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    Default Qt 5.02 - How to add a MacOS Dock Icon?

    I am trying to put in MacOS icon for the Dock, I added ICON = resources/images/mac/highres.icns but I get this error --> :-1: error: No rule to make target `../cworklog-qt-client/resources/images/mac/highres.icns', needed by `cworklog.app/Contents/Resources/highres.icns'. Stop.

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    Default Re: Qt 5.02 - How to add a MacOS Dock Icon?

    Have you rerun qmake?

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    Default Re: Qt 5.02 - How to add a MacOS Dock Icon?

    Yes, I went to Build -> Run qmake and it still didn't change the icon
    Here is my icon in the resources.qrc
    ://images/mac/highres.icns

    In two of the constructors I tried
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    1. #ifdef Q_OS_MAC
    2. this->setWindowIcon(QIcon("://images/mac/highres.icns"));
    3. #endif
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    Both didn't work???

    I also added the below snippet to my .pro file
    Qt Code:
    1. macx {
    2. ICON = images/mac/highres.icns
    3. }
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    I reran qmake again but still no icon

    I also took out the macx{ } parenthesis and ran qmake but to no avail

    What else do I do? Someone please help me.
    Last edited by relipse; 23rd April 2013 at 09:17. Reason: i tried qmake

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    Default Re: Qt 5.02 - How to add a MacOS Dock Icon?

    Is this a Qt 5.02 bug?
    Here is my makefile
    https://pastee.org/kpdzr

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    Default Re: Qt 5.02 - How to add a MacOS Dock Icon?

    Seems straightforward enough in the docs.

    Which icon is not appearing? The dock icon during application launch, or the icon after the application has launched?

    What warnings are being issued during the build, especially during the qrc run?
    Why "://images/mac/highres.icns" and not ":/images/mac/highres.icns"? Is this the issue?
    "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." -- Einstein
    If you are posting code then please use [code] [/code] tags around it - makes addressing the problem easier.

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    Thumbs up Re: Qt 5.02 - How to add a MacOS Dock Icon?

    Ok, I feel so stupid, there is a reason I posted this in the newbie forum.
    The whole time I was compiling under "debug" mode
    When I changed to "release" mode it worked fine
    great looking icon

    Thanks for all your help and no need for this->setWindowIcon(QIcon(":/images/mac/highres.icns"));

    To answer your question i was just trying out stuff
    Jim

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