Porting the VCL based UI familiar from the PC to iOS would have generated huge amounts of work and was not a feasible option to get something done within a narrow timeframe. Let me try to summarize some of the design decisions as well as the journey so far: Technical considerations Together with Collabora the team at Adfinis SyGroup started to search for ways to bring LibreOffice to the iPad and to reuse as much code as possible. There are other solutions out there targeting the iOS office and workplace market but we believe that an open source solution with a great community backing it was the missing piece.
While we totally love the flexibility and functionality Collabora Online offers (especially when it’s integrated with the ever awesome Nextcloud, we do also see the need for an offline solution to edit office documents. Our collaboration on this journey began in early 2018, as we realized, that for one of our projects, a native iOS app is a crucial part to gain end user acceptance. Together with our friends from Collabora we’re delighted to announce the porting effort of LibreOffice to yet another important platform: Apple iOS.įind the announcement from Collabora as well as a sneak peak video here.
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