Qt 6 + CMake adds icons without Qt Creator, Antigravity shows

This is the fifth entry in a series documenting the building of a Qt/QML image viewer with AI assistance. Earlier installments covered environment setup, UI creation with drag-and-drop, C++ backend integration, and debugging with AI. This installment shifts to a practical concern: adding toolbar icons. Traditionally, Qt developers used Qt Creator to create a .qrc resource file and register images through a GUI, a process that required opening the IDE whenever assets changed. The AI agent Antigravity pointed out that with Qt 6 and CMake, the qt_add_qml_module command can take a RESOURCES list directly, letting CMake generate and compile the .qrc file behind the scenes. The author applied this by creating an icons folder with SVG files and listing them in CMakeLists.txt, then referenced them in QML with a qrc path or relative path. The build succeeded, showing a toolbar with SVG icons, and the author notes that the entire change was done in a text editor without any GUI tool. The post frames this as an example of AI suggesting current best practices that save time compared to reading outdated documentation.