QField app
QField Karma edition app
It’s done, finally we managed to get rid of Ministro so that we finally can say, QField runs on any android from 4.0.3 (ICS). This makes as of today (according to google) 96% of the android installations worldwide. Eventually we want to settle to 4.3 (JB) as minimum to allow us using certain features and avoiding one known issue, but for now it would mean cutting of another 25% of the users.
So as of today it is: 4.0.3 (Ice cream sandwich API 15) is the required minimal Android version to run QField and Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean API 18) is the suggested minimal version.
We tested with 4.4, 5.0.1 and 5.1 but we haven’t had the chance to get our hands on an Android 6 so if you can, let us know how it works.
But adding support for android 5 isn’t the only great news, during the process we also:
- Reintroduced WMS support
- Removed ministro dependency. All libs are now bundled so that the installation is as simple as possible
- Drastically reduced total download size from 300MB+ to 36MB
- Updated libs to QGIS 2.13 (https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/commit/6b3eddd)
We would like to thank to the City of Vevey and the QGIS hack fest Gran Canaria for supporting the development of this critical feature.
QField is an Open Source project led by OPENGIS.ch LLC, more information, the source code and a possibility to donate to the project can be found on the QField page (preferred) or by buying the QField for QGIS Karma edition app.
Also if you need a specific feature, contact us to sponsor its development.
10 Comments
Daniele Samez · 2015-12-02 at 09:59
Thanks Marco and all developers at Opengis.ch
Chris · 2016-04-10 at 23:12
Wonderful. I’d love to see a newer version with layers panel and editing/digitizing capabilities
marco · 2016-04-11 at 16:04
digitizing of points is coming soon
Christophe M. · 2016-06-09 at 19:48
Bonjour, testé sur mon Nexus 5 avec Android 6.0.1, il fonctionne bien et toutes les fonctionnalités sont disponibles.
Hello, tester on a Nexus 5 with Android 6.0.1, qfield run Well and all fonction are available.
arne1921KF · 2017-04-10 at 17:39
Hi there!
The link to the QField for QGIS Karma edition app delivers a 404 page.
I’d really like to try QField, but sadly, I have had no luck so far on my devices. One runs Android 4.2.2 (and Qfield crashes instantly), the other Android 6.0 (and I can’t load any projects). I really have to find the sweet spot, it seems.
Carlos Ruiz · 2017-08-31 at 22:47
qfiel está inestable para android 6
Hasrull · 2018-04-09 at 06:08
I am using Huawei MediaPad M3 Lite (Android 7.0). QField suits my requirement. However at time I am unable to close the panel on the right after I have viewed the attributes of the layers.
The other problem is that I cannot snap pictures and position it on the map.
How can I rectify this problem because I need these to function well?
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