Qt for Windows - Windows App SDK

Configuration

To use Windows App SDK in Qt apps, configure the SDK path.

Using Qt Creator

To configure the Windows App SDK in Qt Creator, go to Preferences > SDKs.

For more information, see Qt Creator Documentation.

From the command line

1. Go to an empty directory.

   Example:

   mkdir C:\Dev\wasdk
   cd C:\Dev\wasdk

2. Download NuGet into that directory.

   For example, to download with PowerShell from the command line:

   powershell.exe -Command "& {Invoke-WebRequest https://dist.nuget.org/win-x86-commandline/latest/nuget.exe -OutFile nuget.exe}"

3. Download the Windows App SDK with NuGet.

   nuget.exe install Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK -OutputDirectory ./

4. Set the WIN_APP_SDK_ROOT environment variable to the Windows APP SDK directory, usually called Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.{Version}.

   For example, using the command-line:

   cd Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.*
   set WIN_APP_SDK_ROOT=%cd%
   setX WIN_APP_SDK_ROOT %cd%

Using the Windows App SDK in Qt apps

Call qt_add_win_app_sdk(ProjectName) CMake function in the project's CMake file. Replace ProjectName with your project name.

Use a condition to ensure the build is only for MSVC builds:

if (MSVC)
    qt_add_win_app_sdk(ProjectName)
endif()