Using Qt with a Makefile#

Using the qmake file, building a SimpleSwitch™ package can be done by sourcing the SDK environment and running the simpleswitch-generate-package script

Qt6 commercial
Qt6 community edition

   $ . /opt/sc/0.1.0/sm2s-imx8plus/environment-setup-cortexa53-crypto-simplecoredistro-linux
   $ cd helloworld
   $ mkdir build
   $ qmake -o build helloworld
   $ simpleswitch-generate-package --name helloworld --work-dir simpleswitch --makefile-dir build \
      --template qt6commercial --startup-command /opt/helloworld/bin/helloworld

   $ . /opt/sc/0.1.0/sm2s-imx8plus/environment-setup-cortexa53-crypto-simplecoredistro-linux
   $ cd helloworld
   $ mkdir build
   $ qmake -o build helloworld
   $ simpleswitch-generate-package --name helloworld --work-dir simpleswitch --makefile-dir build \
      --template qt6 --startup-command /opt/helloworld/bin/helloworld

Flash and debug on device a Qt application#

If you want to debug the application using GDB just replace the previous qmake and simpleswitch-generate-package instructions by the following ones

Qt6 commercial
Qt6 community edition

   $ qmake -o build helloworld CONFIG+=debug CONFIG+=qml_debug CONFIG-=separate_debug_info
   $ simpleswitch-generate-package --name helloworld --work-dir simpleswitch --makefile-dir build \
      --template qt6commercial --startup-command "gdbserver :2159 /opt/helloworld/bin/helloworld"

   $ qmake -o build helloworld CONFIG+=debug CONFIG+=qml_debug CONFIG-=separate_debug_info
   $ simpleswitch-generate-package --name helloworld --work-dir simpleswitch --makefile-dir build \
      --template qt6 --startup-command "gdbserver :2159 /opt/helloworld/bin/helloworld"

Deploy to the target#

Now it is time to deploy the generated SimpleSwitch™ container to the device. For this please see Deploy a SimpleSwitch™ package

Next Steps

Using Qt Creator