Building RoniaKIT with qmake

[DirkOlhaiser]

Hello,

I am using you library (Very beautiful, Thanks :) ) in a qmake application (qt 6.6.3).

I had to make minor changes in order to get it working. Here's what I had to do. Maybe you can make a small chapter on what to set up in order to use your library.

1. Create a subfolder in your project directroy (For example RoniaKit) and copy the contents from the resources folder into it.
2. Create a new qmldir file in the RoniaKit folder.
3. Open your resource file (qml.qrc) and add a new Prefix with the name /RoniaKit. If you named the new subfolder differently, name the prefix accordingly. Otherwise qmake will not recognise the module!
4. Add all the files from RoniaKit subfolder to the new prefix in the resource file
5. Create the module and add all qml files to the qmldir file:

module RoniaKit
HalfDial 1.0 Components/Gauges/HalfDial.qml
Thermometer 1.0 Components/Gauges/Thermometer.qml
...

6. Add the module to your qt engine:
   engine.addImportPath("qrc:/RoniaKit");
7. Add the path to the qml import path in your *.pro file: QML_IMPORT_PATH += $$PWD/RoniaKit
8. Everytime a resource file is loaded (font, picture, etc.) the path is not correctly set up. Insted of source: "qrc:/RoniaKit/resources/..., source: "qrc:/RoniaKit/RoniaKit/... must be used. The issue is that qml doesn't load the module if the prefix is /RonialKit and the qmldir file is in /resources. Maybe there is another way but I didn't figure it out.

Follwing these steps, you can use the components in your qmake application by using import RoniaKit

[nikgolkar]

Hi!
Thanks a lot for the feedback and the kind words — really appreciate it! 🌟

I'm currently working on this exact setup in the refactor-structure branch using CMake, since qmake is deprecated in Qt 6.

That said, if you're interested, feel free to open a pull request on that branch and add a .pri file to support qmake. I'd be happy to review and merge it, and of course, I'll add you to the list of contributors 🙌

You can check out the changes being made here for reference:
#16

Please note that this branch is still a work in progress and needs some more changes — that’s why it hasn’t been merged into master yet.

Looking forward to your contribution!