Paint widget directly on QListView with QStyledItemDelegate::paint()

After hours of work, I'm able to paint a widget on QListView. However, the painting is done through a QPixmap. The widget appears, and I can see a progress bar. However, it's a little "pixelated" (due to using QPixmap). Is it possible to paint directly as a normal widget? That's my question.

The following is what I do:

void FileQueueItemDelegate::paint(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOptionViewItem &option, const QModelIndex &index) const
{
    QPaintDevice* original_pdev_ptr = painter->device();

    FileQueueListItem* itemWidget = reinterpret_cast<FileQueueListItem*>(index.data(Qt::UserRole).value<void*>());

    itemWidget->setGeometry(option.rect);
    painter->end();

    QPixmap pixmap(itemWidget->size());
    if (option.state & QStyle::State_Selected)
        pixmap.fill(option.palette.highlight().color());
    else
        pixmap.fill(option.palette.background().color());
    itemWidget->render(&pixmap,QPoint(),QRegion(),QWidget::RenderFlag::DrawChildren);

    painter->begin(original_pdev_ptr);
    painter->drawPixmap(option.rect, pixmap);
}

I learned how to do what I did with the hints from here. There, the painting is done directly on QListView, which is what I'm looking to achieve. What am I doing wrong for the following attempt not to work:

void FileQueueItemDelegate::paint(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOptionViewItem &option, const QModelIndex &index) const
{
    std::cout<<"Painting..."<<std::endl;
    QPaintDevice* original_pdev_ptr = painter->device();

    FileQueueListItem* itemWidget = reinterpret_cast<FileQueueListItem*>(index.data(Qt::UserRole).value<void*>());

    itemWidget->setGeometry(option.rect);
    painter->end();

    if (option.state & QStyle::State_Selected)
        painter->fillRect(option.rect, option.palette.highlight());
    else
        painter->fillRect(option.rect, option.palette.background());

    itemWidget->render(painter->device(),
                       QPoint(option.rect.x(), option.rect.y()),
                       QRegion(0, 0, option.rect.width(), option.rect.height()),
                       QWidget::RenderFlag::DrawChildren);
    painter->begin(original_pdev_ptr);
}

The list just remains empty, and nothing happens. Though the selection can be seen, but the widget doesn't show up.