It would be of great help ,if some one can give me some links or some books which i can read to start developing Qt application on MAC OS using Xcode(C++).I have some experience on developing Qt applications on Windows but none on MAC.I also went through Qt documentation to understand how to integrate Qt on a MAC system but that was not enough,since i am entirely new to MAC. So i request you all to guide me where to start learning about MAC OS and Qt. Also what are the pre-requisites which i should be aware of to start development on MAC
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The Qt API is the same for all systems that have Qt. That's kind of the point with a platform independent API. – Some programmer dude Jan 03 '14 at 10:10
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May be i question is not clear enough,i understand that Qt classes are platform independent ,my question was more towards what i should know while writing a application on MAC OS .For example packaging my application in a bundle and things like that – Metoo Jan 03 '14 at 10:54
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One thing to be aware of is macdeployqt. – László Papp Jan 04 '14 at 00:58
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First things first, have you installed Qt successfully?
Next, you will want to configure Xcode
- SO walkthrough for setting up up a new Xcode C++ project
- SO question with some great answers about setting up Qt with Xcode
Start with a basic tutorial, to check that everything works
If you run into windowing problems, you may need to get hold of an X window manager like XQuartz. I'm guessing that you're already familiar with that sort of thing given your Windows background.
As far as using Qt, it should be the same on Mac as it is on Windows. As @JoachimPileborg points out, that is the point of a platform independent API!
Do be careful if you have any Os-specific dependencies. You haven't mentioned what other libraries etc you're using in the project, so I can't predict other issues that you might encounter.
Any more specific problems, or is that enough to get you started?

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Thanks for the help and your feedback the links which you gave are a good start – Metoo Jan 03 '14 at 10:56