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A demo integration of Felgo Hot Reload to an existing Qt project

To learn more about Felgo Hot Reload, have a look athttps://felgo.com/qml-hot-reload

This repository includes two commits:

• An initial commit with a Qt/QML project
• Acommit with the changes applied to add Felgo Hot Reload to the project

We recommend that you use Qt versions 5.15.2 or 6.5.3 with one of the kits:

• gcc_64 kit on Linux
• msvc2019_64 kit on Windows
• clang_64 kit for Qt 5.15.2 ormacos kit for Qt 6.5.3 on macOS

You can install Felgo Hot Reload in two ways:

• Download the latest release package of this repositoryreleases page. This package contains:
  • the Felgo Hot Reload GUI application for
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • macOS
  • the client libraries for the following build kits
    • GNU/Linux
      • Qt 5.15.2gcc_64
      • Qt 6.5.3gcc_64
    • Windows
      • Qt 5.15.2msvc2019_64
      • Qt 6.5.3msvc2019_64
    • macOS
      • Qt 5.15.2clang_64
      • Qt 6.5.3macos
• Install with the official Felgo Hot Reload Installer, coming with a free evaluation (see below). Use this option if you are not using Qt 5.15.2 or Qt 6.5.3, the installer supports a large variety of development kits.

You need a valid license key, which you can obtain with afree evaluation here.

We recommend using CMakeLists.txt file to generate build files when using Qt 6 kits, and FelgoHotReloadDemo.pro file to generate build files when using Qt 5 kits.

Generating project files with CMake

Add theFELGO_HOT_RELOAD_PATH variable to the Projects - Build Settings - CMake Details and set it to the Felgo Hot Reload client libraries directory for your selected kit.Assuming you are using the repository release package on a Linux machine, the path is../client/6.5.3/gcc_64

Generating project files with qmake

Add theFELGO_HOT_RELOAD_PATH additional argument to the Projects - Build Settings - Build Steps Details and set it to the Felgo Hot Reload client libraries directory for your selected kit.Assuming you are using the repository release package on a Linux machine, the argument isFELGO_HOT_RELOAD_PATH=../client/5.15.2/gcc_64

Use your IDE build configuration features to set theFELGO_HOT_RELOAD_PATH variable before you generate the project files.Assuming you are using the release package on a Linux machine, the path is../client/6.5.3/gcc_64

Run CMake or qmake and build the application like any other.

CMake creates the requiredhot_reload_config.json file automatically. There's nothing you have to do.

Copy or renamehot_reload_config_qmake.json tohot_reload_config.json.

• Open the FelgoHotReload GUI application from the repository package or installation and select theFelgoHotReloadDemo folder within the opening file dialog (your project directory).
• Run your application and select the “Connect to Local” option. The project loads up.
• Edit the QML code of your application and see changes to the running applications.