Add QML file NOT in resource file. How?

[bogong]

Hello!

I've got forgotten how to add QML file into *.pro file directly without resources. I remember only this - there are need to be added something special that will deploy QML files to the distribution folder. Could someone refresh my memory?

For now I am adding it through Qt Creator interface, but it's not deploying on device when building it.

What am I missing?

[J.Hilk]

@bogong
DISTFILES iirc
https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qmake-variable-reference.html#distfiles

[bogong]

@J-Hilk It's ignored. I don't know why.

It's the first thing that I've checked.

[J.Hilk]

@bogong It says in the documentation, thats its for UnixMake specs only, I assume thats the issue 🤔

I don't know, the other idea I have would be a QMake_POST_LINK export, that copies all files after compilation

[bogong]

@J-Hilk Now I have this

Never been having this kind of troubles in any project

[fcarney]

In order to copy files we have a build step like this:

templates.path = $$INSTALL_BASE
templates.files = \
     ../file.txt \
     ../file2.txt
INSTALLS += templates

You will have to figure out the correct paths though. I believe "templates" is a name you can choose.

[bogong]

@fcarney It's not working. Still ignoring copying files totally.

[J.Hilk]

@bogong

defineTest(copyToDestDir) {
    files = $$1
    dir = $$2
    # replace slashes in destination path for Windows
    win32:dir ~= s,/,\\,g

    for(file, files) {
        # replace slashes in source path for Windows
        win32:file ~= s,/,\\,g

        QMAKE_POST_LINK += $$QMAKE_COPY_DIR $$shell_quote($$file) $$shell_quote($$dir) $$escape_expand(\\n\\t)
    }

    export(QMAKE_POST_LINK)
}

copyToDestDir(sourceFolder, destination)

[bogong]

@J-Hilk Everything ignored on MacOS. I really don't know what is going on. It's DO NOT copying any files. I just need to add *.qml files to the project without resource files, directly. Nothing more.