Flat directory deployment for Qt 5 applications?

Question

I'm deploying a Qt 5 application, compiled to windows. It turns out that some functionality is stored in plugins that are DLLs that have to be placed in a specific sub-directory, forcing me to use this structure:

applicaton directory
         |
         +------- platforms
         |           |
         +           +-------- qwindows.dll
         |
         +------- qpldrivers
         |           |
         |           +-------- qsqlite.dll
         | 
         +------- myprogram.exe, QtCore5.dll, etc.

I would like to flatten this directory so that qwindows.dll and qsqlite.dll (and any other future plugins) are stored in the same directory as my executable.

applicaton directory
         |
         +------- myprogram.exe, QtCore5.dll, qwindows.dll, qsqlite.dll, etc.

Is there a way to do this?

Answer 1

You can write a qt.conf file to customize were Qt looks for plugins.

http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qt-conf.html

Answer 2

Try to use addLibraryPath:

QCoreApplication::addLibraryPath(".");
QCoreApplication::addLibraryPath("otherLibDir");