the program crashes when calling QQuickItem::childItems()

[Quentin91]

Hi !

One of my methods creates a Qlist<QQuickItems*> using childItems() but when I reach this point, the program crashes.

void PresetModel::setPresetBase(void)
{
	TRACE_DEBUG("PresetModel::setPresetBase")
	QQuickItem* w_object = mp_view->rootObject();
	printf("\t1\n");
	QList<QQuickItem*> w_items = w_object->childItems();
	printf("\t2\n");
	QVector<QVariant> parameters;

The program stops after 1 is printed.

Here is the test function.

void testPreset() {
	int carlito = 0;
	QGuiApplication app(carlito, nullptr);

	QQuickView* w_view = new QQuickView();
	w_view->setSource(QUrl(QStringLiteral(QML_GENERIC_VIEW_PATH)));
	VIEW::PresetModel w_davey(w_view);
	w_davey.setPresetBase();//there is the method
}

I think that's because something is wrong with the QML so the view can't access to the QQuickItems*, children of the the view's rootObject ? Do you think it's the problem ? How can I avoid it ?

[sierdzio]

@Quentin91 said in the program crashes when calling QQuickItem::childItems():

QQuickItem* w_object

You need to check if w_object is nullptr or not and only then proceed to call childItems() on it.

What is mp_view? Is it the same QQuickView you have constructed in testPreset()?

[sierdzio]

@Quentin91 said in the program crashes when calling QQuickItem::childItems():

I think that's because something is wrong with the QML so the view can't access to the QQuickItems*

You can check that with:

if (w_view->errors().isEmpty() == false)
  qDebug() << "Error!";

https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qquickview.html#errors

Or with:

if (w_view->engine()->rootObjects().isEmpty())
  qDebug() << "Error!";

[Quentin91]

Thank you very much for your answer @sierdzio

You need to check if w_object is nullptr

You're right, it's null

What is mp_view? Is it the same QQuickView you have constructed in testPreset()?

yes it is

The QQuickView::errors() is so usefull... Thanks a lot for that !
So now, my QML is alright but the w_object is null

But now, Why is the QQuickItem* w_object always null ?
The QQuickView is not empty
Here is my new code :

void PresetModel::setPresetBase(void)
{
	TRACE_DEBUG("PresetModel::setPresetBase START")
	QQuickItem* w_object = mp_view->rootObject();
	QList<QQuickItem*> w_items;
	if (!w_object)
	{
		TRACE_ERROR("PresetModel::setPresetBase the rootObject is null !")
		if (mp_view)
		{
			if (mp_view->errors().isEmpty() == false)
			{
				TRACE_ERROR("testPreset errors in da QML");
				QList<QQmlError>w_errors = mp_view->errors();
				cout << "xxxxxxxx QML errors xxxxxxx " << endl;
				for (int i = 0; i < w_errors.length(); ++i)
				{
					cout <<"\t\terror " << i<<" : ";printQStr(w_errors[i].description())
				}
			}
		}//anyway w_object always null so I stop here. 

The main

int carlito = 0;
	QGuiApplication app(carlito, nullptr);
	QQuickView* w_view = new QQuickView(); 
	w_view->setSource(QUrl(QString("D:\\Users\\t0211259\\Documents\\Mes Outils Personnels\\anonymity\\TEST_VIEW4\\QML\\test2\\useless.qml")));

	w_view->engine()->addImportPath(QStringLiteral("..\\..\\Tools\\Qt\\5.12.0\\x64\\5.12.0\\msvc2017_64\\qml"));
	VIEW::PresetModel w_davey(w_view);
	//w_davey.loadPresetFromFile();
	w_davey.setPresetBase();

and the QML, just in case

import QtQuick 2.5
import QtQuick.Window 2.5
import "Items" as Items
Window{
    property var value: anchor.getVal();
    visible: true
    id:mainWindow
    width: 150; height: 150
    color: "#000000"
    Items.uselesItem1//this is basically a green rectangle. //Unknown component (M300)//it usually works anyway
    {
        id: johnny
        x: 32
        y: 18
    }
}

[sierdzio]

OK so the QML shows when you run the application, right? But on C++ side w_object is null.

I'm a bit confused why you set addImportPath after you set source. Should be the other way around. But if your code works anyway, that's probably not an issue.

BTW. You don't have to escape paths like that in Qt... just use unix notation like w_view->engine()->addImportPath(QStringLiteral("../../Tools/Qt/5.12.0/x64/5.12.0/msvc2017_64/qml"));

Hm, the problem may also be that QQuickView spawns a window. So when you pass another Window in your main QML file, the rootObject() gets confused - maybe. Try changing Window to Rectangle or a plain Item instead.

[Quentin91]

the QML did not show because :

you set addImportPath after you set source

That's right, and

the problem may also be that QQuickView spawns a window. So when you pass another Window in your main QML file, the rootObject() gets confused

That's absolutely right
aaand I forget the w_view.show();
So now, the QML shows but the

QQuickItem* w_object = mp_view->rootObject();

is null. That's probably because my QML has no child Items for now...
Thank you very much for your help (again) @sierdzio

Maybe I'll come back in this topic if the problem with rootItems is not what I think, but for now I consider the topic as solved

[sierdzio]

Ok, happy coding and good luck! :-)