QBS module that produce binnary resource files.

modules.binaryrcc.binaryrcc.qbs

import qbs
import qbs.FileInfo
import qbs.Xml

Module {
    property bool compress: false

    FileTagger {
        patterns: "*.qrc"
        fileTags: ["qrc"]
    }
    
    Rule {
        inputs: ["qrc"]     // needed to trigger this rule
        Artifact {
            filePath: {
                return FileInfo.baseName(input.fileName)+".rcc";
            }
            fileTags: ["rcc"]
        }
        prepare: {
            var rccToolPath = product.moduleProperty("Qt.core", "binPath");
            if(!rccToolPath) throw "Unknown resource compiler path:\"" + rccTool + "\"!";
            var args = ["-binary", input.filePath,
                        "-o",output.filePath ];
            if(!product.moduleProperty("binaryrcc","compress"))
                args.unshift("-no-compress");
            var cmd = new Command(rccToolPath+"/rcc", args);
            cmd.description = "generating binnary rcc from "+input.fileName;
            return cmd;
        }
    }

    Scanner {
        inputs: ["qrc"]
        scan: {
            var xml = new XmlDomDocument();
            xml.load(input.fileName);
            var fileTag = xml.firstChild("RCC").firstChild("qresource");
            fileTag= fileTag.firstChild("file");
            var dependencies = [];
            while(fileTag&&fileTag.isElement()) {
                dependencies.push(fileTag.text());
                fileTag= fileTag.nextSibling("file");
            }
            print(input.fileName+" depends on:\n    "+dependencies.join("\n    "));
            return dependencies;
        }
    }

    Depends { name: "Qt.core" }
}

use.qbs

Product {
        name:"resources"
        type:"rcc"
        files:  "*.qrc"

        Group {
            fileTagsFilter: product.type
            qbs.install: true
        }

        qbsSearchPaths: "."
        Depends { name: "binaryrcc" }
    }