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First Krita Beta for Android and ChromeOS in Play Store

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Re: First Krita Beta for Android and ChromeOS in Play Store

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According to screenshots Android version is tablet only. Also, store says "device incompatible" (Samsung S8+)

Android Tablets and Chromebooks, the ui isn't much usable for smartphones

It's a pity it doesn't work on Samsung Galaxy Note devices. With the "built in" pen it would be a spot on despite the smaller screen size.

Re: First Krita Beta for Android and ChromeOS in Play Store

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You are thinking of iOS. On Android using a different store or sideload is easy.

>On Android using a different store or sideload is easy. Asking users to use developer mode is not easy, and a huge barrier to entry that most would just not bother and download something else from the Play Store instead.

Developer mode has never been required on Android. App sources are managed by regular settings (Android 8+). Before that, there was a single switch for all non-Play-Store sources.

1. User downloads an .apk using a browser

2. User tries to open it

3. Android prompts the user to allow the browser as a trusted source

4. User agrees by flipping a switch

5. Installation resumes

6. User enjoys the app

https://developer.android.com/distribute/marketing-tools/alt...

https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/android-101-sideload-...

Re: First Krita Beta for Android and ChromeOS in Play Store

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The leading brand is quite expensive (at least here in Germany), especially when it comes to reasonable sizes (A4/letter). I've been putting this off for years. Finally - a few months ago - I aquired something remarkable cheaper, a chinese Gaomon M106K. It turned out, it is not cheap at all in the other sense of the word. Good quality and support at least for my use case (a bit different, handwritten formulas and som…

Nobody wants A4 tablet trust me its not worth it. Ive seen so many pros replace them with A5 or even A6 because its better and more convinient. On the other hand any other brand than the leading brand is truly terrible.

Actual pros replace them with cintiq or similar and are always larger than A4. I've never seen a full time designer move down size, because you lose fidelity at the same zoom level and are constantly fiddling with zoom which is a source of major frustration

Re: First Krita Beta for Android and ChromeOS in Play Store

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post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>On Android using a different store or sideload is easy. Asking users to use developer mode is not easy, and a huge barrier to entry that most would just not bother and download something else from the Play Store instead.

Developer mode has never been required on Android. App sources are managed by regular settings (Android 8+). Before that, there was a single switch for all non-Play-Store sources. 1. User downloads an .apk using a browser 2. User tries to open it 3. Android prompts the user to allow the browser as a trusted source 4. User agrees by flipping a switch 5. Installation resumes 6. User enjoys the app https://developer.and…

This is not a great substitute for installing through an app store because the app will not update automatically.

This is, however, a great thing to have.

A better substitute would be using F-Droid. By the way, some free software apps are not gratis on the Play Store but are on F-Droid.

It can still be confusing to manage two app stores for some people, while installing an app from a downloaded executable is usual on Windows, so Krita probably did the right thing.

Re: First Krita Beta for Android and ChromeOS in Play Store

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

The leading brand is quite expensive (at least here in Germany), especially when it comes to reasonable sizes (A4/letter). I've been putting this off for years. Finally - a few months ago - I aquired something remarkable cheaper, a chinese Gaomon M106K. It turned out, it is not cheap at all in the other sense of the word. Good quality and support at least for my use case (a bit different, handwritten formulas and som…

what kind of price are we taking about? because a second hand surface pro 3 is probably cheap these days and could be used for a lot more than a wacom tablet, playing music, watching videos etc

$50.

Re: First Krita Beta for Android and ChromeOS in Play Store

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Not a support forum here - but does someone know, if there are ways to resize UI fonts for the Windows Krita application without touching the Windows setting for the whole monitor?

The only way still working for me is an arcane - in fact deprecated for a long time - Qt environment variable (QT_DEVICE_PIXEL_RATIO), that makes a difference for at least a portable Krita installation.

Re: First Krita Beta for Android and ChromeOS in Play Store

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Not a support forum here - but does someone know, if there are ways to resize UI fonts for the Windows Krita application without touching the Windows setting for the whole monitor? The only way still working for me is an arcane - in fact deprecated for a long time - Qt environment variable (QT_DEVICE_PIXEL_RATIO), that makes a difference for at least a portable Krita installation.

Open up a thread here https://krita-artists.org/
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