No matter what, QT Creator refuses to 'see' the included qml file

niquedegraaff

I have a very simple barebone project that just opens a window with nothing in it.
The problem is: It just doesn't want to import the User model qml file. The editor does without any problem. But when I start to built the project, i get these two message:
QQmlApplicationEngine failed to load component
qrc:/ui/main.qml:4:1: "../models/user.qml": no such directory qrc:/ui/main.qml: 4

Why can CT Creator editor find the files without any problem, but the compiler is lost?

`/qml.qrc`

<RCC>
   <qresource prefix="/">
       <file>ui/main.qml</file>
       <file>models/UserModel.qml</file>
   </qresource>
</RCC>

`/models/UserModel.qml`

import QtQuick 2.15

Item {

}

`/ui/main.qml`

import QtQuick 2.15
import QtQuick.Window 2.15

import "qrc:/models/UserModel.qml" as User
//import "../models/UserModel.qml" as User // Also doesn't work!

// The main screen
ApplicationWindow {
    id: window
    width: 800
    height: 600
    visible: true
    title: qsTr("Hello World")
    color: "#1e2433"
    //flags: Qt.Window
}

`/CMakeLists.txt`

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)

project(KAuthenticator VERSION 0.1 LANGUAGES CXX)

set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC ON)
set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)

set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)

find_package(QT NAMES Qt6 Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core Quick LinguistTools)
find_package(Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR} REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core Quick LinguistTools)

set(TS_FILES KAuthenticator_en_US.ts)

set(PROJECT_SOURCES
    qml.qrc
    src/main.cpp
    i18n/${TS_FILES}
)

if(${QT_VERSION_MAJOR} GREATER_EQUAL 6)
    qt_add_executable(KAuthenticator
        MANUAL_FINALIZATION
        ${PROJECT_SOURCES}
    )
# Define target properties for Android with Qt 6 as:
#    set_property(TARGET KAuthenticator APPEND PROPERTY QT_ANDROID_PACKAGE_SOURCE_DIR
#                 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/android)
# For more information, see https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qt-add-executable.html#target-creation

    qt_create_translation(QM_FILES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} ${TS_FILES})
else()
    if(ANDROID)
        add_library(KAuthenticator SHARED
            ${PROJECT_SOURCES}
        )
# Define properties for Android with Qt 5 after find_package() calls as:
#    set(ANDROID_PACKAGE_SOURCE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/android")
    else()
        add_executable(KAuthenticator
          ${PROJECT_SOURCES}
        )
    endif()

    qt5_create_translation(QM_FILES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} ${TS_FILES})
endif()

target_link_libraries(KAuthenticator
  PRIVATE Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Core Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Quick)

set_target_properties(KAuthenticator PROPERTIES
    MACOSX_BUNDLE_GUI_IDENTIFIER my.example.com
    MACOSX_BUNDLE_BUNDLE_VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION}
    MACOSX_BUNDLE_SHORT_VERSION_STRING ${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}
    MACOSX_BUNDLE TRUE
    WIN32_EXECUTABLE TRUE
)

install(TARGETS KAuthenticator
    BUNDLE DESTINATION .
    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})

if(QT_VERSION_MAJOR EQUAL 6)
    qt_import_qml_plugins(KAuthenticator)
    qt_finalize_executable(KAuthenticator)
endif()

kkoehne

@niquedegraaff said in No matter what, QT Creator refuses to 'see' the included qml file:

import "qrc:/models/UserModel.qml" as User

I don't think this is valid. See e.g. https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qtqml-syntax-imports.html#import-types ; I think you want to import a directory here.

JoeCFD

@niquedegraaff the path of your ../models/user.qml may not be used properly.

find the file
qrc_qml.cpp
in the build dir something like build/KAuthenticator_autogen/3YJK5W5UP7
and open it in an editor. Scroll all way to the end and check the path definition for it in
static const unsigned char qt_resource_struct[] ={
}.
Use that path in your code.

niquedegraaff

@JoeCFD
The path in that file is correctly
// :/models/UserModel.qml

And that's correct. So I don't understand why it is trying to get /models/user.qml. Weird behavior.

kkoehne

@niquedegraaff said in No matter what, QT Creator refuses to 'see' the included qml file:

import "qrc:/models/UserModel.qml" as User

I don't think this is valid. See e.g. https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qtqml-syntax-imports.html#import-types ; I think you want to import a directory here.

niquedegraaff

@kkoehne
Ah, I see. Thank you