Interfaces between C++ and QML Code in Qt Positioning¶
Some of the providing QtPositioning QML types providing interfaces to access and modify properties in C++
Some of the providing QtPositioning QML types providing interfaces to access and modify properties in C++.
Overview¶
Depending on the type of C++ class QtPositioning utilizes two methods to simplify exchange of position data between C++ and QML code.
Direct C++ Value Integration in QtPositioning¶
Starting with Qt 5.5, it has become much easier to integrate non- QObject based data types into QML. This is achieved by adding
Q_GADGET()
support to QtQml . The macro converts classes into a light-weight version of a QObject without the required QObject inheritance. At the same time it retains the reflection capabilities ofQMetaObject
. As a result they can be directly exposed to QML and do not require any further wrapper classes.A significant number of Position and Location related data types were converted to Q_GADGETs. They retain their API and value type character but have become introspectable via
QMetaObject
. This conversion was done to the following classes:
QGeoCircle
QGeoCoordinate
QGeoRectangle
QGeoShape
Using QGeoCoordinate as an example, the C++ types are directly exposed to the QML environment via its meta type:
qRegisterMetaType<QGeoCoordinate>(); QMetaType::registerEqualsComparator<QGeoCoordinate>();The above registration of QGeoCoordinate is automatically done once by the QtPositioning QML plugin. The Plane Spotter example demonstrates this feature.
QVariant Based integration¶
This section provides information on how to integrate QGeoAddress and QGeoLocation.
Address - QGeoAddress¶
The Address.address property is used to provide an interface between C++ and QML code. First a pointer to a Address object must be obtained from C++, then use the property() and setProperty() functions to get and set the
address
property. The following gets the QGeoAddress representing this object from C++:QGeoAddress geoAddress = qmlObject->property("address").value<QGeoAddress>();The following sets the properties of this object based on a QGeoAddress object from C++:
qmlObject->setProperty("address", QVariant::fromValue(geoAddress));
Location - QGeoLocation¶
The Location.location property is used to provide an interface between C++ and QML code. First a pointer to a Location object must be obtained from C++, then use the property() and setProperty() functions to get and set the
location
property. The following gets the QGeoLocation representing this object from C++:QGeoLocation geoLocation = qmlObject->property("location").value<QGeoLocation>();The following sets the properties of this object based on a QGeoLocation object from C++:
qmlObject->setProperty("location", QVariant::fromValue(geoLocation));