put the filemonitor into a seperate thread and connected an update signal

src/Controller/FileController/FileController.cpp

@@ -1,16 +1,26 @@
 #include "FileController.hpp"
 #include <chrono>
 #include <memory>
+#include <iostream>
 
 FileController::FileController( ) {
-  m_fmWorker = std::make_unique<FileMonitor>(QString("/home/crylia/"),
+  m_fmWorker = std::make_shared<FileMonitor>(QString("/home/crylia/Dokumente"),
     std::chrono::milliseconds(1000));
   m_fmWorker->moveToThread(&m_fsThread);
 
-  m_fmWorker->start(QString("/home/crylia/"));
+  connect(this, &FileController::operate, m_fmWorker.get( ), &FileMonitor::start);
+  connect(m_fmWorker.get( ), &FileMonitor::update, this, &FileController::update);
+
+  m_fsThread.start( );
+
+  emit operate( );
 }
 
 FileController::~FileController( ) {
   m_fsThread.quit( );
   m_fsThread.wait( );
 }
+
+void FileController::update(const QString path, const FileEvent event) {
+  std::cout << path.toStdString( ) << std::endl;
+}

src/Controller/FileController/FileController.hpp

@@ -14,5 +14,17 @@ public:
 private:
   QThread m_fsThread;
 
-  std::unique_ptr<FileMonitor> m_fmWorker;
+  std::shared_ptr<FileMonitor> m_fmWorker;
+
+private slots:
+
+  void update(const QString path, const FileEvent);
+
+signals:
+  // Start signal to start the function in the thread
+  void operate( );
+  // Stop signal to stop the function in the thread
+  void pause( );
+  // Signal to update the path inside the thread
+  void updatePath(const QString&);
 };

src/Core/FileMonitor/FileMonitor.cpp

@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ FileMonitor::FileMonitor(QString path,
   : m_path(path), m_delay(delay) {
 
   for (auto& file :
-       std::filesystem::recursive_directory_iterator(m_path.toStdString())) {
+    std::filesystem::directory_iterator(m_path.toStdString( ))) {
     m_paths[QString::fromStdString(file.path( ).string( ))] =
       std::filesystem::last_write_time(file);
   }
 }
 
-void FileMonitor::start(const QString path) {
+void FileMonitor::start( ) {
   while (m_running) {
     std::this_thread::sleep_for(m_delay);
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ void FileMonitor::start(const QString path) {
     }
 
     for (auto& file :
-         std::filesystem::recursive_directory_iterator(m_path.toStdString())) {
+      std::filesystem::directory_iterator(m_path.toStdString( ))) {
       auto curr_file_last_write = std::filesystem::last_write_time(file);
 
       if (!contains(QString::fromStdString(file.path( ).string( )))) {

src/Core/FileMonitor/FileMonitor.hpp

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public:
   void SetPath(QString path) { m_path = path; }
 
 public slots:
-  void start(const QString path);
+  void start( );
   void stop( );
 
 private:

src/View/MainWidget/MainWidget.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#include "MainWidget.hpp"
+
+MainWidget::MainWidget(QWidget* parent) {
+
+	auto path_mainContentLayout = std::make_shared<QHBoxLayout>(this);
+	auto fileTree_fileGridLayout = std::make_shared<QVBoxLayout>(this);
+
+	path_mainContentLayout->addLayout(fileTree_fileGridLayout.get( ));
+
+	setLayout(path_mainContentLayout.get( ));
+
+	auto fmc = new FileController( );
+}
+
+MainWidget::~MainWidget( ) { }

src/View/MainWidget/MainWidget.hpp

@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <QLayout>
+#include <QLabel>
 #include <QWidget>
-#include <qboxlayout.h>
+
-#include <qtmetamacros.h>
+#include "../../Controller/FileController/FileController.hpp"
 
 class MainWidget : public QWidget {
   Q_OBJECT
 public:
-  MainWidget() = default;
+  MainWidget(QWidget* parent = nullptr);
-  ~MainWidget() = default;
+  ~MainWidget( );
 
 private:
 };

src/View/MainWindow/MainWindow.cpp

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 #include "MainWindow.hpp"
 
-MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) : QMainWindow(parent) {}
+MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget* parent)
+	: QMainWindow(parent), m_mainWidget(std::make_shared<MainWidget>( )) {
+	setWindowTitle("QutieFM");
+
+	setObjectName("MainWindow");
+
+	this->setCentralWidget(m_mainWidget.get( ));
+}
 
 MainWindow::~MainWindow( ) { }

src/View/MainWindow/MainWindow.hpp

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 #include <QMainWindow>
 
+#include "../MainWidget/MainWidget.hpp"
+
 class MainWindow : public QMainWindow {
   Q_OBJECT
 public:
@@ -9,4 +11,6 @@ public:
   ~MainWindow( );
 
 private:
+
+  std::shared_ptr<MainWidget> m_mainWidget;
 };