Symbian-Developers

Hi
I tried to make an QML Splashscreen, it worked fine but I think this isn't the best way.

After research I figured out how to use a Qt Splashscreen, everything is inside of main.cpp:

- you have to import:

#include <QtGui/QSplashScreen>
#include <QtGui/QPixmap>

than edit your main method:
(you have to add this part before the QmlApplication viewer)

QSplashScreen *splash = new QSplashScreen(QPixmap(":/splash/splash.jpg"));
    splash->show();

than after the viewer code put:

splash->finish(&viewer);
splash->deleteLater();

of course before the "return app->exec();"


This will brick the Qt Simulator, so comment this parts if you test your app!

the path ":/splash/splash.jpg" is for qrc, so add:
<RCC>
    <qresource prefix="/">
        <file>splash/splash.jpg</file>
    </qresource>
</RCC>
to your qrc file.


The best picture size is 640*640, because the picture get's croped (depending on your devices orientation)

I attached an example.

Sources:
http://harmattan-dev.nokia.com/docs/library/html/qt4/qsplashscreen.html?tab=3&q=splash&sp=all
https://github.com/dicksonleong/GagBook

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are you sure it's needed with Qt 4.8?
For me touching the splashscreen does nothing.

It seems to do the same in Anna; but i only have a few Qt apps with splashscreens so i have little testing to back that statement.

Well, i installed a few more to test and it seems that this is inconclusive.
Some can be closed by touch and some can not.
i am aware of the difference between a loading screen and a splashscreen, too, so it's not a question of misunderstanding here.

Well the app you test,does it use qt or qml splashscreen?.Anyway it could be just due different qt versiom only.I don't really understand what you mean inconclusive.Maybe some developers do the method above and some don't.

Inconclusive means not conclusive. Not able to be concluded.
ie, the results were mixed and i haven't read any of the QML so i can't say for certain one way or another about the splash.

^(And i am still a bit shaky with QML. i haven't found it as easy to read as some other code.)^

I even took 2month just to understand the syntax but once you know the way it is easier than c++ which is prone to syntax error

Harmattan online documentation is no longer available since they reshuffle nokia developer.Now they only provide offline document at http://developer.nokia.com/resources/download/4255/?id=4255 and the wiki http://developer.nokia.com/resources/download/4255/?id=4255 .If you are more active in harmattan then this site is probably more suitable http://talk.maemo.org/ .This is where all great developers like burning plaform and cutetube dev active