[Interest] (Q)Plugins and QML/Quick

[Ulf Hermann]

Hi,

> The problem to discuss:
> 
>   * An application that wants to be extendable via plugins.
>   * These are found and loaded at runtime.
>   * Not all of them are used at the time.
>   * The plugins require non-trivial UI, that they ought to "bring
>     themselves".
>   * During the runtime of the application one plugin can be disabled and
>     another one enabled, and their respective UI should be replaced in
>     the application window.
>       o Ultimately, think that they can be chosen on a combo-box.

> [...] 

> Now, the question: How would you approach the same problem in QML? I've 
> read around that creating objects for the Quick engine is an 
> anti-pattern. So, do you have examples, or suggestions, how to achieve 
> this kind of design?

You're talking about QML modules. There is a new blog post about those 
[1], and I'm just writing another, more in depth one, about the same topic.



[1] https://www.qt.io/blog/introduction-to-the-qml-cmake-api


best regards,
Ulf