How to connect a QML signal with a C++ slot?

Question

I have a problem with a MessageDialog signal in QML. In my MessageDialog I have two buttons for Yes and No. I want to connect each button with a signal. Here is my qml file:

import QtQuick 2.2
import QtQuick.Dialogs 1.1

Item{
    MessageDialog {
        signal qmlYesSig(string msg)
        signal qmlNoSig (string msg)
        title: "Send data?"
        icon: StandardIcon.Question
        text: "Do you want to save your data on the online platform?"
        detailedText: "Click Yes "
        standardButtons: StandardButton.Yes | StandardButton.No
        Component.onCompleted: visible = true
        onYes: qmlYesSig("From yes")
        onNo: qmlNoSig("From no")
    }
}

Here is my slot:

class MyClass : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT
public slots:
    void cppSlot(const QString &msg) {
        qDebug() << "Called the C++ slot with message:" << msg;
    }
};

And here is how i use this in main:

QQuickView view(QUrl::fromLocalFile("window.qml"));
QObject *item = view.rootObject();
AddData myClass;
QObject::connect(item, SIGNAL(qmlSignal(QString)),
                 &myClass, SLOT(cppSlot(QString)));

view.show();

It give me the error:

C2665: 'QObject::connect': none of the 3 overloads could convert all the argument types

I have try many times but I can't make work QML signal and C++ slots. Also I have try the example from here Qt doc and give me the same error.

Can somebody give me an idea how to connect QML signal and C++ slots for a MessageDialog?

Answer 1

Your QML file is:

Item{
    MessageDialog {
        signal qmlYesSig(string msg)
        signal qmlNoSig (string msg)

        [...]
    }
}

And your C++ code is:

QObject *item = view.rootObject();
AddData myClass;
QObject::connect(item, SIGNAL(qmlSignal(QString)),
                 &myClass, SLOT(cppSlot(QString)));

It means that you are looking for a signal called "qmlSignal" in the root item of your QML file. This root item is simply

Item{}

As you can see, there is no signal called "qmlSignal".

You have to define the signal in the root item and emit it from the message box.

Item{
    signal qmlSignal(string msg)

    MessageDialog {
        onYes: parent.qmlSignal("From yes")
        onNo: parent.qmlSignal("From no")
    }
}