1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/quick/items/qquickview.cpp b/src/quick/items/qquickview.cpp
index 5b5413a4ba..6582e3ad40 100644
--- a/src/quick/items/qquickview.cpp
+++ b/src/quick/items/qquickview.cpp
@@ -345,6 +345,9 @@ QQuickView::Status QQuickView::status() const
     if (!d->component)
         return QQuickView::Null;
 
+    if (d->component->status() == QQmlComponent::Ready && !d->root)
+        return QQuickView::Error;
+
     return QQuickView::Status(d->component->status());
 }
 
@@ -364,6 +367,10 @@ QList<QQmlError> QQuickView::errors() const
         QQmlError error;
         error.setDescription(QLatin1String("QQuickView: invalid qml engine."));
         errs << error;
+    } else if (d->component->status() == QQmlComponent::Ready && !d->root) {
+        QQmlError error;
+        error.setDescription(QLatin1String("QQuickView: invalid root object."));
+        errs << error;
     }
 
     return errs;
@@ -501,14 +508,15 @@ void QQuickViewPrivate::setRootObject(QObject *obj)
     if (QQuickItem *sgItem = qobject_cast<QQuickItem *>(obj)) {
         root = sgItem;
         sgItem->setParentItem(q->QQuickWindow::contentItem());
+    } else if (qobject_cast<QWindow *>(obj)) {
+        qWarning() << "QQuickView does not support using windows as a root item." << endl
+                   << endl
+                   << "If you wish to create your root window from QML, consider using QQmlApplicationEngine instead." << endl;
     } else {
         qWarning() << "QQuickView only supports loading of root objects that derive from QQuickItem." << endl
                    << endl
-                   << "If your example is using QML 2, (such as qmlscene) and the .qml file you" << endl
-                   << "loaded has 'import QtQuick 1.0' or 'import Qt 4.7', this error will occur." << endl
-                   << endl
-                   << "To load files with 'import QtQuick 1.0' or 'import Qt 4.7', use the" << endl
-                   << "QDeclarativeView class in the Qt Quick 1 module." << endl;
+                   << "Ensure your QML code is written for QtQuick 2, and uses a root that is or" << endl
+                   << "inherits from QtQuick's Item (not a Timer, QtObject, etc)." << endl;
         delete obj;
         root = 0;
     }