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Qt Quick Ultralite minimal Example

Demonstrates a basic Qt Quick Ultralite application setup.

Overview

The minimal example shows the basic Qt Quick Ultralite application setup.

Minimal example output showing "Qt for MCUs" text centered on a green background.

Target platforms

Project structure

The minimal example consists of only three files, CMakeLists.txt, mcu_minimal.qmlproject and minimal.qml.

The CMake project file contains a basic build script, the minimal.qml defines the UI and mcu_minimal.qmlproject contains a simple project configuration to load minimal.qml into the project.

CMake project file
# Copyright (C) 2025 The Qt Company Ltd.
# SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial
cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.21.1)

project(minimal VERSION 0.0.1 LANGUAGES C CXX ASM)
if (NOT TARGET Qul::Core)
    find_package(Qul)
endif()

qul_add_target(minimal QML_PROJECT mcu_minimal.qmlproject GENERATE_ENTRYPOINT)
app_target_setup_os(minimal)

if(NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND NOT WIN32)
    add_custom_command(TARGET minimal
        COMMAND strip minimal -o minimal.stripped
        DEPENDS minimal)
endif()
QmlProject file
// Copyright (C) 2026 The Qt Company Ltd.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial

import QmlProject 1.3

Project {
        mainFile: "minimal.qml"
        QmlFiles {
                files: [
                        "minimal.qml"
                ]
        }
}
Application UI
import QtQuick 2.15

Rectangle {
    color: "#41CD52"
    Text {
        anchors.centerIn: parent
        font.pixelSize: 30
        text: "Qt for MCUs"
    }
}

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