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  1. Qt Creator
  2. QTCREATORBUG-23057

New Qt Creator plugin has malformed json.in file

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Duplicate
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    • Qt Creator 4.9.2, Qt Creator 4.10.0
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    • Linux/X11

    Description

      When using the wizard to create a new Qt Creator Plugin a malformed json.in file is created, that makes the plugin fail to load after it's been built.

       

      In particular the problem is that the json.in file is something like this:

          "Name" : "MyPlugin3",
          "Version" : "0.0.1",
          ...

      Instead of the right format:

          \"Name\" : \"MyPlugin4\",
          \"Version\" : \"0.0.1\",
          ...

      That works fine.

      A workaround is to add a \ before each " in the json.in file and then rebuild, this should be fixed in Qt Creator though.

       

      Steps to reproduce

      • Start Qt Creator
      • New Project > Library > Qt Creator Plugin
      • Complete the wizard and create the new project
      • Build the new project

      Building will show an error like:

      "Warning: Plugin Metadata file "MyPlugin.json" does not contain a valid JSON object. Declaration will be ignored"

      After restarting Qt Creator it's possible to notice that the plugin is not loaded.

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