Config file with the package

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Guys,

I want to create a cross-platform application on mobile devices, both tablets and smartphones. The problem I could not solve is that I want to deliver my program with a json file holding some configuration data. I need to figure out:

How to deploy an app with a custom file?
How to read the deployed file?

The solution must be independent from the platform. Therefore, it should not be a specific path when reading.

SGaist

Hi,

Sounds like something for Qt's "resource":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/resources.html system.

For common paths on various platforms you have "QStandardPaths":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/qstandardpaths.html

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About the standard paths, I tried the following on an android device and get an empty string:

@

QString path(QStandardPaths::locate(
QStandardPaths::DocumentsLocation,
QString(),
QStandardPaths::LocateDirectory));

qDebug() << path;
@

Output:

D/Qt (26137): ..\MobileMenu\mainwidget.cpp:15 (MainWidget::MainWidget(QWidget*)): ""

Secondly, I have reviwed the documatation of it and I could not find any info for the IOS mobile devices. There are win, OSX, android, blackberry and linux only. Is it assumed that IOS and OSX are the same? "Link":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/qstandardpaths.html

UPDATE:
I have succeeded in writing/reading by changing the "DocumentsLocation" to "DataLocation" :) However, I am still wondering if it will be working on IOS devices because of the reason I mentioned in the answers.

SGaist

The documentation is being updated for iOS