How To Make Dynamic Qt Applications — Multi Copy Paste (Windows, Linux, Android, Mac)

HARSH MITTAL
2 min readNov 9, 2023

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In the realm of cross-platform application development, Qt stands as a powerful and versatile framework, empowering developers to craft user interfaces that are both visually appealing and functionally robust. Its declarative nature, coupled with its vast array of widgets and layout management classes, makes it a compelling choice for building dynamic and responsive UIs.

Qt’s ability to handle dynamic UI creation stems from its inherent support for generating widgets and layouts programmatically. This allows developers to create, modify, and remove UI elements on the fly, enabling a truly interactive and adaptable user experience.

What we will Make?

All of us have been in situations where we require some data multiple time, which are generally saved in a very disorganized way. To resolve this issue I have created a cross platform tool using Qt: Multi Copy Paste

Demo of multi copy paste
Multi Copy Paste

You can download the software from SourceForge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/multicopypaste/

Blog Post: https://www.harshmittal.com/tutorials/Multi-Copy-Paste/

Application In Action

Add Dynamic UI Elements in Qt

In this section we will learn to add custom QWidgets that have been created dynamically at runtime in Qt Application

Deploy Qt Application in Windows

Now this method is for different application but can be replicated for any application. This will enable you to run your application using single exe file. You can also further create an installer for your application.

Deploy Qt Application in Android

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HARSH MITTAL

Software Developer, with extensive knowledge in Software Development, Robotics and Machine Learning.