Solved New platform based on "minimal" not being recognized.

[theonlylawislove]

I am using Qt 5.3.2.

I am using .pro file based on this. Here is mine...

TARGET = qminimal
TEMPLATE = lib

PLUGIN_TYPE = platforms
PLUGIN_CLASS_NAME = QMinimalIntegrationPlugin

QT += core-private gui-private platformsupport-private

SOURCES =   main.cpp \
            qminimalintegration.cpp \
            qminimalbackingstore.cpp
HEADERS =   qminimalintegration.h \
            qminimalbackingstore.h

OTHER_FILES += minimal.json

I copied the other files cpp files as well.

However, when I run my app with -platform minimal, it says that it cannot find it. The QT_QPA_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH is set to the correct directory. The moment I replace the distributed qminimal.dll with my own, it doesn't show up anymore for me to use.

The error message I get is "The application failed to start because it could not find or load the Qt platform plugin "minimal". The message lists of all the available platforms to choose from, and minimal isn't showing up there either.

[SGaist]

Hi,

Without the implementation details it's hard to say what's going wrong.

Out of curiosity, why replace an existing plugin and not give it a name ?

[theonlylawislove]

@SGaist

Out of curiosity, why replace an existing plugin and not give it a name ?

I first wanted to build a plugin to make sure everything is properly configured. Then, I will rename everything and make it "mine".

I'd be willing to pay good money if you (or someone else) is willing to do some contract work.

[theonlylawislove]

The issue is in qlibrary.cpp.

It looks like it is trying to find some sequence of char items in the library.

char pattern[] = "qTMETADATA  ";
pattern[0] = 'Q'; // Ensure the pattern "QTMETADATA" is not found in this library should QPluginLoader ever encounter it.

Any ideas?

[theonlylawislove]

It turns out that I had to include the following in my main.cpp.

#include "main.moc"

Then, it worked!

[SGaist]

Glad you found out and thanks for sharing !

Since you have it working now, please mark the thread as solved using the "Topic Tool" button so that other forum users may know a solution has been found :) (you have to first change the original post to a question)