Can QML Viwer be run on a seperate Thread?
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As I try and wrap my head around QML and how to use it in my cpp application I had a few questions. In my particular situation I am trying to use QML to build the interface for a plugin that I have developed for another application (Maya). I ran a test using:
@QDeclarativeView view;
view.setSource(QUrl("qrc:/myCustomUI.qml"));
view.show();@
This resulted in my allowing me to my UI for the duration of time that my function ran. However, as you can imagine this was not my desired result. So I guess my questions are what the best approach would be run a QML interface in a plugin for another application and am I right in thinking that I would have to run the UI on a separate thread from my main application. Anyway I just thought I would ask here first before I dig in to deep, hoping that someone might be able to provide some direction on how to pull this off. -
To answer part of my own question I some how missed using the "app.exec()" at the end of my function. Now it remains on the screen.
@QDeclarativeView view;
view.setSource(QUrl("qrc:/myCustomUI.qml"));
view.show();
return app.exec();
@Still looking in the multi-threading aspect. Will post what I discover.