feat(slint): Update Slint section in GUI frameworks guide - #768
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Reflect upstream meta-slint improvements: new image targets, demo launcher,pre-built images for AM62P/AM62L, slint-viewer remote preview, and updated renderer/backend documentation. Signed-off-by: Telukula Jeevan Kumar Sahu <j-sahu@ti.com>
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| engine that leverages OpenGL ES 2.0. This makes it highly efficient and well-suited for | ||
| embedded GPUs like the PowerVR series on the |__PART_FAMILY_NAME__|, providing a great | ||
| balance of performance and low resource usage out-of-the-box. | ||
| Slint uses a flexible architecture with configurable renderers and backends, controlled |
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Renderers is actually considered a word by most online sources now. Please add it to the allow list if you want to use it: https://github.com/TexasInstruments/processor-sdk-doc/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#vale-grammar-spelling-and-prose-checking
| renderers and backends and how to configure them. | ||
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| On |__PART_FAMILY_NAME__|, the image adapts to the board's graphics stack. | ||
| Devices with a GPU render through the hardware-accelerated Skia renderer. |
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Skia is also a valid name. Please add it to the allow list as well (just the uppercase spelling though, as that's the intended project spelling from what I can tell).
| * - Image target | ||
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| * - :file:`tisdk-default-image` | ||
| - Full TI SDK image with Slint demo binaries in :file:`/usr/bin` and :file:`slint-viewer`. Run demos manually. |
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| - Full TI SDK image with Slint demo binaries in :file:`/usr/bin` and :file:`slint-viewer`. Run demos manually. | |
| - Full TI SDK image with Slint demo binaries in :file:`/usr/bin` and :file:`slint-viewer`. The user manually starts a specific demo. |
| * - :file:`tisdk-default-image` | ||
| - Full TI SDK image with Slint demo binaries in :file:`/usr/bin` and :file:`slint-viewer`. Run demos manually. | ||
| * - :file:`ti-image-slint-demos` | ||
| - Slint-focused image with the same demo binaries and :file:`slint-viewer`, plus :file:`slint-launcher` which starts |
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| - Slint-focused image with the same demo binaries and :file:`slint-viewer`, plus :file:`slint-launcher` which starts | |
| - Slint-focused image with the same demo binaries and :command:`slint-viewer`, plus :command:`slint-launcher` which starts |
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| To run a demo, first stop the ti-apps-launcher that runs out-of-box and then execute the desired binary. | ||
| For example, to run the "home-automation" demo on a Wayland display: | ||
| **With ti-image-slint-demos (or Slint pre-built image):** :file:`slint-launcher` starts automatically on boot. |
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| **With ti-image-slint-demos (or Slint pre-built image):** :file:`slint-launcher` starts automatically on boot. | |
| **With ti-image-slint-demos (or Slint pre-built image):** :command:`slint-launcher` starts automatically on boot. |
| Select and launch any demo from the graphical list. | ||
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| **With tisdk-default-image:** Run demos manually. Stop the ti-apps-launcher first, then execute the desired binary. | ||
| For example, to run the :file:`home-automation` demo on a Wayland display: |
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| For example, to run the :file:`home-automation` demo on a Wayland display: | |
| For example, to run the :command:`home-automation` demo on a Wayland display: |
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| The images now include :file:`slint-viewer`, a tool for previewing :file:`.slint` UI files directly |
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| The images now include :file:`slint-viewer`, a tool for previewing :file:`.slint` UI files directly | |
| The images now include :command:`slint-viewer`, a tool for previewing :file:`.slint` UI files directly |
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Reflect upstream meta-slint improvements: new image targets, demo launcher,pre-built images for AM62P/AM62L, slint-viewer remote preview, and updated renderer/backend documentation.