How to mix Glew OpenGL with Qt
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I'm developing some modern OpenGL apps (i.e. shaders glsl >= 3). I've used GLUT, FreeGLUT, SDL2, and GLFW APIs. I've quickly noticed the simplicity of those APIs (i.e. can't create descent widgets.). I'm trying to move from those APIs but I need to stick with Glew for OpenGL drawing. I would like to know more about this kind of hybrid. How can I prepare QWidget for this task? Note: I don't want to use any OpenGL stuff that comes with Qt. One of the reasons if you are curious is that in case I want to move my apps to other APIs, I will not worry about QOpenGL stuff. I would like to solely use Qt for Window Handling. Any suggestions regarding this journey? Thank you.
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I have no experience in this area, but just in case: look into QOpenGLWidget, it should allow you to mix custom OpenGL with widget apps.
If you want to integrate with QML/QtQuick (although from your post I don't think you do), the place to start is QQuickWindow::afterRendering().
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I have no experience in this area, but just in case: look into QOpenGLWidget, it should allow you to mix custom OpenGL with widget apps.
If you want to integrate with QML/QtQuick (although from your post I don't think you do), the place to start is QQuickWindow::afterRendering().
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Quoting the docs:
When making OpenGL function calls, it is strongly recommended to avoid calling the functions directly.
It is recommended to use QOpenGL* functions, but not required. That's my understanding at least. Anyway, as said, this is not really my area, I may be wrong.
