Plugin Classes

These Qt Core classes deal with shared libraries, (for example, .so and DLL files), and with Qt plugins.

See the How to Create Qt Plugins page for more information.

QLibrary

Loads shared libraries at runtime

Defining Plugins

The <QtPlugin> header file defines macros for defining plugins.

QPluginLoader

Loads a plugin at run-time

QAccessiblePlugin

Abstract base class for plugins provinding accessibility information for user interface elements

QIconEnginePlugin

Abstract base for custom QIconEngine plugins

QImageIOPlugin

Defines an interface for writing an image format plugin

QGenericPlugin

Abstract base class for plugins

QGenericPluginFactory

Creates plugin drivers

QStylePlugin

Abstract base for custom QStyle plugins

QQmlExtensionPlugin

Abstract base for custom QML extension plugins