I have the same problem.
This would be sub-optimal; and what is the point of an automated make, if you have to run some (quite important) step manually?
Anyway, I tried the above solution and it is not an out-of-source (or shadow) build: all makefile's are in the same directory of each .pro as well as the debug and release sub-dirs with the executable(s).
So, I would re-formulate the question in this way:
Is there a way to have a REAL out-of-source AND multi-platform build by using .pro settings and without using the Shadow build setting of Qt Creator (which IS out-of-source but IS NOT multi-platform) ?
The best of any possible world would be to be able to launch the build from within Qt Creator itself, with just a click on the the 'hammer' button...
Thanks!!
M.
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