Question

I follow the examples from the Qt SDK, starting timer in the QThread Subclass
but I keep getting the warning and the thread never starts the timer.
Here is the code:

NotificationThread::NotificationThread(QObject *parent)
           :QThread(parent),
           m_timerInterval(0)
{
 moveToThread(this);
}


NotificationThread::~NotificationThread()
{
 ;
}

void NotificationThread::fire()
{
  WRITELOG("A::fire called -- currentThread:" + QString::number((int)currentThread()->currentThreadId()));
  QVector<StringPer>* batchVectorResult = new QVector<StringPer>();   
  emit UpdateGroupNotifications(batchVectorResult);

}

void NotificationThread::run()
{

      connect(&m_NotificationTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()),
              this,SLOT(fire(),Qt::DirectConnection));

      WRITELOG("A::run() worker thread -- currentThread:" + QString::number((int)currentThread()->currentThreadId()));
   //SetNotificationTimerFromConf();
   QVariant val(ConfigSettings::getInstance()->ReadFromSettingsReturnVariant(SETTINGS_KEY_NOTIFICATIONTHREAD));
   int interval = val.toInt();
   m_NotificationTimer.setInterval(interval);
      m_NotificationTimer.start();

      QThread::exec();
}


void NotificationThread::SetNotificationTimerFromConf()
{
 QVariant val(ConfigSettings::getInstance()->ReadFromSettingsReturnVariant(SETTINGS_KEY_NOTIFICATIONTHREAD));
 int interval = val.toInt();
 m_NotificationTimer.setInterval(interval);
}


void NotificationThread::UpdateNotificationTimerRT(int timerInterval)
{
 m_NotificationTimer.setInterval(m_timerInterval);
}


void NotificationThread::Execute(const QStringList batchReqList)
{
 QVector<QString>* batchVectorResult = new QVector<QString>();   
 start();
}

I start the Thread from the main GUI with Execute( ).

Answer 1

If you add the line

m_NotificationTimer.moveToThread(this);

to beginning of run() method of your thread from that point on your timer object will invoke the connected slot within the your thread.

When you first create the timer it will run within your main thread. By moving it to your own thread as above the moveToThread method will change the thread affinity of the timer object.