mainviewcontroller.cpp

#include <QDebug>
#include <QQuickItem>
#include "mainviewcontroller.h"
#include "common.h"

MainviewController::MainviewController(): m_settings(APP_SETTINGS_PATH, QSettings::NativeFormat) {
  m_settings.beginGroup("Qml");

  //for debug purposes
  QUrl Foo = QUrl::fromLocalFile(m_settings.value("main_view").value < QString > ());
  qDebug() << "Loading " << Foo.toString() << " < ...";

  //the real stuff
  this->load(QUrl::fromLocalFile(m_settings.value("main_view").value < QString > ()));
  m_settings.endGroup();
}

void MainviewController::updateView(QStringList msg) {
  qDebug() << "UpdateView: " << msg << " <--";
  QStringList props = msg[0].split(".");

  if (props.length() != 2) {
    qDebug() << "Invalid prop format, expect prop.value " << msg[0];
    return;
  }

  QList < QObject * > roots = this->rootObjects();
  if (roots.empty() == true) {
    qDebug() << "rootObject is NULL! -- Check the QML file for errors.";
  }

  /* We expect the root object to be a ApplicationWindow element */
  QObject * rootObject = this->rootObjects().first();
  QQuickItem * item = rootObject->findChild < QQuickItem * > (props[0]);

  if (item == nullptr) {
    qDebug() << "View does not contain: " << props[0];

    QObject::dumpObjectTree();

    return;
  }

  bool found = item->setProperty(props[1].toUtf8(), msg[1].toUtf8());

  if (!found) {
    qDebug() << "No property on objectName:" << (msg[1]);
  }
}