Running other C++ applications on QT?

[AAlex7]

How to run other C++ applications and get it to build on QT creator?

[ambershark]

@AAlex7 What do you mean? You mean like a non-Qt application?

I would just use cmake and a CMakeLists.txt, which Qt Creator can load. You could use qmake too, but then you have at least a bit of qmake involved.

I.e.

main.cpp

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main(int ac, char **av)
{
   cout << "hello world" << endl;
   return 0;
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8)
project(myproject)

add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} main.cpp)

Then open that CMakeLists.txt file in qt creator and press build.

Also CMake fully supports Qt so you can add Qt to your project later if you'd like.

[aha_1980]

@AAlex7 Just run File -> New File or Project to see the list of possible projects with the different supported build systems.