topic ArcGIS SDK for Qt Header files cannot be found by Qt creator in Qt Maps SDK Questions

ArcGIS SDK for Qt Header files cannot be found by Qt creator

youssefayman — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 22:40:17 GMT

Hello, I am a beginner in Qt, and I just installed the ArcGIS SDK for Qt, but I'm facing a problem. All of the header files from the SDK do not work. It says "file not found."

I followed the installation guide for Windows here https://developers.arcgis.com/qt/install-and-set-up/, but even the provided sample projects at https://github.com/Esri/arcgis-maps-sdk-samples-qt/tree/main do not work. It is as if Qt is oblivious to the header files' existence. I have a suspicion that the problem may be related to the integration with Qt creator. When I first installed the ArcGIS SDK, it did not create files in the templates folder in Qt because there was no templates folder as I read at a previous entry here. To fix this, I created a folder named "templates" inside the Qt directory and created another folder inside it called "wizards". I then ran the post-install script to do the IDE Integration. When I did this, the ArcGIS project templates have appeared, but when I create any project using them, all of the SDK's header files cannot be found. I hope anyone could help. Thanks!

Re: ArcGIS SDK for Qt Header files cannot be found by Qt creator

JamesBallard1 — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 23:10:31 GMT

Hi @youssefayman. First, welcome!

Let's see if we can get you up and running. Have you run the setup yet? I assume so but please confirm.

Once that's in place, let's make sure everything is configured properly. When you configure the project, you should see a message like this for CMake:

[cmake] <FindArcGISRuntime.cmake>

[cmake] Found configuration file at /Users/james/.config/EsriRuntimeQt/ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Qt 200.4.0.ini

[cmake] Found ArcGISRuntime installation at /Users/james/ArcGIS_SDKs/Qt200.4.0

or this for qmake:

Project MESSAGE: ArcGIS Maps SDK for Qt - Mac (arm64)
Project MESSAGE: Version 200.4.0

Be on the lookout for any errors that appear during configuring the project. In Qt Creator, selecting Build -> run qmake or Build -> run CMake should configure the project and get the output.

We rely on this configuration so that projects know how to find our headers and link with our libraries.

Let us know how it goes.

Re: ArcGIS SDK for Qt Header files cannot be found by Qt creator

youssefayman — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 23:18:26 GMT

Hi James! Thanks for replying! I ran the Setup. When I configure a sample qmake project, I do not get these messages.

Re: ArcGIS SDK for Qt Header files cannot be found by Qt creator

youssefayman — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 23:21:09 GMT

I get these messages instead:
Project MESSAGE: Error. Cannot locate ArcGIS Runtime PRI file
Project MESSAGE: Error. Cannot locate ArcGIS Runtime PRI file

Re: ArcGIS SDK for Qt Header files cannot be found by Qt creator

JamesBallard1 — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 23:22:34 GMT

@youssefayman thanks for confirming. Let's check the sample you're using. Since it's qmake, it should have a section like this:

https://github.com/Esri/arcgis-maps-sdk-samples-qt/blob/main/ArcGISRuntimeSDKQt_CppSamples/Maps/DisplayMap/DisplayMap.pro#L30-L31

Can you confirm? That's the internal project file we rely on to find everything.

If it cannot be found, I assume you should get this message:

https://github.com/Esri/arcgis-maps-sdk-samples-qt/blob/main/ArcGISRuntimeSDKQt_CppSamples/Maps/DisplayMap/arcgisruntime.pri#L28

Re: ArcGIS SDK for Qt Header files cannot be found by Qt creator

youssefayman — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 23:31:14 GMT

I got the correct message now:

But all of the project files give a message that they are not included in the project, and now the QObject header cannot be found:

Re: ArcGIS SDK for Qt Header files cannot be found by Qt creator

JamesBallard1 — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 23:34:52 GMT

Ok, it sounds like you're on the right track now. I do see something in your screenshots worth pointing out. You are using the Windows MinGW Qt kit, which we don't support. We only support the MSVC 2019 kit on Windows.

Hopefully that gets you all the way up and running. Let me know.

Re: ArcGIS SDK for Qt Header files cannot be found by Qt creator

youssefayman — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 23:49:29 GMT

I changed to MSVC 2019. Thanks for pointing that out, but the same problem happens:

Also It says that the files are not included in the project even though they are written in the .pro file

Re: ArcGIS SDK for Qt Header files cannot be found by Qt creator

JamesBallard1 — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 23:58:00 GMT

@youssefayman I took a look and that .pro file may be missing a piece.

Does it work ok if you add this:

INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD

I see we do that for iOS and Android, but it's probably needed on all platforms. Let me know if that gets things compiling for you.

https://github.com/Esri/arcgis-maps-sdk-samples-qt/blob/main/ArcGISRuntimeSDKQt_CppSamples/Maps/SetMaxExtent/SetMaxExtent.pro#L52

Re: ArcGIS SDK for Qt Header files cannot be found by Qt creator

youssefayman — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:03:52 GMT

I did it but it did not fix the issue. Here is a screenshot for the build issue

And here is a message that came:

Re: ArcGIS SDK for Qt Header files cannot be found by Qt creator

JamesBallard1 — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:14:57 GMT

Ok based on those messages, there could be two different issues.

First, our Maps SDK for Qt requires the positioning, sensors, and websockets Qt modules. Double check that those are present when you installed Qt. Those are typically listed as additional liraries

As for the strange "no such file" problem, that could be a Windows-specific problem we run into on the team ourselves. That (any related problems) happen with very long paths. One way that we deal with that is to drastically shorten the shadow build folder path. Here's an example on my machine. In the projects tab, I changed the "Build directory" to a shorter length than the default.

Re: ArcGIS SDK for Qt Header files cannot be found by Qt creator

youssefayman — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:28:07 GMT

Thanks for your help James! It finally worked!

Re: ArcGIS SDK for Qt Header files cannot be found by Qt creator

JamesBallard1 — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 14:53:56 GMT

Excellent! Glad we could be of help.

Re: ArcGIS SDK for Qt Header files cannot be found by Qt creator

Sonarjit — Fri, 03 May 2024 11:02:11 GMT

Hi Youssefayman,

I have faced challenge in integration of ArcGIS SDK for Qt with Qt Creator. I could not find the ArcGIS templates in the Qt Creator IDE. How did you resolve the issue?

I follow the same instruction provided here https://developers.arcgis.com/qt/install-and-set-up/
I follow the instruction provided for window.

Thank you