Added a message handler to have colored console output in debug mode.

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ if(${QT_VERSION_MAJOR} GREATER_EQUAL 6)
     qt_add_executable(${TARGET_APP}
         MANUAL_FINALIZATION
         ${PROJECT_SOURCES}
+        utils/messagehandler.h
     )
 # Define target properties for Android with Qt 6 as:
 #    set_property(TARGET ${TARGET_APP} APPEND PROPERTY QT_ANDROID_PACKAGE_SOURCE_DIR

main.cpp

@@ -4,20 +4,26 @@
 #include <QLocale>
 #include <QTranslator>
 
-int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+#ifdef QT_DEBUG
-{
+#include "utils/messagehandler.h"
-    QApplication a(argc, argv);
+#endif
 
-    QTranslator translator;
+int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
-    const QStringList uiLanguages = QLocale::system().uiLanguages();
+#ifdef QT_DEBUG
-    for (const QString &locale : uiLanguages) {
+  qInstallMessageHandler(consoleHandlerColoredVerboseInDarkTheme);
-        const QString baseName = "GenericWidgets_" + QLocale(locale).name();
+#endif
-        if (translator.load(":/i18n/" + baseName)) {
+  QApplication a(argc, argv);
-            a.installTranslator(&translator);
+
-            break;
+  QTranslator translator;
-        }
+  const QStringList uiLanguages = QLocale::system().uiLanguages();
+  for (const QString& locale : uiLanguages) {
+    const QString baseName = "GenericWidgets_" + QLocale(locale).name();
+    if (translator.load(":/i18n/" + baseName)) {
+      a.installTranslator(&translator);
+      break;
     }
-    MainWindow w;
+  }
-    w.show();
+  MainWindow w;
-    return a.exec();
+  w.show();
+  return a.exec();
 }

utils/messagehandler.h

@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+#ifndef MESSAGEHANDLER_H
+#define MESSAGEHANDLER_H
+/**
+ * Color and formatting codes
+ * @see: http://misc.flogisoft.com/bash/tip_colors_and_formatting
+ */
+
+#include <QObject>
+
+//  qSetMessagePattern("%{file}(%{line}): %{message}");
+//  qSetMessagePattern("%{type}(%{line}):\t%{message}");
+//  qSetMessagePattern("%{type}%{file}(%{line}):\t%{message}");
+
+void consoleHandlerColoredVerbose(QtMsgType type,
+                                  const QMessageLogContext& context,
+                                  const QString& msg) {
+  QByteArray localMsg = msg.toLocal8Bit();
+  switch (type) {
+    case QtDebugMsg:
+      //      fprintf(stderr, "\033[1;30mDebug: (%s:%u, %s) \t%s\n\033[0m", context.file,
+      //      context.line, context.function, localMsg.constData());  // bold
+      fprintf(stderr, "\033[107;30mDebug: (%s:%u, %s) \t%s\n\033[0m", context.file, context.line,
+              context.function, localMsg.constData());
+      break;
+    case QtInfoMsg:
+      fprintf(stderr, "\033[107;32mInfo:  (%s:%u) \t%s\n\033[0m", context.file, context.line,
+              localMsg.constData());
+      break;
+    case QtWarningMsg:
+      fprintf(stderr, "\033[43;30mWarning: (%s:%u, %s) \t%s\n\033[0m", context.file, context.line,
+              context.function, localMsg.constData());
+      break;
+    case QtCriticalMsg:
+      fprintf(stderr, "\033[41;30mCritical: (%s:%u, %s) \t%s\n\033[0m", context.file, context.line,
+              context.function, localMsg.constData());
+      break;
+    case QtFatalMsg:
+      fprintf(stderr, "\033[41;30mFatal: (%s:%u, %s) \t%s\n\033[0m", context.file, context.line,
+              context.function, localMsg.constData());
+      abort();
+  }
+}
+
+void consoleHandlerColoredVerboseInDarkTheme(QtMsgType type,
+                                             const QMessageLogContext& context,
+                                             const QString& msg) {
+  QByteArray localMsg = msg.toLocal8Bit();
+  switch (type) {
+    case QtDebugMsg:
+      //      fprintf(stderr, "\033[1;30mDebug: (%s:%u, %s) \t%s\n\033[0m", context.file,
+      //      context.line, context.function, localMsg.constData());  // bold
+      fprintf(stderr, "\033[107;37mDebug: (%s:%u, %s) \t%s\n\033[0m", context.file, context.line,
+              context.function, localMsg.constData());
+      break;
+    case QtInfoMsg:
+      fprintf(stderr, "\033[107;32mInfo:  (%s:%u) \t%s\n\033[0m", context.file, context.line,
+              localMsg.constData());
+      break;
+    case QtWarningMsg:
+      fprintf(stderr, "\033[43;30mWarning: (%s:%u, %s) \t%s\n\033[0m", context.file, context.line,
+              context.function, localMsg.constData());
+      break;
+    case QtCriticalMsg:
+      fprintf(stderr, "\033[41;30mCritical: (%s:%u, %s) \t%s\n\033[0m", context.file, context.line,
+              context.function, localMsg.constData());
+      break;
+    case QtFatalMsg:
+      fprintf(stderr, "\033[41;30mFatal: (%s:%u, %s) \t%s\n\033[0m", context.file, context.line,
+              context.function, localMsg.constData());
+      abort();
+  }
+}
+
+void consoleHandlerColored(QtMsgType type, const QMessageLogContext& context, const QString& msg) {
+  QByteArray localMsg = msg.toLocal8Bit();
+  switch (type) {
+    case QtDebugMsg:
+      fprintf(stderr, "\033[1;30mDebug: (%s:%u) \t%s\n\033[0m", context.file, context.line,
+              localMsg.constData());
+      break;
+    case QtInfoMsg:
+      fprintf(stderr, "\033[0;30mInfo:  (%s:%u) \t%s\n\033[0m", context.file, context.line,
+              localMsg.constData());
+      break;
+    case QtWarningMsg:
+      fprintf(stderr, "\033[1;33mWarning: (%s:%u) \t%s\n\033[0m", context.file, context.line,
+              localMsg.constData());
+      break;
+    case QtCriticalMsg:
+      fprintf(stderr, "\033[31mCritical: (%s:%u) \t%s\n\033[0m", context.file, context.line,
+              localMsg.constData());
+      break;
+    case QtFatalMsg:
+      fprintf(stderr, "\033[31mFatal: (%s:%u) \t%s\n\033[0m", context.file, context.line,
+              localMsg.constData());
+      abort();
+  }
+}
+
+void myMessageOutput(QtMsgType type, const QMessageLogContext& context, const QString& msg) {
+  QByteArray localMsg = msg.toLocal8Bit();
+  switch (type) {
+    case QtDebugMsg:
+      fprintf(stderr, "Debug: %s (%s:%u, %s)\n", localMsg.constData(), context.file, context.line,
+              context.function);
+      break;
+    case QtInfoMsg:
+      fprintf(stderr, "Info: %s (%s:%u, %s)\n", localMsg.constData(), context.file, context.line,
+              context.function);
+      break;
+    case QtWarningMsg:
+      fprintf(stderr, "Warning: %s (%s:%u, %s)\n", localMsg.constData(), context.file, context.line,
+              context.function);
+      break;
+    case QtCriticalMsg:
+      fprintf(stderr, "Critical: %s (%s:%u, %s)\n", localMsg.constData(), context.file,
+              context.line, context.function);
+      break;
+    case QtFatalMsg:
+      fprintf(stderr, "Fatal: %s (%s:%u, %s)\n", localMsg.constData(), context.file, context.line,
+              context.function);
+      abort();
+  }
+}
+
+#ifdef Q_OS_ANDROID
+#include <android/log.h>
+
+const char* const applicationName = "Pensieve";
+void androidMessageHandler(QtMsgType type, const QMessageLogContext& context, const QString& msg) {
+  QString report = msg;
+  if (context.file && !QString(context.file).isEmpty()) {
+    report += " in file ";
+    report += QString(context.file);
+    report += " line ";
+    report += QString::number(context.line);
+  }
+  if (context.function && !QString(context.function).isEmpty()) {
+    report += +" function ";
+    report += QString(context.function);
+  }
+  const char* const local = report.toLocal8Bit().constData();
+  switch (type) {
+    case QtDebugMsg:
+      __android_log_write(ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG, applicationName, local);
+      break;
+    case QtInfoMsg:
+      __android_log_write(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, applicationName, local);
+      break;
+    case QtWarningMsg:
+      __android_log_write(ANDROID_LOG_WARN, applicationName, local);
+      break;
+    case QtCriticalMsg:
+      __android_log_write(ANDROID_LOG_ERROR, applicationName, local);
+      break;
+    case QtFatalMsg:
+    default:
+      __android_log_write(ANDROID_LOG_FATAL, applicationName, local);
+      abort();
+  }
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif  // MESSAGEHANDLER_H