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| author | Topi Reinio <topi.reinio@theqtcompany.com> | 2016-01-12 13:37:42 +0100 |
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| committer | Jake Petroules <jake.petroules@qt.io> | 2016-04-16 02:25:23 +0000 |
| commit | 35e2f29cde8dc8280b5ce1986533fca63f902d5e (patch) | |
| tree | 2d7cb2ebc2b1222be6de8efa9e17a309bde237fc /src/qml/doc/src/cppintegration | |
| parent | 49ca8921ba026397c287da974ced7d890a5a28d3 (diff) | |
QML extensions tutorial: Add import plugin to app. bundle on OS X
The application in chapter 6 of this tutorial failed to import
the custom extension plugin on OS X, as it could not see it's
import path outside the application bundle.
Change-Id: Icdca1f0553020e0460e4efabc5461a3447b32086
Task-number: QTBUG-47003
Reviewed-by: Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@theqtcompany.com>
Reviewed-by: Jake Petroules <jake.petroules@qt.io>
Diffstat (limited to 'src/qml/doc/src/cppintegration')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/qml/doc/src/cppintegration/extending-tutorial.qdoc | 26 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/qml/doc/src/cppintegration/extending-tutorial.qdoc b/src/qml/doc/src/cppintegration/extending-tutorial.qdoc index d862b50fcb..c0cfc3e1aa 100644 --- a/src/qml/doc/src/cppintegration/extending-tutorial.qdoc +++ b/src/qml/doc/src/cppintegration/extending-tutorial.qdoc @@ -386,12 +386,26 @@ directory. \quotefile tutorials/extending-qml/chapter6-plugins/import/import.pro -In this example, the \c Charts directory is located at the same level as the application -that uses our new import module. This way, the QML engine will find our module -as the default search path for QML imports includes the directory of the application -executable. Alternatively, we could control what directories the \l {QML Import Path} -{QML import path} contains, useful if there are multiple QML applications using the -same QML imports. +When building this example on Windows or Linux, the \c Charts directory will be +located at the same level as the application that uses our new import module. +This way, the QML engine will find our module as the default search path for QML +imports includes the directory of the application executable. On OS X, the +plugin binary is copied to \c Contents/PlugIns in the the application bundle; +this path is set in \l {tutorials/extending-qml/chapter6-plugins/app.pro} +{chapter6-plugins/app.pro}: + +\quotefromfile tutorials/extending-qml/chapter6-plugins/app.pro +\skipto osx +\printuntil } + +To account for this, we also need to add this location as a +\l {QML Import Path}{QML import path} in \c main.cpp: + +\snippet tutorials/extending-qml/chapter6-plugins/main.cpp 0 +\dots + +Defining custom import paths is useful also when there are multiple +applications using the same QML imports. The \c .pro file also contains additional magic to ensure that the \l {Module Definition qmldir Files}{module definition qmldir file} is always copied |