Minimal UI Template XMake

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Minimal UI boilerplate template XMake.

Source Files#

Project Structure#

graph TD A[project_template_ui_xmake/] --> B[xmake.lua] A --> C[src/] C --> D[MainWindow.h] C --> E[MainWindow.cpp] C --> F[main.cpp] A --> G[.vscode/] G --> H[c_cpp_properties.json]

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xmake.lua#

-- Specify available build configurations
add_rules("mode.release", "mode.debug")
-- Specify compile commands output directory and LSP to analyze C++ code files and highlight IntelliSense
add_rules("plugin.compile_commands.autoupdate", {outputdir = ".vscode", lsp = "clangd"})
 
-- Specify C++ standard to use, as AUI uses C++20 by default
set_languages("c++20")
 
-- Download aui package to use for targets later
add_requires("aui")
-- Use shared GLEW to resolve LNK2019 errors
add_requireconfs("**.glew", {override = true, configs = {shared = true}})
 
-- Define our target executable to build
target("aui-minimal-example")
   -- Add source code and headers to target
   add_files("src/*.cpp")
   add_includedirs("src")
   -- Add AUI package to target while linking only required components
   add_packages("aui", {components = {"core", "image", "views", "xml"}})
   -- Add defines that point to your OS and link against required syslinks/frameworks
   if is_plat("windows") then
       add_defines(
           "AUI_PLATFORM_WIN=1", "AUI_PLATFORM_LINUX=0", "AUI_PLATFORM_APPLE=0"
       )
       add_syslinks("gdi32", "ole32")
   elseif is_plat("linux") then
       add_defines(
           "AUI_PLATFORM_WIN=0", "AUI_PLATFORM_LINUX=1", "AUI_PLATFORM_APPLE=0"
       )
   elseif is_plat("macosx") then
       add_defines(
           "AUI_PLATFORM_WIN=0", "AUI_PLATFORM_LINUX=0", "AUI_PLATFORM_APPLE=1"
       )
   end
   -- Add defines that point to symbol exports
   add_defines(
       "API_AUI_VIEWS=AUI_IMPORT", "API_AUI_IMAGE=AUI_IMPORT"
   )

src/MainWindow.h#

#pragma once
 
#include <AUI/Platform/AWindow.h>
 
class MainWindow: public AWindow {
public:
   MainWindow();
};

src/MainWindow.cpp#

#include "MainWindow.h"
#include <AUI/Util/UIBuildingHelpers.h>
#include <AUI/View/ALabel.h>
#include <AUI/View/AButton.h>
#include <AUI/Platform/APlatform.h>
 
using namespace declarative;
 
MainWindow::MainWindow(): AWindow("Project template app", 300_dp, 200_dp) {
   setContents(
       Centered{
           Vertical{
               Centered { Label { "Hello world from AUI!" } },
               _new<AButton>("Visit GitHub repo").connect(&AView::clicked, this, [] {
                   APlatform::openUrl("https://github.com/aui-framework/aui");
               }),
               _new<AButton>("Visit docs").connect(&AView::clicked, this, [] {
                   APlatform::openUrl("https://aui-framework.github.io/");
               }),
               _new<AButton>("Submit an issue").connect(&AView::clicked, this, [] {
                   APlatform::openUrl("https://github.com/aui-framework/aui/issues/new");
               }),
           }
       }
   );
}

src/main.cpp#

#include <AUI/Platform/Entry.h>
#include "MainWindow.h"
 
AUI_ENTRY {
   _new<MainWindow>()->show();
   return 0;
};

.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json#

{
   "configurations": [
       {
           "name": "Win32",
           "includePath": [
               "${workspaceFolder}/**"
           ],
           "defines": [
               "_DEBUG",
               "UNICODE",
               "_UNICODE"
           ],
           "windowsSdkVersion": "10.0.26100.0",
           "compilerPath": "cl.exe",
           "cStandard": "c17",
           "cppStandard": "c++20",
           "intelliSenseMode": "windows-msvc-x64"
       }
   ],
   "version": 4
}

Source Files#

• Repository
• src/main.cpp
• src/MainWindow.cpp
• src/MainWindow.h

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Source Files

Project Structure

xmake.lua

src/MainWindow.h

src/MainWindow.cpp

src/main.cpp

.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json

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