How to use QTimer to view a image sequence? - qt

Question

In the program, I am trying to create a image player using QT. When I click a button in the UI, the program will create a image slideshow with a 2s pause. I tried to use the QTimer to such things, but failed to do so. Hence, I want to ask how to achieve my purpose by using QTimer.
Let me describe the flow of my program. When the user click a button in the main window, the sub-window showpic will be opened and then start showing each image for a pause of 2s in its qgraphsview. The images filepath are stored in the "QStringlist filenames".
mainwindow.h
#ifndef MAINWINDOW_H
#define MAINWINDOW_H
#include <QMainWindow>
#include <QFileSystemModel>
#include "showpic.h"
#include <QBasicTimer>
#include <QTimer>
namespace Ui {
class MainWindow;
}
class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
explicit MainWindow(QWidget *parent = 0);
~MainWindow();
void display(const QString & , ShowPic* );
private slots:
void tick();
void on_pushButton_clicked();
private:
Ui::MainWindow *ui;
QFileSystemModel *model;
QString filesPath;
ShowPic *showpic;
QStringList filenames;
QStringList::const_iterator m_imageIt;
QTimer m_timer;
};
#endif // MAINWINDOW_H
showpic.h
#ifndef SHOWPIC_H
#define SHOWPIC_H
#include <QWidget>
namespace Ui {
class ShowPic;
}
class ShowPic : public QWidget
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
explicit ShowPic(QWidget *parent = 0);
~ShowPic();
private:
Ui::ShowPic *ui;
public:
void addPixmap(const QPixmap &pixmap);
};
#endif // SHOWPIC_H
main.cpp
#include "mainwindow.h"
#include <QApplication>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QApplication a(argc, argv);
MainWindow w;
w.show();
return a.exec();
}
mainwindow.cpp
#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "ui_mainwindow.h"
#include<QFileDialog>
#include<QFileSystemModel>
#include<QStringList>
#include <QTreeView>
#include <QGraphicsScene>
#include <QTime>
#include <QThread>
#include <QDebug>
#include <iostream>
#include <QTimer>
MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
QMainWindow(parent),
ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
ui->setupUi(this);
filenames.append("C:\\test\\image.jpg");
filenames.append("C:\\test\\apple.jpg");
filenames.append("C:\\test\\orange.jpg");
filenames.append("C:\\test\\lemon.jpg");
filenames.append("C:\\test\\grape.jpg");
m_imageIt = filenames.begin();
m_timer.setInterval(5000);
connect(&m_timer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(tick()));
}
MainWindow::~MainWindow()
{
delete ui;
}
void MainWindow::display(const QString & filename, ShowPic* showpic) {
showpic->addPixmap(filename);
}
void MainWindow::tick(){
showpic = new ShowPic();
showpic->show();
display(*m_imageIt, showpic);
m_imageIt ++;
}
/*
void timerEvent(QTimerEvent * ev) {
if (ev->timerId() == m_timer.timerId()) tick();
}*/
void MainWindow::on_pushButton_clicked()
{
/*showpic = new ShowPic();
QPixmap pixmap("C:\\test\\image.jpg");
showpic->addPixmap(pixmap);
showpic->show();*/
m_timer.start();
}
showpic.cpp
#include "showpic.h"
#include "ui_showpic.h"
#include <QThread>
ShowPic::ShowPic(QWidget *parent) :
QWidget(parent),
ui(new Ui::ShowPic)
{
ui->setupUi(this);
ui->graphicsView->setScene(new QGraphicsScene);
}
ShowPic::~ShowPic()
{
delete ui;
}
void ShowPic::addPixmap(const QPixmap &pixmap){
ui->graphicsView->scene()->addPixmap(pixmap);
}
The compiling message error:

Answer 1

The error has nothing to do with the timer, it is because you forgot to declare display(), tick(), and timerEvent() as part of the MainWindow:: class, so they cannot access MainWindow members.
The timer should be even easier to use than your code. First I recommend you use a QTimer instead of QBasicTimer. Then you can simply connect to its timeout() signal.
mainwindow.h
#include <QTimer>
QTimer m_timer;
mainwindow.cpp
MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
QMainWindow(parent),
ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
ui->setupUi(this);
...
m_imageIt = filenames.begin();
m_timer.setInterval(5000);
connect(&m_timer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(tick()));
}
void MainWindow::on_pushButton_clicked()
{
m_timer.start();
}
You do not need timerEvent() function at all.