feat(hot reloading): Add first version of hot reloading (#674)

Version for: https://github.com/status-im/status-desktop/issues/5690

sandbox/handler.cpp

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#include "handler.h"
-
-Handler::Handler(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent)
-{
-
-}

sandbox/handler.h

@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef HANDLER_H
-#define HANDLER_H
-
-#include <QObject>
-
-class Handler : public QObject
-{
-    Q_OBJECT
-public:
-    explicit Handler(QObject *parent = nullptr);
-
-signals:
-    void restartQml();
-};
-
-#endif // HANDLER_H

sandbox/sandboxapp.cpp

@@ -3,15 +3,20 @@
 #include <QQmlContext>
 #include <QWindow>
 #include <QDebug>
+#include <QDirIterator>
 
 #include "statuswindow.h"
 #include "spellchecker.h"
 
 SandboxApp::SandboxApp(int &argc, char **argv)
-    : QGuiApplication(argc, argv),
+    : QGuiApplication(argc, argv)
-      m_handler(new Handler(this))
 {
-    connect(m_handler, &Handler::restartQml, this, &SandboxApp::restartEngine, Qt::QueuedConnection);
+#ifdef QT_DEBUG
+    connect(&m_watcher, &QFileSystemWatcher::directoryChanged, [this](const QString&) {
+        restartEngine();
+    });
+
+#endif
 }
 
 void SandboxApp::startEngine()
@@ -21,13 +26,18 @@ void SandboxApp::startEngine()
 
 #ifdef QT_DEBUG
     const QUrl url = QUrl::fromLocalFile(SRC_DIR + QStringLiteral("/main.qml"));
+    m_watcher.addPath(applicationDirPath() + "/../");
+    QDirIterator it(applicationDirPath() + "/../", QDir::Dirs | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot, QDirIterator::Subdirectories);
+    while (it.hasNext()) {
+        if (!it.filePath().isEmpty()) {
+            m_watcher.addPath(it.filePath());
+        }
+        it.next();
+    }
 #else
     const QUrl url(QStringLiteral("qrc:/main.qml"));
 #endif
 
-    m_engine.rootContext()->setContextProperty("app", m_handler);
-
-
 #ifdef QT_DEBUG
     m_engine.addImportPath(SRC_DIR + QStringLiteral("/../src"));
 #else
@@ -44,7 +54,7 @@ void SandboxApp::startEngine()
 
 void SandboxApp::restartEngine()
 {
-    const QUrl url(applicationDirPath() + "/../main.qml");
+    const QUrl url = QUrl::fromLocalFile(SRC_DIR + QStringLiteral("/main.qml"));
     QWindow *rootWindow = qobject_cast<QWindow*>(m_engine.rootObjects().at(0));
     if (rootWindow) {
         rootWindow->close();

sandbox/sandboxapp.h

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 #include <QGuiApplication>
 #include <QQmlApplicationEngine>
 
+#ifdef QT_DEBUG
+#include <QFileSystemWatcher>
+#endif
+
 #include "handler.h"
 
 class SandboxApp : public QGuiApplication
@@ -19,6 +23,10 @@ public slots:
 private:
     QQmlApplicationEngine m_engine;
     Handler *m_handler;
+
+#ifdef QT_DEBUG
+    QFileSystemWatcher m_watcher;
+#endif
 };
 
 #endif // SANDBOXAPP_H