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// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-only
 
/* NOTE: The variables documented here are available when running CMake, they
**       are not available in a deployment script. Both these and the set of
**       deploy-time variables are all members of the cmake-variables-qtcore
**       group.
**/
 
/*!
\group cmake-variables-qtcore
\title CMake Variables in Qt6 Core
\brief Lists CMake variables defined in Qt6::Core.
 
The following CMake variables are defined when Qt6::Core is loaded, for instance
with
 
\badcode
find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core)
\endcode
 
\sa{CMake Variable Reference}
*/
 
/*!
\page cmake-variable-android-ndk-host-system-name.html
\ingroup cmake-variables-qtcore
 
\title ANDROID_NDK_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME
\target cmake-variable-ANDROID_NDK_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME
 
\summary {Android-specific architecture of the host system.}
 
\cmakevariablesince 6.0
\preliminarycmakevariable
\cmakevariableandroidonly
 
Usually, this variable is set by the Android NDK toolchain file. It is written out as
part of the deployment settings for a target.
 
\sa{qt6_android_generate_deployment_settings}{qt_android_generate_deployment_settings()}
*/
 
/*!
\page cmake-variable-android-sdk-root.html
\ingroup cmake-variables-qtcore
 
\title ANDROID_SDK_ROOT
\target cmake-variable-ANDROID_SDK_ROOT
 
\summary {Location of the Android SDK.}
 
\cmakevariablesince 6.0
\preliminarycmakevariable
\cmakevariableandroidonly
 
Specifies the location of the Android SDK when building for the Android platform.
This variable is written out as part of the deployment settings for a target.
 
\sa{qt6_android_generate_deployment_settings}{qt_android_generate_deployment_settings()}.
*/
 
/*!
\page cmake-variable-qt-android-application-arguments.html
\ingroup cmake-variables-qtcore
\ingroup cmake-android-manifest-properties
 
\title QT_ANDROID_APPLICATION_ARGUMENTS
\target cmake-variable-QT_ANDROID_APPLICATION_ARGUMENTS
 
\summary {List of arguments to pass to Android applications.}
 
\cmakevariablesince 6.0
\preliminarycmakevariable
\cmakevariableandroidonly
 
Contains a list of arguments to be passed to Android applications. This variable
is written out as part of the deployment settings for a target.
 
\sa{qt6_android_generate_deployment_settings}{qt_android_generate_deployment_settings()}
*/
 
/*!
\page cmake-variable-qt-android-deployment-type.html
\ingroup cmake-variables-qtcore
\ingroup cmake-android-build-properties
 
\title QT_ANDROID_DEPLOYMENT_TYPE
\target cmake-variable-QT_ANDROID_DEPLOYMENT_TYPE
 
\summary {Forces or disables release package signing regardless of the build type.}
 
\cmakevariablesince 6.7
\preliminarycmakevariable
\cmakevariableandroidonly
 
When set to \c Release, the \c --release flag is passed to the \c
androiddeployqt tool, regardless of the application build type. When set to
another value, the \c --release flag is never passed to the tool, which
effectively disables release package signing even in Release or RelWithDebInfo
builds. When not set, the default behavior is to use release package signing in
build types other than Debug.
 
\sa {androiddeployqt}
*/
 
/*!
\page cmake_variable-qt-android-multi-abi-forward-vars
\ingroup cmake-variables-qtcore
\ingroup cmake-android-build-properties
 
\title QT_ANDROID_MULTI_ABI_FORWARD_VARS
\target cmake-variable-QT_ANDROID_MULTI_ABI_FORWARD_VARS
 
\summary {Allows to share CMake variables in multi-ABI builds.}
 
\cmakevariablesince 6.4.2
\preliminarycmakevariable
\cmakevariableandroidonly
 
Allows specifying the list of
CMake variables that need to be forwarded from the main ABI project to
ABI-specific subprojects. Due to the specifics of the Multi-ABI project build
process, there is no generic way to forward the CMake cache variables
that are specified either in the command line or in another similar way.
 
A typical use case for the variable is propagating CMake cache variables
specified in the command line. For example, a project has two variables
\c{PROJECT_WIDE_VARIABLE1} and \c{PROJECT_WIDE_VARIABLE2} that affect the
project configuration:
\badcode
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18)
 
project(MyProject LANGUAGES CXX)
 
find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core)
 
qt_add_executable(MyApp main.cpp)
 
if(PROJECT_WIDE_VARIABLE1)
    target_sources(MyApp PRIVATE sourcefile1.cpp)
endif()
if(PROJECT_WIDE_VARIABLE2)
    target_sources(MyApp PRIVATE sourcefile2.cpp)
endif()
\endcode
 
The above contents of \c{CMakeLists.txt} enable you to control how
\c{MyApp} is built by setting the corresponding CMake variables from the
command line:
\badcode
qt-cmake -S<source directory> -B<build directory> \
    -DPROJECT_WIDE_VARIABLE1=ON \
    -DPROJECT_WIDE_VARIABLE2=ON \
    -DQT_ANDROID_MULTI_ABI_FORWARD_VARS="PROJECT_WIDE_VARIABLE1;PROJECT_WIDE_VARIABLE2"
\endcode
 
When configuring the application for desktop, \c{PROJECT_WIDE_VARIABLE1} and
\c{PROJECT_WIDE_VARIABLE2} are visible in CMake listings and scripts as global
cache variables. This doesn't work for Android Multi-ABI builds because
ABI-specific subprojects do not inherit the cache variables from the main-ABI
project. This issue can be solved by passing the list of required variables to
the \c{QT_ANDROID_MULTI_ABI_FORWARD_VARS} variable, so both
\c{PROJECT_WIDE_VARIABLE1} and \c{PROJECT_WIDE_VARIABLE2} values will be
propagated to the ABI-specific builds.
 
The variable can be also defined in the project's CMakeLists.txt:
\badcode
...
qt_add_executable(MyApp main.cpp)
...
if(ANDROID)
    set(QT_ANDROID_MULTI_ABI_FORWARD_VARS "PROJECT_WIDE_VARIABLE1;PROJECT_WIDE_VARIABLE2")
endif()
...
\endcode
 
Set the variable in this way to have a predefined set of
variables that will always be forwarded to ABI-specific projects.
 
\note The forwarding is done in the target finalizer, which is implicitly
called when \l{qt6_add_executable}{qt_add_executable()} is used. The
finalization occurs automatically when using CMake 3.19 or later.
 
\sa {qt6_finalize_target}{qt_finalize_target()},
    {qt6_add_executable}{qt_add_executable()}
*/
 
/*!
\page cmake-variable-qt-android-build-all-abis.html
\ingroup cmake-variables-qtcore
\ingroup cmake-android-build-properties
 
\title QT_ANDROID_BUILD_ALL_ABIS
\target cmake-variable-QT_ANDROID_BUILD_ALL_ABIS
 
\summary {Enables building multi-ABI packages using the autodetected Qt for Android SDK list.}
 
\cmakevariablesince 6.3
\preliminarycmakevariable
\cmakevariableandroidonly
 
Automatically detects available ABIs of Qt for Android and uses them to
build a package. The automatic detection expects the default directory structure
supplied by the Qt installer, with the corresponding naming of the directories.
\include cmake-android-supported-abis.qdocinc
The typical directory structure looks as below:
\badcode
/path/to/Qt/6.x.x
    android_armv7
    android_arm64_v8a
    android_x86
    android_x86_64
    ...
\endcode
The auto-detected paths can be customized using one of \c{QT_PATH_ANDROID_ABI_<ABI>} variables.
 
The variable is set to \c FALSE by default.
 
\sa{QT_PATH_ANDROID_ABI_<ABI>}
*/
 
/*!
\page cmake-variable-qt-android-abis.html
\ingroup cmake-variables-qtcore
\ingroup cmake-android-build-properties
 
\title QT_ANDROID_ABIS
\target cmake-variable-QT_ANDROID_ABIS
 
\summary {List of ABIs that the project packages are built for.}
 
\cmakevariablesince 6.3
\preliminarycmakevariable
\cmakevariableandroidonly
 
Specifies a list of ABIs to be used to build the project packages.
\include cmake-android-supported-abis.qdocinc
Each ABI should have the corresponding Qt for Android either installed or
user-built. To specify the path to the Qt for Android ABI, use
the corresponding \c{QT_PATH_ANDROID_ABI_<ABI>} variable.
 
\note \c{QT_ANDROID_BUILD_ALL_ABIS} has the higher priority and ignores the
QT_ANDROID_ABIS logic.
 
\sa{QT_PATH_ANDROID_ABI_<ABI>}, {QT_ANDROID_BUILD_ALL_ABIS}
*/
 
/*!
\page cmake-variable-qt-path-android-abi.html
\ingroup cmake-variables-qtcore
 
\title QT_PATH_ANDROID_ABI_<ABI>
\target cmake-variable-QT_PATH_ANDROID_ABI_<ABI>
 
\summary {Set of variables to specify the path to Qt for Android for the corresponding ABI.}
 
\cmakevariablesince 6.3
\preliminarycmakevariable
\cmakevariableandroidonly
 
Each variable can be used to specify the path to Qt for Android for the corresponding ABI.
\include cmake-android-supported-abis.qdocinc
 
\sa{cmake-variable-QT_ANDROID_ABIS}{QT_ANDROID_ABIS}
*/
 
/*!
\page cmake-variable-qt-android-sign-aab.html
\ingroup cmake-variables-qtcore
\ingroup cmake-android-build-properties
 
\title QT_ANDROID_SIGN_AAB
\target cmake-variable-QT_ANDROID_SIGN_AAB
 
\summary {Signs the .aab package with the specified keystore, alias, and store password.}
\cmakevariablesince 6.4
\preliminarycmakevariable
\cmakevariableandroidonly
 
Signs the resulting package. The path of the keystore file, the alias of the key, and passwords
have to be specified by additional environment variables:
\badcode
    QT_ANDROID_KEYSTORE_PATH
    QT_ANDROID_KEYSTORE_ALIAS
    QT_ANDROID_KEYSTORE_STORE_PASS
    QT_ANDROID_KEYSTORE_KEY_PASS
\endcode
The mentioned variables are used internally by \l{androiddeployqt}.
 
\sa{androiddeployqt}
*/
 
/*!
\page cmake-variable-qt-android-sign-apk.html
\ingroup cmake-variables-qtcore
\ingroup cmake-android-build-properties
 
\title QT_ANDROID_SIGN_APK
\target cmake-variable-QT_ANDROID_SIGN_APK
 
\summary {Signs the package with the specified keystore, alias, and store password.}
\cmakevariablesince 6.4
\preliminarycmakevariable
\cmakevariableandroidonly
 
Signs the resulting package. The path of the keystore file, the alias of the key, and passwords
have to be specified by additional environment variables:
\badcode
    QT_ANDROID_KEYSTORE_PATH
    QT_ANDROID_KEYSTORE_ALIAS
    QT_ANDROID_KEYSTORE_STORE_PASS
    QT_ANDROID_KEYSTORE_KEY_PASS
\endcode
The mentioned variables are used internally by \l{androiddeployqt}.
 
\sa{androiddeployqt}
*/
 
/*!
\page cmake-variable-qt-use-target-android-build-dir.html
\ingroup cmake-variables-qtcore
 
\title QT_USE_TARGET_ANDROID_BUILD_DIR
\target cmake-variable-QT_USE_TARGET_ANDROID_BUILD_DIR
 
\summary {Enables the use of per-target Android build directories.}
 
\cmakevariablesince 6.7
\preliminarycmakevariable
\cmakevariableandroidonly
 
The variable appends the target-specific suffix to the android-build directory.
The variable only takes an effect when it's set in \c CACHE. The variable is
only supported by Qt Creator starting from version 13.
If a single \c CMakeLists.txt contains more than one Android executable and
this option is not set, you will see a warning. To disable the warning, set
\c QT_SKIP_ANDROID_BUILD_DIR_CHECK to \c TRUE.
*/
 
/*!
\page cmake-variable-qt-no-collect-build-tree-apk-deps.html
\ingroup cmake-variables-qtcore
 
\title QT_NO_COLLECT_BUILD_TREE_APK_DEPS
\target cmake-variable-QT_NO_COLLECT_BUILD_TREE_APK_DEPS
 
\summary {Prevents collecting of project-built shared library targets during Android deployment.}
 
\cmakevariablesince 6.3
\preliminarycmakevariable
\cmakevariableandroidonly
 
During project finalization, the build system collects the locations of
all built shared library targets in the project.
These locations are passed to \l androiddeployqt for deployment consideration when
resolving dependencies between libraries.
To disable this behavior, set this variable to \c TRUE.
 
\sa {qt6_finalize_project}{qt_finalize_project()}
\sa {cmake-variable-QT_NO_COLLECT_IMPORTED_TARGET_APK_DEPS}{QT_NO_COLLECT_IMPORTED_TARGET_APK_DEPS}
*/
 
/*!
\page cmake-variable-qt-no-collect-imported-target-apk-deps.html
\ingroup cmake-variables-qtcore
 
\title QT_NO_COLLECT_IMPORTED_TARGET_APK_DEPS
\target cmake-variable-QT_NO_COLLECT_IMPORTED_TARGET_APK_DEPS
 
\summary {Prevents collecting of imported targets during Android deployment.}
 
\cmakevariablesince 6.5
\preliminarycmakevariable
\cmakevariableandroidonly
 
When using CMake version 3.21 or later, the build system collects the locations of
imported shared library targets that might be relevant for deployment.
The collected targets are those that are reachable from the directory scope
of the currently processed executable target. That includes the target's source directory
scope and its parents.
The collected locations are passed to \l androiddeployqt for deployment consideration when
resolving dependencies between libraries.
To disable this behavior, set this variable to \c TRUE.
 
\sa {qt6_finalize_project}{qt_finalize_project()}
\sa {cmake-variable-QT_NO_COLLECT_BUILD_TREE_APK_DEPS}{QT_NO_COLLECT_BUILD_TREE_APK_DEPS}
*/
 
/*!
\page cmake-variable-qt-host-path.html
\ingroup cmake-variables-qtcore
 
\title QT_HOST_PATH
\target cmake-variable-QT_HOST_PATH
 
\summary {Location of the host Qt installation when cross-compiling.}
 
\cmakevariablesince 6.0
 
When cross-compiling, this variable must be set to the install location of Qt for the host
platform. It is used to locate tools to be run on the host (\l{moc}, \l{rcc},
\l{androiddeployqt}, and so on). It's possible to reuse pre-installed tools
when compiling Qt for host systems too, by using \c QT_HOST_PATH that points to
a pre-installed host Qt and setting the \c QT_FORCE_FIND_TOOLS to \c ON. The Qt
versions should match in this case.
*/
 
/*!
\page cmake-variable-qt-no-set-xcode-development-team-id.html
\ingroup cmake-variables-qtcore
 
\title QT_NO_SET_XCODE_DEVELOPMENT_TEAM_ID
\target cmake-variable-QT_NO_SET_XCODE_DEVELOPMENT_TEAM_ID
 
\summary {Disables providing a fallback team ID during target finalization on iOS.}
 
\cmakevariablesince 6.1
 
When finalizing an executable target on iOS,
\l{qt6_finalize_target}{qt_finalize_target()} will populate the target's
\c XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_DEVELOPMENT_TEAM property if it hasn't been set.
To prevent this, set \c QT_NO_SET_XCODE_DEVELOPMENT_TEAM_ID to \c TRUE.
*/
 
/*!
\page cmake-variable-qt-no-set-xcode-bundle-identifier.html
\ingroup cmake-variables-qtcore
 
\title QT_NO_SET_XCODE_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER
\target cmake-variable-QT_NO_SET_XCODE_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER
 
\summary {Disables providing a fallback app bundle ID during target finalization on iOS.}
 
\cmakevariablesince 6.1
 
When finalizing an executable target on iOS,
\l{qt6_finalize_target}{qt_finalize_target()} will populate the target's
\c XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER and
\c MACOSX_BUNDLE_GUI_IDENTIFIER properties if they haven't been set.
To prevent this, set \c QT_NO_SET_XCODE_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER to \c TRUE.
*/
 
/*!
\page cmake-variable-qt-enable-verbose-deployment.html
\ingroup cmake-variables-qtcore
 
\title QT_ENABLE_VERBOSE_DEPLOYMENT
\target cmake-variable-QT_ENABLE_VERBOSE_DEPLOYMENT
 
\summary {Enables verbose mode of deployment tools.}
 
\cmakevariablesince 6.3
\preliminarycmakevariable
 
Enables verbose mode of the \l androiddeployqt deployment tool when it is called
internally at build time, usually during target finalization.
 
This variable also changes the default verbosity of install-time deployment
scripts for other platforms (see \l{qt6_deploy_runtime_dependencies()}), but it
must be set before the first \c{find_package(Qt6)} call to have that effect.
*/
 
/*!
\page cmake-variable-qt-deploy-support.html
\ingroup cmake-variables-qtcore
 
\title QT_DEPLOY_SUPPORT
\target cmake-variable-QT_DEPLOY_SUPPORT
 
\summary {Name of the file to include for setting up deployment support.}
 
\cmakevariablesince 6.3
\preliminarycmakevariable
\note The value of this variable should never be modified by project code.
 
This configure-phase variable is set by the Core package. It is intended to be
used as the first line of any deployment script to ensure access to the
deployment APIs provided by Qt. Such deployment scripts do not run during
CMake's configure phase. They are executed during installation or as
part of a post-build rule.
 
The following example shows one way the variable would be used when installing
an application, along with its runtime dependencies:
 
\include cmake-deploy-modified-variable-values.qdocinc
 
\sa {qt6_deploy_runtime_dependencies}{qt_deploy_runtime_dependencies()},
    {qt6_deploy_qml_imports}{qt_deploy_qml_imports()}
*/
 
/*!
\page cmake-variable-qt-no-standard-project-setup.html
\ingroup cmake-variables-qtcore
 
\title QT_NO_STANDARD_PROJECT_SETUP
\target cmake-variable-QT_NO_STANDARD_PROJECT_SETUP
 
\summary {Prevents subsequent calls to qt_standard_project_setup() from making any changes.}
 
\cmakevariablesince 6.3
 
The \l{qt6_standard_project_setup}{qt_standard_project_setup()} command is
typically called in the top level \c{CMakeLists.txt} file of a project. In some
scenarios, such a project may be absorbed as a child project of a larger project
hierarchy. A parent project may want to prevent any child project from applying
changes to the setup. The parent project can achieve this by setting
\c{QT_NO_STANDARD_PROJECT_SETUP} to \c TRUE before bringing in the child project
via \l{add_subdirectory()}, \l{FetchContent_MakeAvailable()}, or other similar
methods provided by CMake.
 
\sa {qt6_standard_project_setup}{qt_standard_project_setup()}
*/
 
/*!
\page cmake-variable-qt-i18n-languages.html
\ingroup cmake-variables-qtcore
 
\title QT_I18N_TRANSLATED_LANGUAGES
\target cmake-variable-QT_I18N_TRANSLATED_LANGUAGES
 
\summary {List of languages to be used for project internationalization.}
 
\cmakevariablesince 6.7
 
Specifies a list of languages that are used for project
internationalization. The single languages must be compatible with the
string-based \l QLocale constructor.
 
The languages in \c QT_I18N_TRANSLATED_LANGUAGES are used to:
\list
    \li Set up executable targets for consuming \c{.qm} files.
    \li Automatically construct \c{.ts} file names in
        \l{qt6_add_translations}{qt_add_translations()}.
\endlist
 
This variable can be conveniently set with the
\l {qt6_standard_project_setup}{qt_standard_project_setup()} command.
 
By default, translatable strings are considered to be written in \c{en}.
 
\sa {qt6_standard_project_setup}{qt_standard_project_setup()}
\sa {qt6_add_translations}{qt_add_translations()}
*/
 
/*!
\page cmake-variable-qt-i18n-native-language.html
\ingroup cmake-variables-qtcore
 
\title QT_I18N_SOURCE_LANGUAGE
\target cmake-variable-QT_I18N_SOURCE_LANGUAGE
 
\summary {Specifies the language of translatable strings.}
 
\cmakevariablesince 6.7
 
Specifies the language of translatable strings in the source code.
The language must be compatible with the string-based \l QLocale constructor.
 
Together with \c{QT_I18N_TRANSLATED_LANGUAGES}, this variable is used to determine the
names of \c{.ts} files for \l{qt6_add_translations}{qt_add_translations()}.
 
This variable can be conveniently set with the
\l {qt6_standard_project_setup}{qt_standard_project_setup()} command.
 
\sa {qt6_standard_project_setup}{qt_standard_project_setup()}
\sa {qt6_add_translations}{qt_add_translations()}
*/
 
/*!
\page cmake-variable-qt-ios-launch-screen.html
\ingroup cmake-variables-qtcore
 
\title QT_IOS_LAUNCH_SCREEN
\target cmake-variable-QT_IOS_LAUNCH_SCREEN
 
\summary {Path to iOS launch screen storyboard used by all targets.}
 
\cmakevariablesince 6.4
\preliminarycmakevariable
\cmakevariableiosonly
 
Specifies the path to an iOS launch screen storyboard file that will be used
by all targets within a project.
 
\sa {Launch Screens and Launch Images}
*/