apps to ovi store for symbian.