QGroundControl UI customization for Android

QGroundControl Development
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Hi everyone,

I’m just getting started with drones and QGroundControl, so if I make any mistakes or ask obvious questions, I hope you’ll kindly forgive me and point me in the right direction :sweat_smile:

Right now, I’m trying to customize QGroundControl UI for Android. I’d like to redesign the entire interface with a more modern and touch-friendly look. I’ve gone through the developer documentation on the QGroundControl website, but honestly, I’m still quite lost and not sure where to begin. I haven’t figured out which version of Qt to use or where exactly to get the source code for a setup that works well with QGroundControl development on Android.

Any help or guidance would mean a lot to me!

Thanks so much in advance :folded_hands:

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QGC is going through a lot of churn at the moment. I believe that they are updating from Qt5 to Qt6 on the main branch.
You can look at the notes in Release QGroundControl v5.0 - Release Candidate 5 · mavlink/qgroundcontrol · GitHub to get some idea.

So I would suggest you concentrate on Qt 6 and that branch.

Unfortunately the docs probably haven’t been updated for this new build (I don’t know.).

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The docs are up to date for how to build QGC. The dev guide tells you how to get the source and how to install Qt: Getting Started with Source and Builds | QGC Guide (master)