Cannot load Custom type using QSettings

[ScottSimmo]

I have a custom type which has been setup correctly, I've registered the type and stream operators prior to using QVariant and used Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(CustomClass) in the class' header file. However, when I use

QVariant value = settings->value("custom_type")

It looks as though value has correctly deserialised into the type, but no data was loaded as everything is set to 0 despite the fact another part of the program can load the exact same data fine (It's a large project and I can't find any differences). When I try and set the property, it returns false though and can convert also returns false.

setProperty(prop, value) // Where prop is of type custom_type

Are there any known issues that could cause this or have I missed a step before trying to load the custom type?

[ScottSimmo]

The issue we were having was qRegisterMetaType was being called too far in for QSettings to use it. In hindsight, the documentation does mention to include it in the main/constructor but we were abit mislead by the working part of the program. I hope this helps anybody reading this, below is the best way we found to ensure the metatypes are always registered:

Header File

static const bool _registered;

static bool register_types()
{
  bool result;
  result = qRegisterMetaType<CustomType>("CustomType");
  qRegisterMetaTypeStreamOperators<CustomType>("CustomType");
  return result;
}

Source File

const bool CustomType::_registered = CustomType::register_types();