# Importing and Including

## Step 1 - Add to project sources

{% hint style="info" %}
**MauiKit** supports _**qmake**_ and _**cmake**_
{% endhint %}

### Importing - Statically linking

To statically add **MauiKit** to your project using _qmake,_  you need to clone the **MauiKit** repository inside you project's root folder, and then the project's `[project-name].pro` should look like this :

{% code title="[project-name].pro" %}
```
linux:unix:!android {
message(Building for Linux )
} else:android {
message(Building for Android)
 include($$PWD/3rdparty/kirigami/kirigami.pri)
} else {
 message(“Unknown configuration”)
}
include($$PWD/mauikit/mauikit.pri)

```
{% endcode %}

This will include **MauiKit** as a sub-module. It is recommended to only do this to deploy your project to other systems besides GNU Linux, like Android, Mac OS X, WIndows, etc...

{% hint style="info" %}
**MauiKit** works on top of Kirigami and so it depends on it. If you plan to deploy your app on a device running Android you will also need to add the Kirigami submodule.
{% endhint %}

MauiKit's _mauikit.pri_ file creates a useful definition named _**STATIC\_MAUIKIT**_, you can make use of this definition in your project source code to differentiate when deploying to different systems.

### Including - Framework

For GNU Linux the best way to make use of **MauiKit** is to install it system wide.

After building and installing **MauiKit** you can now include it in your project to start making use of it.

To include **MauiKit** with _cmake_:

```
find_package(MauiKit REQUIRED)
```

To use it with _qmake_ you need to include the **MauiKit** shared library into your project .pro file:

```
LIBS += -lMauiKit
```

{% hint style="success" %}
You can skip to the third step if you installed **MauiKit** system wide.
{% endhint %}

## Step 2 - Include MauiKit Header File

{% hint style="warning" %}
This step is only necessary if you are statically linking **MauiKit** into your project.
{% endhint %}

Include the **MauiKit** header file as follows :

```cpp
#include “mauikit.h”
```

Then, register **MauiKit** Components :

```cpp
MauiKit::getInstance().registerTypes();
```

## Step 3 - Import MauiKit QML Controls

On your QML files you now can import the Maui Kit controls as follows :

```javascript
import org.kde.mauikit 1.0 as Maui
```

{% hint style="success" %}
You’re ready to start creating your next convergent application using MauiKit
{% endhint %}

