nrf-connect.boardRoots does not work. Custom board are not picked up.

[jakkra]

Hi, in the video you can see:

1. Me first removing/re-adding the application by editing .vscode/settings.json just to verify the plugin is picking up the settings.json file.

2. Then I try to create a new build configuration, but my custom boards are not there.

3. I show the folder structure that I have boards in app/boards correctly.

I have also tried using the "Create a new board", but those are not either picked up.

Also tried on Linux, but same there. Attached generated support info.

Tried re-installing the plugin.

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[jakkra]

Thank you, great you could reproduce! Looking forward to a fix!

[Hieu]

Could you please check if the board shows up in "All boards" rather than "Custom boards?"

In west workspace projects, when a board is in the SDK's board directory, it is not possible to reliably tell whether the board is custom/added by a developer, or a part of the SDK. That's why even though it does find the board, it puts it under "All boards" rather than "Custom boards."

However, the extension does decide that the boards defined under app/boards are custom I tested with "nrf-connect.boardRoots": ["${workspaceFolder}\\app"] and my custom board under app/boards/arm/... would show up under "Custom boards."

[jakkra]

It's all working now, thank you! I can even use the root project as vscode folder and specify that there is an application in the "app" folder. Thanks so much!

[Hieu]

No problem, I'm happy to help. Please feel free to close this ticket at your convenience then.

[jakkra]

I closed the ticket, but read your reply one more time. Your last part that boards in /app/board should show up as custom. It does not show up as custom board for me. Not important as it does show up under "all board". I'll need to validate it one more time in a total clean OS installation that it work. Will double check this.

One thing I noted that could be an input to the VSCode guys is that if I have two clones of the same repo, then VSCode will pick up the custom board from both projects. When you in the dropdown select your custom board there will be two of the same. This makes it hard to know which board I'll be using. So If I make changed in the custom board in the project I'm building, it may not take effect, as the board chosen in VSCode happend to be the custom board from another copy of the same project.