Unable to create QML custom modules in cmake

akshaybabloo

I am trying to create a custom QML module in cmake and I keep getting

QQmlApplicationEngine failed to load component
qrc:/QmlModules/main.qml:2:1: module "CustomItem" is not installed

I have create a file called CustomPopup.qml in $CWD/qml/CustomItem/, in the same CustomItem folder, I have a qmldir file with the following content:

module CustomItem
CustomPopup 1.0 ./CustomPopup.qml

And in CMakeLists.txt I added:

list(APPEND QML_DIRS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/qml")
set(QML_IMPORT_PATH ${QML_DIRS} CACHE STRING "Custom modules" FORCE)

Also, in main.cpp, I added:

//...
QQmlApplicationEngine engine;
engine.addImportPath(":/qml");
//..

I still get the same error. Not sure what am I missing. Any help here would be appreciated.

Repository of this example is at https://github.com/akshaybabloo/QmlModules

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@akshaybabloo Hi

I've noticed that running CMake doesn't refresh some stuff like pathes. In that case I advice you go to projects, in CMake category select Initial Configuration tab, and re-configure with initial parameters.

For the engine->addImportPath, don't specify a qrc:/ path if you didn't set a resource file, just specify the path to the main QML file without the :/ that is for qrc path.

akshaybabloo

@ankou29666 That did not work too. Also, I do have a qrc path