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Minimal UI boilerplate template XMake.

Source Code#

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]

xmake.lua#

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-- 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")

-- 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"}})
    -- Resolve linking by grouping AUI components into link groups
    add_linkgroups("aui.views", "aui.xml", "aui.image", "aui.core", {whole = true})

src/MainWindow.h#

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#pragma once

#include <AUI/Platform/AWindow.h>

class MainWindow: public AWindow {
public:
    MainWindow();
};

src/MainWindow.cpp#

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#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#

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#include <AUI/Platform/Entry.h>
#include "MainWindow.h"

AUI_ENTRY {
    _new<MainWindow>()->show();
    return 0;
};

.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json#

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{
    "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 Code#

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src/MainWindow.cpp#

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#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/MainWindow.h#

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#include <AUI/Platform/AWindow.h>

class MainWindow: public AWindow {
public:
    MainWindow();
};

src/main.cpp#

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#include "MainWindow.h"

AUI_ENTRY {
    _new<MainWindow>()->show();
    return 0;
};