I'm trying to create some markers that will be moving dynamically on a QML map. Before that, however, I need to plot them all on the map using the mouse so that I can update them later. I have been using pyqtProperty to send the coordinates I need to QML but when I try to add them to a MapItemView, they are undefined. The following code demonstrates what I am hoping to accomplish. Is the problem that I am passing a pyqtProperty to QML from another python object that was not added with setContextProperty() like in main.py? Or am I using the MapItemView delegation incorrectly?
main.qml
import QtQuick 2.7
import QtQml 2.5
import QtQuick.Controls 1.3
import QtQuick.Controls.Styles 1.3
import QtQuick.Window 2.2
import QtQuick.Layouts 1.2
import QtPositioning 5.9
import QtLocation 5.3
import QtQuick.Dialogs 1.1
ApplicationWindow {
id: root
width: 640
height: 480
visible: true
ListModel {
id: markers
}
Plugin {
id: mapPlugin
name: "osm" //"mapboxgl" "osm" "esri"
}
Map {
id: map
anchors.fill: parent
plugin: mapPlugin
center: atc.location
zoomLevel: 14
MapItemView {
model: markers
delegate: MapCircle {
radius: 50
color: 'red'
center: markLocation //issue here?
}
}
MapCircle {
id: home
center: atc.location
radius: 40
color: 'white'
}
MouseArea {
id: mousearea
anchors.fill: map
acceptedButtons: Qt.LeftButton | Qt.RightButton
hoverEnabled: true
property var coord: map.toCoordinate(Qt.point(mouseX, mouseY))
onDoubleClicked: {
if (mouse.button === Qt.LeftButton)
{
//Capture information for model here
atc.plot_mark(
"marker",
mousearea.coord.latitude,
mousearea.coord.longitude)
markers.append({
name: "markers",
markLocation: atc.get_marker_center("markers")
})
}
}
}
}
}
atc.py
import geocoder
from DC import DC
from PyQt5.QtPositioning import QGeoCoordinate
from PyQt5.QtCore import QObject, pyqtSignal, pyqtProperty, pyqtSlot
class ATC(QObject):
#pyqt Signals
locationChanged = pyqtSignal(QGeoCoordinate)
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super().__init__(parent)
self._location = QGeoCoordinate()
self.dcs = {}
g = geocoder.ip('me')
self.set_location(QGeoCoordinate(*g.latlng))
def set_location(self, coordinate):
if self._location != coordinate:
self._location = coordinate
self.locationChanged.emit(self._location)
def get_location(self):
return self._location
#pyqt Property
location = pyqtProperty(QGeoCoordinate,
fget=get_location,
fset=set_location,
notify=locationChanged)
@pyqtSlot(str, str, str)
def plot_mark(self, mark_name, lat, lng):
dc = DC(mark_name)
self.dcs[mark_name] = dc
self.dcs[mark_name].set_location(
QGeoCoordinate(float(lat), float(lng)))
@pyqtSlot(str)
def get_marker_center(self, mark_name):
return self.dcs[mark_name].location
DC.py
from PyQt5.QtPositioning import QGeoCoordinate
from PyQt5.QtCore import QObject, pyqtSignal, pyqtProperty, pyqtSlot
class DC(QObject):
#pyqt Signals
locationChanged = pyqtSignal(QGeoCoordinate)
def __init__(self, name, parent=None):
super().__init__(parent)
self.name = name
self._location = QGeoCoordinate()
def set_location(self, coordinate):
if self._location != coordinate:
self._location = coordinate
self.locationChanged.emit(self._location)
def get_location(self):
return self._location
#pyqt Property
location = pyqtProperty(QGeoCoordinate,
fget=get_location,
fset=set_location,
notify=locationChanged)
main.py
from PyQt5.QtGui import QGuiApplication
from PyQt5.QtQml import QQmlApplicationEngine
from PyQt5.QtCore import QObject, QUrl, pyqtSignal, pyqtProperty
from PyQt5.QtPositioning import QGeoCoordinate
from ATC import ATC
if __name__ == "__main__":
import os
import sys
app = QGuiApplication(sys.argv)
engine = QQmlApplicationEngine()
atc = ATC()
engine.rootContext().setContextProperty("atc", atc)
qml_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "main.qml")
engine.load(QUrl.fromLocalFile(qml_path))
if not engine.rootObjects():
sys.exit(-1)
engine.quit.connect(app.quit)
sys.exit(app.exec_())
Instead of creating a model in QML you must create it in python to be able to handle it directly for it you must inherit from QAbstractListModel. For a smooth movement you should use QxxxAnimation as QPropertyAnimation.
In the following example, each time a marker is inserted, the on_markersInserted function will be called, which will move the marker towards the center of the window.
main.py
from functools import partial
from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtQml, QtPositioning
import geocoder
class Marker(QtCore.QObject):
locationChanged = QtCore.pyqtSignal(QtPositioning.QGeoCoordinate)
def __init__(self, location=QtPositioning.QGeoCoordinate(), parent=None):
super().__init__(parent)
self._location = location
def set_location(self, coordinate):
if self._location != coordinate:
self._location = coordinate
self.locationChanged.emit(self._location)
def get_location(self):
return self._location
location = QtCore.pyqtProperty(QtPositioning.QGeoCoordinate,
fget=get_location,
fset=set_location,
notify=locationChanged)
def move(self, location, duration=1000):
animation = QtCore.QPropertyAnimation(
targetObject=self,
propertyName=b'location',
startValue=self.get_location(),
endValue=location,
duration=duration,
parent=self
)
animation.start(QtCore.QAbstractAnimation.DeleteWhenStopped)
def moveFromTo(self, start, end, duration=1000):
self.set_location(start)
self.move(end, duration)
class MarkerModel(QtCore.QAbstractListModel):
markersInserted = QtCore.pyqtSignal(list)
PositionRole = QtCore.Qt.UserRole + 1000
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super().__init__(parent)
self._markers = []
self.rowsInserted.connect(self.on_rowsInserted)
def rowCount(self, parent=QtCore.QModelIndex()):
return 0 if parent.isValid() else len(self._markers)
def data(self, index, role=QtCore.Qt.DisplayRole):
if index.isValid() and 0 <= index.row() < self.rowCount():
if role == MarkerModel.PositionRole:
return self._markers[index.row()].get_location()
return QtCore.QVariant()
def roleNames(self):
roles = {}
roles[MarkerModel.PositionRole] = b'position'
return roles
@QtCore.pyqtSlot(QtPositioning.QGeoCoordinate)
def appendMarker(self, coordinate):
self.beginInsertRows(QtCore.QModelIndex(), self.rowCount(), self.rowCount())
marker = Marker(coordinate)
self._markers.append(marker)
self.endInsertRows()
marker.locationChanged.connect(self.update_model)
def update_model(self):
marker = self.sender()
try:
row = self._markers.index(marker)
ix = self.index(row)
self.dataChanged.emit(ix, ix, (MarkerModel.PositionRole,))
except ValueError as e:
pass
@QtCore.pyqtSlot(QtCore.QModelIndex, int, int)
def on_rowsInserted(self, parent, first, end):
markers = []
for row in range(first, end+1):
markers.append(self.get_marker(row))
self.markersInserted.emit(markers)
def get_marker(self, row):
if 0 <= row < self.rowCount():
return self._markers[row]
class ManagerMarkers(QtCore.QObject):
locationChanged = QtCore.pyqtSignal(QtPositioning.QGeoCoordinate)
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super().__init__(parent)
self._center= Marker(parent=self)
self._model = MarkerModel(self)
g = geocoder.ip('me')
self.moveCenter(QtPositioning.QGeoCoordinate(*g.latlng))
def model(self):
return self._model
def center(self):
return self._center
def moveCenter(self, position):
self._center.set_location(position)
center = QtCore.pyqtProperty(QtCore.QObject, fget=center, constant=True)
model = QtCore.pyqtProperty(QtCore.QObject, fget=model, constant=True)
# testing
# When a marker is added
# it will begin to move toward
# the center of the window
def on_markersInserted(manager, markers):
end = manager.center.get_location()
for marker in markers:
marker.move(end, 5*1000)
if __name__ == "__main__":
import os
import sys
app = QtGui.QGuiApplication(sys.argv)
manager = ManagerMarkers()
engine = QtQml.QQmlApplicationEngine()
engine.rootContext().setContextProperty("manager", manager)
qml_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "main.qml")
engine.load(QtCore.QUrl.fromLocalFile(qml_path))
if not engine.rootObjects():
sys.exit(-1)
manager.model.markersInserted.connect(partial(on_markersInserted, manager))
engine.quit.connect(app.quit)
sys.exit(app.exec_())
main.qml
import QtQuick 2.7
import QtQuick.Controls 2.2
import QtPositioning 5.9
import QtLocation 5.3
ApplicationWindow {
id: root
width: 640
height: 480
visible: true
Plugin {
id: mapPlugin
name: "osm" // "mapboxgl" "osm" "esri"
}
Map {
id: map
anchors.fill: parent
plugin: mapPlugin
center: manager.center.location
zoomLevel: 14
MapCircle {
id: home
center: manager.center.location
radius: 40
color: 'white'
}
MapItemView {
model: manager.model
delegate: MapCircle {
radius: 50
color: 'red'
center: model.position
}
}
MouseArea {
id: mousearea
anchors.fill: map
acceptedButtons: Qt.LeftButton | Qt.RightButton
onDoubleClicked: if (mouse.button === Qt.LeftButton)
manager.model.appendMarker(map.toCoordinate(Qt.point(mouseX, mouseY)))
}
}
}