How I show application when open application again Qt
Here's another approach in pure Qt way:
Use QLocalServer
and QLocalSocket
to check the existence of application and then use signal-slot mechanism to notify the existing one.
#include "widget.h"
#include <QApplication>
#include <QObject>
#include <QLocalSocket>
#include <QLocalServer>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QApplication a(argc, argv);
const QString appKey = "applicationKey";
QLocalSocket *socket = new QLocalSocket();
socket->connectToServer(appKey);
if (socket->isOpen()) {
socket->close();
socket->deleteLater();
return 0;
}
socket->deleteLater();
Widget w;
QLocalServer server;
QObject::connect(&server,
&QLocalServer::newConnection,
[&w] () {
/*Set the window on the top level.*/
w.setWindowFlags(w.windowFlags() |
Qt::WindowStaysOnTopHint);
w.showNormal();
w.setWindowFlags(w.windowFlags() &
~Qt::WindowStaysOnTopHint
);
w.showNormal();
w.activateWindow();
});
server.listen(appKey);
w.show();
return a.exec();
}
But if you're using Qt 5.3 on Windows, there's a bug for QWidget::setWindowFlags
and Qt::WindowStaysOnTopHint
, see https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-30359.