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  • QjayQ Qjay

    Hello all , i want to make a chat app pretty much similar to telegram . How can i get started with it , can someone point some starting resources ?

    Thank you !!

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    There's several chat examples in Qt docs:

    • http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtwebsockets-simplechat-example.html
    • http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtwebchannel-chatserver-cpp-example.html
    • http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtnetwork-network-chat-example.html

    They're probably mainly about demonstrating Qt's network support for such things (looks like they're all-C++ apps; no QML).

    Does the world really need yet another chat app though? :^)

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      Hi,

      Do you mean a client for the Telegram network ?

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      • SGaistS SGaist

        Hi,

        Do you mean a client for the Telegram network ?

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        @SGaist Yeah that can work too .

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        • timdayT timday

          There's several chat examples in Qt docs:

          • http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtwebsockets-simplechat-example.html
          • http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtwebchannel-chatserver-cpp-example.html
          • http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtnetwork-network-chat-example.html

          They're probably mainly about demonstrating Qt's network support for such things (looks like they're all-C++ apps; no QML).

          Does the world really need yet another chat app though? :^)

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          @timday it's not for public . the chat ap is only for a small private group .

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            How many user do you expect ?
            What kind of hardware are you targetting ?

            Interested in AI ? www.idiap.ch
            Please read the Qt Code of Conduct - https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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            • SGaistS SGaist

              How many user do you expect ?
              What kind of hardware are you targetting ?

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              @SGaist i am expecting minimum 500 and at max 5000 ( i have stretched this number ) users.

              I am targetting both Android and IOS . but first priority is android !!

              Thank you !!

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                Then you will likely also be interested in KDE's Telepathy.

                Interested in AI ? www.idiap.ch
                Please read the Qt Code of Conduct - https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                • SGaistS SGaist

                  Then you will likely also be interested in KDE's Telepathy.

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                  @SGaist thanks for sharing it , but i am not sure how i can use it ? .

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                    This application already support a wide range of chat services and technologies. You can take some inspiration from it. However as @timday wrote, do you really need to write yet another chat application ?

                    Shouldn't you rather provide a server for your customer so they can connect to it with their usual clients.

                    Interested in AI ? www.idiap.ch
                    Please read the Qt Code of Conduct - https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                    • SGaistS SGaist

                      This application already support a wide range of chat services and technologies. You can take some inspiration from it. However as @timday wrote, do you really need to write yet another chat application ?

                      Shouldn't you rather provide a server for your customer so they can connect to it with their usual clients.

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                      @SGaist i do agree that there might not be a need for another chat application . So what exactly i want to do is / they want is a their own client .

                      So yeah i guess providing a server approach also seems right to me . Just my own server for chat app . Can you list me some chat clients that i can look into . Like you said telegraphy is one of them but i can' use it just like that .

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                        Konversation is an IRC chat client
                        Kopete is an older multi-service chat client.

                        Interested in AI ? www.idiap.ch
                        Please read the Qt Code of Conduct - https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                          Thanks everyone for insight . I have some idea now from where i should start .

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