Proxy Support [workaround]

[mtlive]

It might not seem useful, but since manga sites are blocked on some ISPs it might be helpful to add proxy settings to bypass restrictions. Also Qt supports setting a proxy so I think it should make things straightforward.

[mtlive]

Well I tried compiling UMR for Windows. Qt uses system proxy by default and it worked flawlessly on Windows. UltimateMangaReader-win32.zip

On Kobo I tried to set proxy by adding this line to launch script: export http_proxy=socks5h://192.168.1.1:2020 but it either can't connect to Wi-Fi or hangs/doesn't load anything. I also reviewed logs on proxy server (an openssh tunnel with -D switch) and there seems to be no connection from Kobo.

Could it be from the Qt library that you have provided with release (maybe a switch that you used for configuration)? I just used your release and didn't recompile anything for kobo.

[mtlive]

OK, after wasting some hours figuring out how to compile Qt for kobo and library stuffs,... I found out a weird behaviour from Qt on Kobo. Even though Qt detects system proxy and by default is set to use it doesn't use it! The output of:

QTextStream(stdout) << "***Proxy:" << QNetworkProxy::applicationProxy().hostName() << ":" << QNetworkProxy::applicationProxy().port() << " type:" << QNetworkProxy::applicationProxy().type()<< endl;
QTextStream(stdout) << "***Use system proxy:" << QNetworkProxyFactory::usesSystemConfiguration() << endl;
QNetworkProxyFactory::setUseSystemConfiguration(true);
QTextStream(stdout) << "***Proxy:" << QNetworkProxy::applicationProxy().hostName() << ":" << QNetworkProxy::applicationProxy().port() << " type:" << QNetworkProxy::applicationProxy().type()<< endl;

is

***Proxy:localhost:2020 type:1
***Use system proxy:1
***Proxy:localhost:2020 type:1

Even this one didn't work: QNetworkProxy::setApplicationProxy( QNetworkProxy::applicationProxy());

Only this one makes it to use proxy:

QNetworkProxy proxy;
proxy.setType(QNetworkProxy::applicationProxy().type());
proxy.setHostName(QNetworkProxy::applicationProxy().hostName());
proxy.setPort(QNetworkProxy::applicationProxy().port());
QNetworkProxy::setApplicationProxy(proxy);
QTextStream(stdout) << "***Proxy:" << QNetworkProxy::applicationProxy().hostName() << ":" << QNetworkProxy::applicationProxy().port() << " type:" << QNetworkProxy::applicationProxy().type()<< endl;

Output: ***Proxy:localhost:2020 type:1

BTW I can now use proxy and access mangadex!