From 10d55ca78f2f3e4873a0d287091288bddeead856 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bart Janssens <bart@bartjanssens.org>
Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 23:19:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add QML file watching and reloading

Issue Exposing `QQmlEngine::clearComponentCache` for live reloading #195
---
 src/QML.jl | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/QML.jl b/src/QML.jl
index 6aa43e2..4d66cec 100644
--- a/src/QML.jl
+++ b/src/QML.jl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module QML
 
 export QVariant, QString, QUrl
-export QQmlContext, root_context, loadqml, qt_prefix_path, set_source, engine, QByteArray, QQmlComponent, set_data, create, QQuickItem, content_item, QTimer, context_property, emit, JuliaDisplay, JuliaCanvas, qmlcontext, init_qmlapplicationengine, init_qmlengine, init_qquickview, exec, exec_async, QVariantMap
+export QQmlContext, root_context, loadqml, watchqml, qt_prefix_path, set_source, engine, QByteArray, QQmlComponent, set_data, create, QQuickItem, content_item, QTimer, context_property, emit, JuliaDisplay, JuliaCanvas, qmlcontext, init_qmlapplicationengine, init_qmlengine, init_qquickview, exec, exec_async, QVariantMap
 export JuliaPropertyMap
 export QStringList, QVariantList
 export JuliaItemModel, addrole!, roles, roleindex, setgetter!, setsetter!, setheadergetter!, setheadersetter!
@@ -102,6 +102,32 @@ function loadqml(qmlfilename; kwargs...)
   end
 end
 
+function watchqml(engine::CxxPtr{QQmlApplicationEngine}, qmlfile)
+  function clearcache(path)
+    rootobject = first(QML.rootObjects(engine))
+    QML.deleteLater(rootobject)
+    QML.clearComponentCache(engine)
+    QML.load_into_engine(engine, path)
+  end
+
+  watcher = QML.QFileSystemWatcher(engine)
+  QML.addPath(watcher, qmlfile)
+  QML.connect_file_changed_signal(watcher, clearcache)
+end
+
+function watchqml(qview::CxxPtr{QQuickView}, qmlfile)
+  engine = QML.engine(qview)
+
+  function clearcache(path)
+    QML.clearComponentCache(engine)
+    set_source(qview, QUrlFromLocalFile(path))
+  end
+  
+  watcher = QML.QFileSystemWatcher(engine)
+  QML.addPath(watcher, qmlfile)
+  QML.connect_file_changed_signal(watcher, clearcache)
+end
+
 const _loaded_qml_modules = Module[]
 
 function loadqmljll(m::Module)