//main.cpp
#include <QtGui/QApplication>
#include <QtDeclarative>
#include "qmlapplicationviewer.h"
#include "latecontroller.h"

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QApplication app(argc, argv);

    qmlRegisterType<LateController>( "LateController", 1, 0, "LateController" );

    QmlApplicationViewer viewer;
    viewer.setOrientation(QmlApplicationViewer::ScreenOrientationAuto);
    viewer.setMainQmlFile(QLatin1String("qml/Late/main.qml"));
    viewer.showExpanded();

    return app.exec();
}

//latecontroller.h (truncated)
#include <QObject>
#include "mainmodel.h"

class LateController : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    explicit LateController(QObject *parent = 0);

signals:
    void mainPage();

public slots:
    QAbstractItemModel *getMainModel();
private:
    void init();
};

//latecontroller.cpp (truncated)
#include "latecontroller.h"
#include <QDebug>


LateController::LateController(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent) {
    init();
}

void LateController::init() {
    /* performs delayed action loading things */
    emit mainPage(); // indicates QML should switch to "MainPage"
}

QAbstractItemModel *LateController::getMainModel() {
    MainModel *mainModel = new MainModel();
    /* inserts data into mainModel */
    return mainModel;
}

//main.qml
import QtQuick 1.1
import com.nokia.meego 1.0
import LateController 1.0

PageStackWindow {
    id: appWindow
initialPage: loadPage

    LateController {
        id: late

        onMainPage: {
            pageStack.clear();
            pageStack.push( mainPage );
        }
    }
    LoadPage {
        id: loadPage //is a page that shows a busy indicator as the app loads
    }

    MainPage {
        id: mainPage
    }
}

//MainPage.qml
import QtQuick 1.1
import com.nokia.meego 1.0
import LateController 1.0

LatePage {

    content: Rectangle {

        anchors.fill: parent
        color: "black"
        LateController {
            id: loadLate
            onMainPage: {
                list.model = loadLate.getMainModel()
                console.log( "mainList.model == " + curModel ) // returns "undefined"
            }
    ListView {
            id: mainList
            anchors.fill: parent
            ...
       }
    }
}