Installation
Prerequisites
- Windows, Linux or macOS
- Qt5.4 or higher
Building for desktop
$ qmake $ make
To start QML Live Bench directly from the build directory, run ./bin/qmllivebench. Optionally, you can also install QML Live Bench with the following command:
$ make install
Build for Device
If you want to have live reloading enabled on the target device, use the following command:
# using qmake from cross compiler toolchain $ qmake "CONFIG+=skip-bench skip-examples static-link-runtime" $ make
You need to cross-compile QML Live and copy the ./bin/qmlliveruntime binary onto the target.
Optionally, you can package QML Live with the following command:
$ make install INSTALL_ROOT=...
Build Documentation
$ qmake CONFIG+=force_independent $ make docs
The documentation is available at: doc/qmllive/index.html.
Build Options
The following options can be added to the qmake CONFIG variable:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| skip-bench | Do not build QML Live Bench |
| skip-examples | Do not build examples |
| skip-runtime | Do not build QML Live Runtime |
| skip-tests | Do not build tests |
| static-link-runtime | Produce a single QML Live Runtime executable binary. If this option is disabled, QML Live Runtime executable requires that the libqmllive dynamic library to be copied to the target. |
The following custom qmake variables are recognized:
| Custom Variable | Description |
|---|---|
| PREFIX | Installation prefix; defaults to $$[QT_INSTALL_PREFIX]. |
| EXAMPLES_PREFIX | Installation prefix for examples; defaults to $$[QT_INSTALL_EXAMPLES]/qmllive/examples. |
| QMLLIVE_VERSION_EXTRA | Distribution specific version description; white spaces are allowed. |
| QMLLIVE_REVISION | The VCS revision number. |
| QMLLIVE_SETTINGS_VARIANT | Overrides QCoreApplication::organizationName, which is used to determine application-specific QSettings storage. |
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