How do I create a widget and add it to the viewport in c++?

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Create custom widget and add to viewport in C++

You cretare UClass* varable WidgetClass but you never set it, when it reach CreateWidget WidgetClass is still not set, function don’t know which widget you want to make, the class in template i just for auto casting and it ignored in widget spawning if you put class argument. So function fails to create widget as result WidgetClass is null and when you call your function you calling it on null pointer, which means immediate crash. So replace: TSubclassOf<class UUserWidget> WidgetClass; UErrorWi…

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Create widget in pure C++

I have read several links regarding creation of widgets in C++. One of them is this: Unfortunately that was in 2014. It’s 2 years from then. So I assume, UE is much better and support many more libraries. So with UI 4.12.5, is it really possible to fully create a simple widget with a simple UTextBlock in it and display a text on screen? Remember, my question is to do that in pure C++. No blueprint widget or any reference to blueprint widget is allowed in here. If you can answer it, please pr…