D-Bus

Inter-Process communication using D-Bus

Introduction to D-Bus

An introduction to the core concepts of D-Bus from an application developer’s perspective.

Accessing D-Bus Interfaces

A step-by-step guide to calling D-Bus methods and connecting to D-Bus signals using QtDBus.

Intermediate D-Bus

Tips to make use of QtDBus when faced with problematic real-world interfaces.

Learn how to expose functionality in your application by creating and using custom D-Bus interfaces. Covers generating the XML descriptions, instantiating interfaces at run time and setting up the build system with CMake.

Using Custom Types with D-Bus

Using custom types as arguments of D-Bus method calls.

D-Bus Autostart Services

Turn your application into a D-Bus autostart service with this tutorial. This D-Bus feature, also known as “D-Bus service activation”, will ensure that even when your application isn’t running that D-Bus calls made to it will work by relying on the D-Bus daemon itself to start your app if and when needed.