[Interest] CMake - List Sources: qt_add_executable vs qt_add_qml_module

[Mike Trahearn]

If your sources are intended to be part of the QML module, that is, available to QML having imported Main_Module, then you should put your sources under the module. If the sources are just assistant to your main.cpp and have no need to be used in QML then they can go under the application.
Sources under the application cannot be published (easily) to QML.

Modularising your application into meaningful modules will help you identify what goes where.

You should also come up with a good module URI dot notation semantic for your modules which will help organise your QML imports statements and source folder structure.

Hope that helps.



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Subject: [Interest] CMake - List Sources: qt_add_executable vs qt_add_qml_module

... ported my apps from 5.15 to 6.6, now on my way from QMake to CMake

App is not modularized yet (ToDo for later ;-)
So I only have ONE QML Module directly loaded at start:

main.cpp:
engine.loadFromModule("Main_Module", "Main");

qt_add_executable(my_app
     main.cpp
)

include(my_qml_files.cmake)

qt_add_qml_module(my_app
     URI Main_Module
     QML_FILES ${myqmlfiles}
     ... RESOURCES, SOURCES...
)

I can list all my other cpp SOURCES in qt_add_executable or in
qt_add_qml_module,
what is recommended in this case ?

thx

ekke

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