Application Icon for Mac Qt Quick Application

James321

I have a simple Qt Quick application that I build using qmake. Based on what I read all I need to do is add ICON += myicon.icns but this doesnt work. I did create the icns from a png but I dont see why this should create any issues.

James321

Nevermind, I got it working by manually deleting the generated bundle and following it with a qmake and rebuild.

SGaist

Hi and welcome to devnet,

Did you already read the Setting the application icon on macOS ?

James321

@SGaist Thanks for the reply. I did read this and understood that using the line
ICON = myapp.icns
would be sufficient if I used qmake. Did I get something wrong?

SGaist

Can you show your .pro file ?

James321

QT += qml quick

CONFIG += c++11

SOURCES += main.cpp

RESOURCES += qml.qrc

ICON = testIcon.icns

# Additional import path used to resolve QML modules in Qt Creator's code model
QML_IMPORT_PATH =

# Additional import path used to resolve QML modules just for Qt Quick Designer
QML_DESIGNER_IMPORT_PATH =

# The following define makes your compiler emit warnings if you use
# any feature of Qt which as been marked deprecated (the exact warnings
# depend on your compiler). Please consult the documentation of the
# deprecated API in order to know how to port your code away from it.
DEFINES += QT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS

# You can also make your code fail to compile if you use deprecated APIs.
# In order to do so, uncomment the following line.
# You can also select to disable deprecated APIs only up to a certain version of Qt.
#DEFINES += QT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0x060000    # disables all the APIs deprecated before Qt 6.0.0

# Default rules for deployment.
qnx: target.path = /tmp/$${TARGET}/bin
else: unix:!android: target.path = /opt/$${TARGET}/bin
!isEmpty(target.path): INSTALLS += target

DISTFILES += testIcon.icns

SGaist

Is that project something you can share so the failure can be tested ?

James321

Nevermind, I got it working by manually deleting the generated bundle and following it with a qmake and rebuild.