Protocol C is unknown error in qml

Question

I have a qml file , here is the source code:

import QtQuick 2.0

Image
{
    id: imageIcon;

    width: 100;
    height: 100;

    source: 'C:/Users/Public/Pictures/Sample Pictures/Chrysanthemum.jpg';
}

When I display it on a QQuickView i get this error:

QML Image: Protocol "c" is unknown

I am running the code on Windows 7 if it is relevant.

What is the correct format of the url?

Answer 1

Looks like source must use a correctly formatted URL : it's either expecting a file:// scheme or a qrc:// (for stuff inside Qt resources)

Parsing of your files tries to use a "C" protocol (from C:/) which is unknown : try

source: 'file:///C:/Users/Public/Pictures/Sample Pictures/Chrysanthemum.jpg';

See : http://harmattan-dev.nokia.com/docs/platform-api-reference/xml/daily-docs/libqt4/qml-url.html

Usually you want to have your images relative (deployed near your app) or embedded into resources, not references absolutely as this will break deployment.