Is there a class or library somewhere that makes it easy to use the new AppIndicator framework from within a Qt application?
It seems strange that I should have to include GTK headers / libraries etc. just to create an indicator in Qt.
Is there a better way?
Best Answer
appmenu-qt is about exposing the menubar of Qt/KDE applications so that it appears in Unity panel. It is not about appindicators.
There is no explicit API to use appindicators from a Qt applications now. There should be one for Ubuntu 12.04. Until this is available, the two possible solutions are: