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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-132768

"module "QtQuick.Controls" is not installed" when running Qt Quick app on iOS emulator

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • P2: Important
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    • 6.10
    • Build System: CMake
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    Description

      To reproduce this, create a new Qt Quick project with Creator's wizard, add a QtQuick.Controls import and run it on an iOS emulator.

      Qt Quick Controls does exist on the host:

      mitch@Mitchs-MacBook-Pro ios % pwd
      /Users/mitch/dev/Qt/6.8.1/ios
      mitch@Mitchs-MacBook-Pro ios % ls qml/QtQuick/Controls
      Basic          libqtquickcontrols2plugin.a
      FluentWinUI3        libqtquickcontrols2plugin.prl
      Fusion          libqtquickcontrols2plugin_debug.a
      Imagine          libqtquickcontrols2plugin_debug.prl
      Material        objects-Debug
      Universal        objects-Release
      designer        plugins.qmltypes
      iOS          qmldir
      impl
      

      With QML_IMPORT_TRACE=1:

      09:56:11: Starting remote process.
      QML debugging is enabled. Only use this in a safe environment.
      qt.qml.import: addImportPath: "/usr/local/Qt-6.8.1/qml"
      qt.qml.import: addImportPath: "qrc:/qt/qml"
      qt.qml.import: addImportPath: "qrc:/qt-project.org/imports"
      qt.qml.import: addImportPath: "/Users/mitch/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/969D3391-5C5C-4BD9-9657-F625B7A256E6/data/Containers/Bundle/Application/08A339E5-2316-4711-9D43-19835C96F256/appuntitled3.app"
      qt.qml.import: addLibraryImport:  "untitled3" version "(latest)" as ""
      qt.qml.import: importExtension:  loaded ":/qt/qml/untitled3/qmldir"
      qt.qml.import: locateLocalQmldir: untitled3 module's qmldir found at ":/qt/qml/untitled3/qmldir"
      qt.qml.import: resolveType:  "Main"  =>  ""   QUrl("qrc:/qt/qml/untitled3/Main.qml")  TYPE/URL
      qt.qml.import: addLibraryImport: qrc:/qt/qml/untitled3/Main.qml "QtQuick" version "(latest)" as ""
      qt.qml.import: importExtension: qrc:/qt/qml/untitled3/Main.qml loaded ":/qt-project.org/imports/QtQuick/qmldir"
      qt.qml.import: resolvePlugin Could not resolve dynamic plugin with base name "qtquick2plugin" in ":/qt-project.org/imports/QtQuick"  file does not exist
      qt.qml.import: loading dependent import "QtQml" version 6.8 as ""
      qt.qml.import: addLibraryImport: qrc:/qt/qml/untitled3/Main.qml "QtQml" version "6.8" as ""
      qt.qml.import: importExtension: qrc:/qt/qml/untitled3/Main.qml loaded ":/qt-project.org/imports/QtQml/qmldir"
      qt.qml.import: resolvePlugin Could not resolve dynamic plugin with base name "qmlplugin" in ":/qt-project.org/imports/QtQml"  file does not exist
      qt.qml.import: loading dependent import "QML" version 1.0 as ""
      qt.qml.import: addLibraryImport: qrc:/qt/qml/untitled3/Main.qml "QML" version "1.0" as ""
      qt.qml.import: loading dependent import "QtQml.Models" version 6.8 as ""
      qt.qml.import: addLibraryImport: qrc:/qt/qml/untitled3/Main.qml "QtQml.Models" version "6.8" as ""
      qt.qml.import: importExtension: qrc:/qt/qml/untitled3/Main.qml loaded ":/qt-project.org/imports/QtQml/Models/qmldir"
      qt.qml.import: resolvePlugin Could not resolve dynamic plugin with base name "modelsplugin" in ":/qt-project.org/imports/QtQml/Models"  file does not exist
      qt.qml.import: locateLocalQmldir: QtQml.Models module's qmldir found at ""
      qt.qml.import: loading dependent import "QtQml.WorkerScript" version 6.8 as ""
      qt.qml.import: addLibraryImport: qrc:/qt/qml/untitled3/Main.qml "QtQml.WorkerScript" version "6.8" as ""
      qt.qml.import: importExtension: qrc:/qt/qml/untitled3/Main.qml loaded ":/qt-project.org/imports/QtQml/WorkerScript/qmldir"
      qt.qml.import: resolvePlugin Could not resolve dynamic plugin with base name "workerscriptplugin" in ":/qt-project.org/imports/QtQml/WorkerScript"  file does not exist
      qt.qml.import: locateLocalQmldir: QtQml.WorkerScript module's qmldir found at ""
      qt.qml.import: locateLocalQmldir: QtQml module's qmldir found at ""
      qt.qml.import: locateLocalQmldir: QtQuick module's qmldir found at ""
      qt.qml.import: locateLocalQmldir: QtQuick.Controls module's qmldir file not found
      qt.qml.import: addLibraryImport: qrc:/qt/qml/untitled3/Main.qml "QtQuick.Controls" version "(latest)" as ""
      QQmlApplicationEngine failed to load component
      qrc:/qt/qml/untitled3/Main.qml:2:1: module "QtQuick.Controls" is not installed
      09:56:14: Run ended.
      

      /Users/mitch/dev/Qt/6.8.1/ios/qml/QtQuick/Controls/qmldir:

      module QtQuick.Controls
      linktarget Qt6::qtquickcontrols2plugin
      plugin qtquickcontrols2plugin
      classname QtQuickControls2Plugin
      designersupported
      typeinfo plugins.qmltypes
      optional import QtQuick.Controls.Fusion auto
      optional import QtQuick.Controls.Material auto
      optional import QtQuick.Controls.Imagine auto
      optional import QtQuick.Controls.Universal auto
      optional import QtQuick.Controls.FluentWinUI3 auto
      optional import QtQuick.Controls.Windows auto
      optional import QtQuick.Controls.macOS auto
      optional import QtQuick.Controls.iOS auto
      default import QtQuick.Controls.Basic auto
      prefer :/qt-project.org/imports/QtQuick/Controls/
      

      The problem is that this code is missing from the CMakeLists.txt:

      find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Quick QuickControls2)
      
      ...
      
      target_link_libraries(appuntitled3
          PRIVATE Qt6::Quick Qt6::QuickControls2
      )
      

      New users that are just using the project that Creator makes for them won't know this, so we should think of a way to improve this experience for them.

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