nRF Connect for Desktop local applications cannot find @nordicsemiconductor/pc-nrfconnect-shared module for development

[efischer]

I am developing an application for the nRF Connect for Desktop launcher. 

My local applications cannot access or find the @nordicsemiconductor/pc-nrfconnect-shared module. I even cloned the pc-nrfconnect-programmer application code into the local directory and it opens up blank since it can't find that shared module that it depends on. Of course, the official release of the programmer application still works because that shared module is provided at runtime.

I know I can clone the pc-nrfconnect-shared code but I am not sure where that needs to go so that my local applications can find and access all of the components inside of it. 
I have already tried to paste the pc-nrfconnect-shared code under the @nordicsemiconductor module in the node_modules directory but I still get this error message:
Cannot find module '@nordicsemiconductor/pc-nrfconnect-shared' or its corresponding type declarations.

How should I proceed to fix this?   

[Amanda Hsieh]

Hi, 

Have you run npm ci within the application folder?

Could you try https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/pc-nrfconnect-boilerplate?

Please also make sure that nRF Connect for desktop is the latest i.e. 4.3.0. 

Regards,
Amanda H.

[efischer]

Hi Amanda, 

I did use the boilerplate application, I'm running nRF Connect for Desktop v4.3.0. I ran npm ci at the beginning as the docs instructed, but I ran it again (as well as npm install) and ran npm run build:dev after both install commands and I still get the same error. The only folder in the @nordicsemiconductor module is nrf-device-lib-js.

Thanks,
Ethan.

[Amanda Hsieh]

Hi, 

I heard you already got some help from our engineer and figured out the problem. Please let me know if you need further help. 

-Amanda H.

[efischer]

Ah, yes. Turns out I was working an on older version of the boilerplate that had a different scope for the pc-nrfconnect-shared module. Thanks!