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  2. QTBUG-110629

Support "big resources" in qt_add_qml_module()

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      As of Qt 6.5, the simplest way to use a big resource with a QML module – without needing Q_INIT_RESOURCE() – is as follows (credit to Mike Trahearn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/qt-qml-hot-tips-7-mike-trahearn )

      qt_add_executable(testApp
    main.cpp
)

qt_add_qml_module(testApp
    URI TestApp
    AUTO_RESOURCE_PREFIX   # ":/qt/qml"
    VERSION 1.0
    QML_FILES
        main.qml
)

qt_add_resources(testApp "testApp_large_resources"
    PREFIX /qt/qml/TestApp
    BIG_RESOURCES
    FILES
        MassiveUnicodeFont.otf
)

       

      It would be nice if we could simplify it even further to something like this:

      qt_add_executable(testApp
    main.cpp
)

qt_add_qml_module(testApp
    URI TestApp
    AUTO_RESOURCE_PREFIX
    VERSION 1.0
    QML_FILES
        main.qml
    RESOURCES
        MassiveUnicodeFont.otf
    BIG_RESOURCE
)

       

      jbornema's comment at https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-100268?focusedCommentId=670929&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-670929 suggests that it's preferable to have all-big or all-small, as opposed to differentiating between big resources and small resources within the same module.

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          Suggestion - Public suggestions QTBUG-104451 Auto initialize large resources

          • P3: Somewhat important - Should be fixed, but doesn't affect the release in any way.
          • Reported

          Suggestion - Public suggestions QTBUG-110442 Allow settings source file properties on resources whether they need to be embedded as big resources or not

          • P3: Somewhat important - Should be fixed, but doesn't affect the release in any way.
          • Reported
          split from

          Suggestion - Public suggestions QTBUG-100268 Add "big resources" support to target-based qt6_add_resources

          • P2: Important - Urgent, should be fixed, but will not stop the release.
          • Closed
          For Gerrit Dashboard: QTBUG-110629
          # Subject Branch Project Status CR V
          456346,1 WIP: QML: Big resources support for qt_add_qml_module dev qt/qtdeclarative Status: DEFERRED -2 0

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