How to add a .qrc file to an executable with CMake

jkwok678

How can I add the resources.qrc to the executable when the project is seperated by library and executable?
As I have graphics that I want to display on the executable.

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)

project(MyProject VERSION 0.1 LANGUAGES CXX)

find_package(QT NAMES Qt6 Qt5 COMPONENTS Core REQUIRED)
find_package(Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR} COMPONENTS Widgets Gui Core)

add_library(Mylib STATIC 
    map.cpp
    map.h
    window.cpp
    window.h
    )

add_library(Mylib ::Mylib ALIAS Mylib )
target_include_directories(Mylib PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>)
target_link_libraries(Mylib PUBLIC Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Core Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Gui Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Widgets)

set_target_properties(Mylib PROPERTIES
    AUTOMOC ON
    AUTOUIC ON
    AUTORCC ON
    CXX_STANDARD 11
    CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON
)

add_executable(MyProject main.cpp )

target_link_libraries(MyProject PUBLIC MyLib::MyLib)
set_target_properties(MyProject PROPERTIES
    WIN32_EXECUTABLE TRUE
    MACOSX_BUNDLE TRUE
    CXX_STANDARD 11
    CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON
)

Christian Ehrlicher

See https://forum.qt.io/topic/91984/adding-qrc-icon-resource-to-a-cmake-qt-project/2

VRonin

Just add the qrc to the list of sources:

add_library(Mylib STATIC 
    map.cpp
    map.h
    window.cpp
    window.h
    resources.qrc
    )

Since you set AUTORCC ON everything will be done automatically