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/*!

    \contentspage index.html
    \previouspage creator-visual-editor.html
    \page quick-projects.html
    \nextpage creator-using-qt-quick-designer.html

    \title Creating Qt Quick Projects

    \image qmldesigner-new-project.png "New File or Project dialog"

    When you create a new Qt Quick project from scratch, you have the following
    options:

    \list

        \o  \gui {Qt Quick Application} creates a Qt Quick application project
            that can contain both QML and C++ code. The project includes a
            QDeclarativeView. You can build the application and deploy it on
            desktop and mobile target platforms.

            You can select a template that uses either the built-in QML elements
            or Qt Quick components for a particular platform. The built-in QML
            elements enable you to create cross-platform applications with a
            custom look and feel, whereas the components provide the look and
            feel for a particular platform.

            The Qt Quick 1 Application wizard imports Qt Quick 1.1, and
            therefore, you can use it without changes to develop for platforms
            that run Qt 4.7.4 (such as MeeGo). To develop for platforms that run
            Qt 4.7.3 (such as Maemo), you must change the import statement to
            import Qt Quick 1.0.

            The Qt Quick 2 Application wizard imports Qt Quick 2.0. Use it to
            develop for platforms that run Qt 5.
        \o  \gui {Qt Quick UI} creates a Qt Quick UI project with a single QML
            file that contains the main view. You can review Qt Quick UI
            projects in a \l{Previewing QML Files}{preview tool} and you need
            not build them. You do not
            need to have the development environment installed on your
            computer to create and run this type of projects.

        \o  \gui {Qt Quick 1 Application (from Existing QML File)} converts
            existing Qt Quick 1 applications to Qt Quick application projects.
            This enables you to run them from \QC and to deploy them to mobile
            devices.

        \o  \gui {Qt Quick Extension Plugins} (in the \gui Libraries category)
            create C++ plugins that make it possible to offer extensions that
            can be loaded dynamically into Qt Quick applications. Select
            \gui {Qt Quick 1 Extension Plugin} to create extensions for
            Qt Quick 1 applications and \gui {Qt Quick 2 Extension Plugin} to
            create extensions for Qt Quick 2 applications.

    \endlist

    \section1 Creating Qt Quick UI Projects

    Select \gui {File > New File or Project > Applications > Qt Quick UI >
    Choose} and follow the instructions of the wizard.

    \QC creates the following files:

    \list

        \o  .qmlproject project file defines that all QML, JavaScript, and image
            files in the project folder belong to the project. Therefore, you do
            not need to individually list all the files in the project.

        \o  .qml file defines an element, such as a component, screen, or the
            whole application UI.

    \endlist

    The \c import statement in the beginning of the .qml file specifies the
    \l{http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qdeclarativemodules.html}{Qt modules} to
    import. Each Qt module contains a set of default elements. Specify a version
    to get the features you want.

    To use JavaScript and image files in the application, copy them to the
    project folder.

    \section1 Creating Qt Quick Applications

    Select \gui File > \gui {New File or Project} > \gui Applications >
    \gui {Qt Quick Application 1 (Built-in Elements)} or \gui {Qt Quick
    Application 2 (Built-in Elements)} > \gui Choose, and follow the
    instructions of the wizard.

    \note The SDK for a particular target platform might install additional
    templates for that platform. For example, the \gui {Qt Quick Application for
    MeeGo Harmattan} template is installed as part of the MeeGo Harmattan tool
    chain and the QNX templates are installed as part of the BlackBerry NDK or
    the QNX SDK.

    \QC creates the necessary boilerplate files. Some of the files are
    specific to a particular target platform.

    \section1 Importing QML Applications

    If you have existing QML applications that you want to run in \QC or deploy
    to mobile devices, select the \gui {Qt Quick Application (from Existing QML
    File)} template to import the main .qml file in your project.

    \image qmldesigner-import-project.png "Select Existing QML File dialog"

    All the other files in the project are automatically added to the
    application project.
    \QC adds references to the QML files to a project and creates the additional
    files necessary for deploying applications to mobile devices.

*/