Revision as of 03:45, 24 March 2011

This document describes how to configure Qt Creator to use the MeeGo toolchain.

Create a MeeGo touch project

• Go to the menu: File > New File or Project > Qt Application Project > Meego Touch Framework Application.
• At the end of project creation, you will see the "Project setup" dialog. Choose a MeeGo QtVersion (The same of the QtVersion is the same as the target you selected during installing MeeGo SDK).
  <img src="https://otcshare.org/meego-tablet/system/files/qtcreator_mtf.png" width=650 alt="Qt Creator - create MTF application"/>

Set Run Configuration

• Click "Projects" again on the left side. Select "Run" in the MeeGo Build/Run box at the top. If the "Device configuration" is set to "MeeGo tablet emulator". This will ensure that QEMU is started when you run your application.
• You can now launch the QEMU MeeGo emulator. Click the "Start Meego emulator" icon near the bottom left corner of Qt Creator
  <img src="https://otcshare.org/meego-tablet/system/files/qtcreator_runtime_configure.png" width=650 alt="Qt Creator - choose runtime option"/>
• if the "Device configuration" is set to "real device". This will ensure the application run in the tablet device.

Build, run and deploy the application

• First launch the QEMU MeeGo emulator. Click the "Start Meego emulator" icon near the bottom left corner of Qt Creator
  <img src="https://otcshare.org/meego-tablet/system/files/qtcreator_runtime_configure.png" width=650 alt="Qt Creator - choose runtime option"/>
• Click the "Run" icon to run your application. Qt Creator will package and deploy your application to QEMU or tablet device and start it on the target.
• You can see the window of your application in QEMU or tablet device.
  <img src="ttps://otcshare.org/meego-tablet/system/files/meego_emulator_mtf.png" width=650 alt="MeeGo emulator - MTF sample"/>

Debug the application

• You can debug the application by clicking the "Debug" icon.
• You can also set breakpoints and step the same as local applications.
  <img src="https://otcshare.org/meego-tablet/system/files/qtcreator_debug.png" width=650 alt="Qt Creator - debug application"/>
• For more information on debugging, see <a href="http://wiki.meego.com/SDK/Docs/1.1/Debugging_with_Qt_Creator">Debugging with Qt Creator </a>

Known Issues

• Qt application can be built & deployed to the emulator, but it cannot be shown correctly. Only a black screen.
• For QEMU, it is important to check your graphics capability. See <a href="https://otcshare.org/meego-tablet/node/586">SDK Graphics Acceleration</a>