Qt5 coding with XCode 6 (MAC)

[Almer_Cz]

Hi guys,

I recently bought Mac book Pro (only had PC till now) and I wanna do Qt also on it. Using XCode 6 as a tool (from AppStore).

Tried to create HelloWorld (just write qDebug() << "Hello World") but failed to compile/run. I don't wanna create .pro file, just use XCode and custom build steps (same as I do under MS Visual Studio).

I have been able to:

• Download 5.5 for clang and install it on OS X (10.10 btw)
• Add QtCore framework to xcodeproject so header are on ( no error on #include <QtCore/QCoreApplication> )

So my needs are:

• How to create some global environmental variable (f.e. called QT_DIR) that will point out to my Qt dir so I can address inside XCode?
• How to create custom build steps for .ui (UIC), .h (MOC) and .qrc (RCC) files?
• How to set linker so it can link all together?

I know I can use QtCreator (but I don't like it for a long time) and also create .pro and let qmake to generate XCode project, but this will produce a lot of Mambo Jambo around and won't be handy when something changes.

THX
Petr

[mcosta]

Hi,

IMO your question is for XCode experts not for Qt ones.

If you study the Xcode manual probably you'll find the answers; BTW, your project will work only with XCode.
Using qmake (or CMake is you don't like qmake) your code can be built on all protforms supported by Qt

[sandy.martel23]

@Almer_Cz said:

...and also create .pro and let qmake to generate XCode project, but this will produce a lot of Mambo Jambo around and won't be handy when something changes.

So your looking for a way to create and maintain the Mambo Jambo manually and this will somehow be more handy ?