From 35ec9b87a72ad9345fd287b0911957f4eb135e44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleix Pol <aleixpol@kde.org>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2021 18:40:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Port away from KPluginMetaData::instantiate

It's deprecated according to the documentation, QPluginLoader works just
as well (it's what kcoreaddons was using anyway).
---
 src/main.cpp | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index ead9b7914a..f9c52d58c6 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -583,7 +583,8 @@ QProcessEnvironment Application::processStartupEnvironment() const
 void Application::initPlatform(const KPluginMetaData &plugin)
 {
     Q_ASSERT(!m_platform);
-    m_platform = qobject_cast<Platform *>(plugin.instantiate());
+    QPluginLoader loader(plugin.fileName());
+    m_platform = qobject_cast<Platform *>(loader.instance());
     if (m_platform) {
         m_platform->setParent(this);
         // check whether it needs libinput
@@ -598,6 +599,8 @@ void Application::initPlatform(const KPluginMetaData &plugin)
             }
         }
         Q_EMIT platformCreated();
+    } else {
+        qCWarning(KWIN_CORE) << "Could not create plugin" << plugin.name() << "error:" << loader.errorString();
     }
 }