Alternatives to QProcess::startDetached() and QProcess start() as they are deprecated

Question

What are the alternatives to QProcess::startDetached() and QProcess::start() to start an external application as they are marked deprecated in qt5?

Answer 1

Only some overloads of the start() and startDetached() method are deprecated like:

• void start(const QString &command, QIODevice::OpenMode mode = ReadWrite)
• bool startDetached(const QString &command)

But the others are still available:

• void QProcess::start(const QString &program, const QStringList &arguments, QIODevice::OpenMode mode = ReadWrite)
• void QProcess::start(QIODevice::OpenMode mode = ReadWrite)
• bool QProcess::startDetached(qint64 *pid = nullptr)
• bool QProcess::startDetached(const QString &program, const QStringList &arguments, const QString &workingDirectory = QString(), qint64 *pid = nullptr)