Save QList<int> to QSettings

QSettings::setValue() needs QVariant as a second parameter. To pass QList as QVariant, you have to declare it as a Qt meta type. Here's the code snippet that demonstrates how to register a type as meta type:

#include <QCoreApplication>
#include <QDebug>
#include <QMetaType>
#include <QSettings>
#include <QVariant>

Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(QList<int>)

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QCoreApplication a(argc, argv);

    qRegisterMetaTypeStreamOperators<QList<int> >("QList<int>");

    QList<int> myList;
    myList.append(1);
    myList.append(2);
    myList.append(3);

    QSettings settings("Moose Soft", "Facturo-Pro");
    settings.setValue("foo", QVariant::fromValue(myList));
    QList<int> myList2 = settings.value("foo").value<QList<int> >();
    qDebug() << myList2;

    return 0;
}

Tags:

Qt

Qlist