QML Module not found | QML_ELEMENT | Working with separate sub-projects

[Tee_]

I have the following project structure:

MyApp
| - MyApp.pro
| - MyAppUi
| - MyAppUi.pro
| - MyAppLib
| - MyAppLib.pro

MyAppUi contains qml files, and MyAppLib contains c++ files. These two are separate sub-projects with their own .proj files, and they both live under the MyApp parent dir.

I previously had c++ files in MyAppUi that I exposed using QML_ELEMENT to qml. The QML_IMPORT_NAME declarations were under the MyAppUi .pro file. The system worked fine and was able to detect the module.

I have now moved the c++ files to the MyAppLib directory, and the QML_IMPORT_NAME declarations are now under the MyAppLib .pro file. MyAppUi is now no longer picking up the module.

What do I need to configure to expose the c++ types declared in a different sub project/directory (MyAppLib) to MyAppUi? I just need to detect the module name.

This is probably a trivial issues but I've been on it for the past two days and haven't had a breakthrough. Please help.

[raven-worx]

@Tee_
i am not 100% sure if i understand what you are trying to do or because you need the import name in another project.
but move it to a .pri file and include it in both projects

[Tee_]

Hello @raven-worx

My issue was that when I was trying to define the module in the MyAppUi.pro file, the system was not picking up the c++ files with QML_ELEMENT in the MyAppLib project. I specified the import path but it was still not picking them up and registering them.

So I moved the module declaration to MyAppLib.pro and tried importing it in the qml files in MyAppUi, but the module could not be detected. Maybe what I was trying to do didn't make sense anyway, idk.

I just reverted to the older way of registering the types with qmlRegisterType.

Bleh 😓

[raven-worx]

@Tee_
normally a pro file results in a separate target (executable or library). Even if you "combine" them with a subdirs project.
So your AppUi project must link against the AppLib