QObject: Cannot create children for a parent that is in a different thread. When Deleting Object.

jfinn88

I keep getting this Waring in my console out put when I call delete.

I build up a QList of objects that I allocated dynamically. When the destructor is called I delete the objs from the list then clear the list.

I tried following the Qt documentation for deletion but still get the warning

QList<Employee *> list;
list.append(new Employee("Blackpool", "Stephen"));
list.append(new Employee("Twist", "Oliver"));

qDeleteAll(list.begin(), list.end());
list.clear();

I have tried using deleteLater() but doesn't resolve the issue. I tired moving the thread the objects are created in. Not quite sure how to resolve this warning. That about using smart pointers since they de-allocate automatically...

Any Ideas?

CPrint.cpp

CPrint::~CPrint()
{
    qDebug() << "########################## CPrint::~CPrint() destructor";
    deletePlotList();
}

/**
 * @brief delete the plots list and its references
 */
void CPrint::deletePlotList()
{
    qDebug() << "########################## CPrint::deletePlotList() m_plost size 1: " << m_plots.size();
    while (!m_plots.isEmpty()) {
        delete m_plots.takeFirst();
        qDebug() << "########################## CPrint::deletePlotList() m_plost size 2: " << m_plots.size();
    }
    m_plots.clear();
    qDebug() << "########################## CPrint::deletePlotList() m_plost size 3: " << m_plots.size();
}

/**
 * @brief Prepares Graph for printing
 *
 * @param vName
 * @param x
 * @param y
 *
 * @return Bool
 */
bool CPrint::drawGraph(const QString &vName, const QVector<double> &x, const QVector<double> &y)
{
    qDebug() << "########################## CPrint::drawGraph() ";

    bool mResult = true;
    QCustomPlot *mPlot = new QCustomPlot();
    m_plots.append(mPlot);

    mPlot->setFont(m_painter.font());
    mPlot->xAxis->setLabelFont(m_painter.font());
    mPlot->yAxis->setLabelFont(m_painter.font());

    mPlot->addGraph();
    mPlot->graph(0)->setData(x, y);

    mPlot->xAxis->setLabel(vName);//"Time");
    mPlot->xAxis->setTickLabels(false);

    mPlot->yAxis->setLabel(tr("Intensity"));
    mPlot->yAxis->setTickLabels(false);

    mPlot->xAxis->setRange(m_xAxisMin, m_xAxisMax);
    mPlot->yAxis->setRange(m_yAxisMin, m_yAxisMax);

    mPlot->toPainter(&m_painter , PLOT_WIDTH, PLOT_HEIGHT, PLOT_X, m_yStart + m_ygap);
    m_yStart += PLOT_HEIGHT;

    return mResult;
}

CPrint.h

QList<QCustomPlot* > m_plots;

2019-11-12 14:00:09.102, DEBUG, ########################## CPrint::drawGraph() ,on line #361
2019-11-12 14:00:09.106, DEBUG, ########################## CPrint::drawLine() ,on line #341
2019-11-12 14:00:09.106, DEBUG, ########################## CPrint::drawLine() ,on line #341
2019-11-12 14:00:09.107, DEBUG, ########################## CPrint::drawEnd() ,on line #396
2019-11-12 14:00:09.168, DEBUG, ########################## CPrint::~CPrint() destructor,on line #152
2019-11-12 14:00:09.169, DEBUG, ########################## CPrint::deletePlotList() m_plost size 1: 26,on line #161
2019-11-12 14:00:09.170, WARNING, QObject: Cannot create children for a parent that is in a different thread.(Parent is QApplication(0x7ffdf4425d90), parent's thread is QThread(0x9f57ae0), current thread is QThread(0x82fc840),on line #0
2019-11-12 14:00:09.171, DEBUG, ########################## CPrint::deletePlotList() m_plost size 2: 25,on line #164
2019-11-12 14:00:09.171, DEBUG, ########################## CPrint::deletePlotList() m_plost size 2: 24,on line #164
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2019-11-12 14:00:09.223, DEBUG, ########################## CPrint::deletePlotList() m_plost size 2: 0,on line #164
2019-11-12 14:00:09.224, DEBUG, ########################## CPrint::deletePlotList() m_plost size 3: 0,on line #167

SGaist

Hi and welcome to devnet,

Where is your threading code ?
What do you do in it ?
Are you creating widgets in that thread ? If that's the case then it's wrong. Widgets creation and manipulation should be done in the QApplication thread i.e the main thread