Qt has no `Circle` built in to QML as a basic type, as for example the `Rectangle` or the `Button` control. This post shows you how to get a `Circle` in QML, from the most basic method (a `Rectangle` with a `radius` of 180) to more advanced methods, using the `Canvas` JavaScript API (which allows us to draw a partially filled Circle, for a Pie Chart) and a `c++` control based on `QQuickPaintedItem`. I wanted to experiment with the `Canvas` QML control and the `QQuickPaintedItem` C++ interface...
