Debug Mode Thread Issue

TopNotch_Mach07 · wrote on 21 Dec 2016, 07:39

Hi,

When I run my project in Debug Mode I am getting this following Error.

Warning (default): :0 (in ): QObject: Cannot create children for a parent that is in a different thread.
(Parent is QmlUiLoggerPlugin(0x7fffe005aab0), parent's thread is QThread(0x686660), current thread is QThread(0x630c40)
Debugging has finished

This error only happens when i run in Debug Mode . In Release mode the project runs fine.

I am using Qt 5.7 and CMake.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.!

mrjj · wrote on 21 Dec 2016, 07:45

Hi
Its a warning only.

Is this a QML project?

It sounds like the classic
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3268073/qobject-cannot-create-children-for-a-parent-that-is-in-a-different-thread

But should also happen in release.
Maybe it just dont warnings error in release?

TopNotch_Mach07 · 21 Dec 2016, 08:01

Thanks for the quick response.
Yes its a qml project .

Theoretically this should also happen in release, BUT ITS NOT. Even though its a warning, the debugger exits automatically.

mrjj · 22 Dec 2016, 05:33

@TopNotch_Mach07

Ok, i mostly seen this warning with c++ and using QThread.

Do you have your own threads or anything that could cause this?

kshegunov · wrote on 21 Dec 2016, 11:17

@TopNotch_Mach07
Release might (most probably) suppress those kind of warnings. Do you know which object generates the warning? From the looks of it you're trying to add an object that lives in a (worker) thread to QML, which runs in the GUI thread.

TopNotch_Mach07 · M mrjj 21 Dec 2016, 08:01

@mrjj , A small correction , Its a both C++ and QML Project. C++ acts as a backed. And Yes the error is caused by a C++ Class.

TopNotch_Mach07 · 22 Dec 2016, 08:17

@kshegunov If its issue of the thread. It should happen in the release build also right ? doesn’t it ?

And error throws up at line which is bold and italicised

static QQuickWindow *setupMainWindow(QQmlEngine *engine, const QString &mainFile)
{
Profiler::instance()->tagItStart(Profiler::TAG_CAT_FW, Profiler::TAG_FUNC_FW_CREATINGMAINWINDOW);
QQmlComponent rootComponent(engine, QUrl(mainFile));

kshegunov · wrote on 22 Dec 2016, 08:17

@TopNotch_Mach07 said in Debug Mode Thread Issue:

If its issue of the thread. It should happen in the release build also right ? doesn’t it ?

It probably does, Qt might not issue the warning though, as it is release, i.e. production code.
Well, apparently you call setupMainWindow from a thread different than the one that created QGuiApplication (and QQmlEngine). How and why though, you should trace through your code.

TopNotch_Mach07 · wrote on 23 Dec 2016, 06:19

Finally I am able to some how solve the issue without completely understanding it.

There were 5 threads running in the Qt , I had put a break point on the code just one line before where it generates the Warning . After that I switched to different thread other than the default one and then I hit continue button in the debugger. Voila ! ! it worked.

Thanks for all the help and suggestions.