UbuntuUserInterfaceToolkit.statesaving1

Application name

First of all, the application must have a proper application name set. If you use Qt Creator's Ubuntu project wizards, you will have the application name set by default, name which is in sync with the name from the application's desktop file.

The application name plays an essential role in storing the state archive. By specifying different application names, different state archives can be serialized for the application. However runtime application name change would require application restart.

Having these preconditions, we can deduct that MainView's applicationName property is one of the properties which cannot be serialized.

IDs

Components for which property saving is wanted should define an ID, even though it is otherwise not justified. For example the following code snippet would give runtime error:

Rectangle {
color: "green"
StateSaver.properties: "color"
}

but giving an ID would make it serializable:

Rectangle {
id: rectangle
color: "green"
StateSaver.properties: "color"
}

This rule must also be applied on component parents in the object hierarchy.

Item {
id: root
Rectangle {
id: rectangle
color: "green"
StateSaver.properties: "color"
}
}