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    sergey-shambir
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    You can create it manually: if you plugin and *.pro file named SomethingBeautiful, create file somethingbeautiful_dependencies.pri and add all this code (but of course, QTC_PLUGIN_NAME should be SomethingBeautiful). In this case, plugin will depend on Core (coreplugin), CppTools (cpptools) and TextEditor (texteditor).

    Each plugin depends on others, and most important plugins are Core (core functions like MIME-type, session and UI management), ProjectExplorer (base for all project managers and build settings), CppTools (provides both interface and most part of reference implementation for C++ support in editor). Also you can look at Android and QtSupport.

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      Dcqt
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      [quote author="Tobias Hunger" date="1366299639"]
      if needed i am going to elaborate the requirement.. please kindly reply..

      That might help, yes:)[/quote]

      • this is not a mobile , but Desktop *

      The plug-in i am going to add to Qt Creator will have some applications(games, facebook, media player , address book, etc..)

      which are all controlled by some gui that is embedded as default main application.

      now when i load my plugin which should just display the gui for controlling apps.

      after that i will specify what ever app i want to run and it should run.

      not exactly , but it is some thing like this..

      @int main()
      {
      ControlWindow CW;
      CW.show();
      }
      @

      default, which displays the Controlwindow.

      @int main()
      {
      ControlWindow CW;
      facebook Fb;
      CW.show();
      }
      @

      should run facebook on the window

      @int main()
      {
      ControlWindow CW;
      Mediaplayer Mb;
      CW.show();
      }
      @

      should run media player on the window

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        Dcqt
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        [quote author="sergey-shambir" date="1366488549"]You can create it manually: if you plugin and *.pro file named SomethingBeautiful, create file somethingbeautiful_dependencies.pri and add all this code (but of course, QTC_PLUGIN_NAME should be SomethingBeautiful). In this case, plugin will depend on Core (coreplugin), CppTools (cpptools) and TextEditor (texteditor).

        Each plugin depends on others, and most important plugins are Core (core functions like MIME-type, session and UI management), ProjectExplorer (base for all project managers and build settings), CppTools (provides both interface and most part of reference implementation for C++ support in editor). Also you can look at Android and QtSupport.[/quote]

        i have created _dependencies.pri file with the same name as .pro

        now it is saying
        Project LOAD(): Feature /home/Plugs/qt-creator-qt-creator/src/qtcreatorplugin.pri cannot be found.

        TARGET = appshub
        TEMPLATE = lib

        DEFINES += APPSHUB_LIBRARY

        appshub files

        SOURCES += appshubplugin.cpp

        HEADERS += appshubplugin.h
        appshub_global.h
        appshubconstants.h

        Qt Creator linking

        set the QTC_SOURCE environment variable to override the setting here

        QTCREATOR_SOURCES = $$(QTC_SOURCE)
        isEmpty(QTCREATOR_SOURCES):QTCREATOR_SOURCES=/home/Plugs/qt-creator-qt-creator

        set the QTC_BUILD environment variable to override the setting here

        IDE_BUILD_TREE = $$(QTC_BUILD)
        isEmpty(IDE_BUILD_TREE):IDE_BUILD_TREE=/home/Plugs/qt-creator-qt-creator/qtcreator-build

        uncomment to build plugin into user config directory

        <localappdata>/plugins/<ideversion>

        where <localappdata> is e.g.

        "%LOCALAPPDATA%\QtProject\qtcreator" on Windows Vista and later

        "$XDG_DATA_HOME/data/QtProject/qtcreator" or "~/.local/share/data/QtProject/qtcreator" on Linux

        "~/Library/Application Support/QtProject/Qt Creator" on Mac

        USE_USER_DESTDIR = yes

        PROVIDER = MyCompany

        include($$QTCREATOR_SOURCES/src/qtcreatorplugin.pri)
        include($$QTCREATOR_SOURCES/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.pri)

        LIBS += -L$$IDE_PLUGIN_PATH/QtProject

        OTHER_FILES +=
        appshub_dependencies.pri

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          sergey-shambir
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          Where are placed QtCreator sources exactly?

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            Dcqt
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            Thanks for staying with me..

            The location of qtCreator sources is

            /home/Plugs/qt-creator-qt-creator

            and build is
            /home/Plugs/qt-creator-qt-creator/qtcreator-build

            which is inside qt-creator-qt-creator

            i checked for qtcreatorplugin.pri file and it is present in the src folder.

            for your reference :
            i dint mention this before, i dint follow these steps

            @ cd <QtSources>
            configure -developer-build
            make@

            i directly followed steps

            @cd <QtCreatorSources>/..
            mkdir qtcreator-build
            cd qtcreator-build
            <QtInstall>/bin/qmake -r <QtCreatorSources>
            make@

            mentioned here
            http://doc.qt.digia.com/qtcreator-extending/getting-and-building.html

            does it cause this problem .

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              sergey-shambir
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              Please check exact path with 'ls' utility: /home/Plugs/qt-creator-qt-creator/src/qtcreatorplugin.pri

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                Dcqt
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                yes, i checked it and i am 100% sure it is present in the location. but how come it is not able to be found.

                this is the procedure i am following.
                1.Download the qt creator sources from
                http://qt.gitorious.org/qt-creator/qt-creator/trees/master

                1. Extract the tar.zip you get folder
                  qt-creator-qt-creator

                cd qt-creator-qt-creator
                mkdir qtcreator-build
                cd qtcreator-build
                <QtInstall>/bin/qmake -r QT_PRIVATE_HEADERS=<QtSources>/include <QtCreatorSources>

                QtInstall = /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.8.0

                QtSources = Qt4.8 sources path

                QtCreatorSources = /home/Plugs/qt-creator-qt-creator

                substitue the above values respectively and press enter

                after the step the qtcreator-build directory gets below

                app libs Makefile plugins tools

                while creating the project
                i am creating my plugin project inside
                /home/Plugs/qt-creator-qt-creator/src/plugin/

                and the source and build directories are specified as below.

                Qt Creator sources: /home/Plugs/qt-creator-qt-creator
                Qt Creator build: /home/Plugs/qt-creator-qt-creator/qtcreator-build

                open a text file save it with pluginname_dependencies.pri
                and copy the conetents of pluginname.pro into it and add lines

                @ QTC_PLUGIN_NAME = pluginname
                QTC_LIB_DEPENDS +=
                utils
                QTC_PLUGIN_DEPENDS +=
                coreplugin
                cpptools
                texteditor@

                above all the contents in the _dependencies.pri and save it.

                now run

                /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.8.0/bin/qmake

                Project LOAD(): Feature /home/Plugs/qt-creator-qt-creator/src/qtcreatorplugin.pri cannot be found.

                *Request : *
                I am doing all this to achieve my ultimate goal as mentioned above( to run my own applications using the plug-in)

                Is that achievable?

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                  Dcqt
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                  sergey-shambir kindly reply
                  i need to update the result to my superior.

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                    tobias.hunger
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                    Are you talking about writing plugins that are meant to be used in Qt Creator or are you talking about using Qt Creator to write an other application that is using its own plugins?

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                      Dcqt
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                      Thanks for the reply..
                      I think the second one you mentioned suits my requirement.

                      when we create a project in Qt, generally we are asked for QMainWindow,QWidget and QDialouge, and based on what we select basic appilcation is created with some .cpp and .h files. , if i run this application a defualt window is shown. we can build up our own application on this.

                      I want to develop the same(like QMainWindow or QWidget or QDialouge but with my own container ) using Qt Creator and also want to add that to Qt Creator, upon running my basic application i want to display a keypad and a display window.
                      display window is used to display my furthur applications(need to code for that), keypad is used to control that applications.

                      an application can be a video player( i can do play , pause ect using keypad) or a game (i naviagate using arrow keys)

                      i hope it is clear now.

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                        tobias.hunger
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                        So you want "Dcqt's special project" show up in File->New Project?

                        Check this for information on how to add "project wizards": http://qt-project.org/doc/qtcreator-2.7/creator-project-wizards.html

                        If you want to do something more complex you can also do that, but that will require some C++ coding in Creator then.

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