You're reading from Qt 6 C++ GUI Programming Cookbook Practical recipes for building cross-platform GUI applications, widgets, and animations with Qt 6

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781805122630

Length 428 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

Concepts

GUI Application Development

Author (1):

Lee Zhi Eng

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Chapter 1: Look-and-Feel Customization with Qt Designer FREE CHAPTER

2. Chapter 2: Event Handling – Signals and Slots

3. Chapter 3: States and Animations with Qt and QML

4. Chapter 4: QPainter and 2D Graphics

5. Chapter 5: OpenGL Implementation

6. Chapter 6: Transitioning from Qt 5 to Qt 6

7. Chapter 7: Using Network and Managing Large Documents

8. Chapter 8: Threading Basics –Asynchronous Programming

9. Chapter 9: Building a Touch Screen Application with Qt 6

10. Chapter 10: JSON Parsing Made Easy

11. Chapter 11: Conversion Library

12. Chapter 12: Accessing Databases with SQL Driver and Qt

13. Chapter 13: Developing Web Applications Using Qt WebEngine

14. Chapter 14: Performance Optimization

15. Index

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Building a Touch Screen Application with Qt 6

Qt is not only a cross-platform software development kit for PC platforms; it also supports mobile platforms, such as iOS and Android. The developers of Qt introduced Qt Quick back in 2010, which provides an easy way to build custom user interfaces that are highly dynamic, where users can easily create fluid transitions and effects with only minimal coding.

Qt Quick uses a declarative scripting language called QML, which is similar to the JavaScript language used in web development. Advanced users can also create custom functions in C++ and port them over to Qt Quick to enhance their functionality. At the moment, Qt Quick supports multiple platforms, such as Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, and Android.

This chapter will cover the following recipes: