TS-4900 QT5 Hello World
Open the Qt Creator IDE and click New Project
.
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Qt provides multiple templates for application development. For this example select the default Qt Widgets Application
.
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Specify the location for your project. Keep in mind that the compile process will create more build paths in the Create In:
path.
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Next, select the kit. The TSIMX6
is the kit we set up in the last section, but you may have other kits pre-installed on your system. These can be used for testing graphical development on your PC. Keep in mind distribution versions may contain different functionality.
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Next select the class and filename information. This example will use the defaults.
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Select any version control for the project. The example will use none and finish the wizard. This will generate the new project.
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Click the button under Help
on the left column, and select TSIMX6
debug. If there is only one kit selected, this will be default.
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Now return to edit, and open the Qt project file, qt5-helloworld.pro
. Add in these lines anywhere after the target is specified:
linux-* {
target.path = /home/root
INSTALLS += target
}
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Last, the DISPLAY
must be selected. This is done by setting a run environment variable that will be set when the application is run on the board.
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At this point click the green allow in the bottom left to run the application. This can also be launched from the menu at Build->Run
.
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From here, you can begin customizing your application. Refer to the official Qt documentation for more information