[Qt-qml] How to edit and continue?

[aaron.kennedy at nokia.com]

Hi,

On 28/05/2011, at 5:16 AM, "ext mathias.malmqvist at nokia.com" <mathias.malmqvist at nokia.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi, 
> 
> Anyone know if there's any way to make the QML engine properly reload 
> and recompile a qml file that has already been loaded and used before?
> 
> I.e. while developing I want to be able to edit a qml file and have the change 
> show up on the screen without restarting the qml application, because 
> restarting it takes quite a while.
> 
> I tried using a Loader to load the root element that contains the elements I 
> want to be able to edit, but the compiled qml code must be cached even 
> after the element has been unloaded by the Loader 'cause the changes I 
> make are not picked up until I restart the whole thing. Can I turn off the 
> caching or explicitly purge it?

Not easily.  From c++ you can call QDeclarativeEngine::clearComponentCache(), but there is no way from QML (short of manually exposing this method, of course).  For Qt 5 we intend to make this easier, at least while in development mode.

Cheers,

Aaron


> 
> 
> Cheers
> Mathias
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