QML component isn't displayed if it was created programmatically from C++ - c++

Question

My goal is to create a custom Component (lets call it ComponentLoader) which can instantiate another component (lets call it DelegateComponent) via delegate.
The problem is that the instance of DelegateComponent isn't displayed after is was created (white screen). Note: tst_component is loaded message IS present which means that DelegateComponent instance was actually created.
Here is a minimal example:
main.qml
ApplicationWindow {
id: mainWindow
width: 640
height: 480
visible: true
Component {
id: tst_component
Rectangle {
anchors.fill: parent
Component.onCompleted: {
console.debug("tst_component is loaded");
}
Label {
text: "hello world"
anchors.centerIn: parent
}
}
}
// doesn't work
ComponentLoader {
anchors.fill: parent
delegate: tst_component
}
// works
// Loader {
// anchors.fill: parent
// sourceComponent: tst_component
// }
}
componentloader.h + componentloader.cpp
#pragma once
#include <QQuickItem>
class ComponentLoader : public QQuickItem
{
Q_OBJECT
Q_PROPERTY(QQmlComponent* delegate READ delegate WRITE setDelegate NOTIFY delegateChanged)
public:
QQmlComponent* delegate() const;
void setDelegate(QQmlComponent*);
signals:
void delegateChanged();
private:
void generate();
protected:
void componentComplete() override;
private:
QQmlComponent* mDelegate = nullptr;
};
// componentloader.cpp
#include "componentloader.h"
#include <QtWidgets/QtWidgets>
#include <QtQmlModels/QtQmlModels>
#include <QQuickWindow>
QQmlComponent* ComponentLoader::delegate() const
{
return mDelegate;
}
void ComponentLoader::setDelegate(QQmlComponent* delegate)
{
if (delegate != mDelegate)
{
mDelegate = delegate;
emit delegateChanged();
}
}
void ComponentLoader::componentComplete()
{
QQuickItem::componentComplete();
generate();
}
void ComponentLoader::generate()
{
QQmlEngine* engine = qmlEngine(this);
QQmlContext* root_ctx = engine->rootContext();
QQmlContext* ctx = new QQmlContext(root_ctx);
QObject* item = mDelegate->create(ctx);
QQuickItem* quickItem = qobject_cast<QQuickItem*>(item);
QQuickItem* quickParent = qobject_cast<QQuickItem*>(parent());
quickItem->setParent(quickParent);
quickItem->setParentItem(quickParent);
}

Answer 1

Your quickParent pointer is taking the QObject parent() value instead of the QQuickItem parentItem() value.
Simply changing it to this worked for me when I tried your code:
QQuickItem* quickParent = qobject_cast<QQuickItem*>(parentItem());
I also don't think you need to call setParent() at all. Just setParentItem().