Using VSCode locally and west build on CI

[responsible_duck]

Hello,

We are having trouble setting up our CI per this example:

https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/example-application/

Mainly the setup zephyr action throws an error:

      - name: Setup Zephyr project
        uses: zephyrproject-rtos/action-zephyr-setup@v1
        with:
          app-path: pendant
          toolchains: arm-zephyr-eabi

can't init: no west.yml

We've been using the VSCode nRF Connect extension to do all our builds up until now. This didn't require a west.yml so we're not sure how this should be setup to continue using VSCode while also using west on the CI. Or will we be forced to only adopt one or the other? If so, is there any guide on how to do this? We haven't found a good step by step process on doing this while keeping our project intact. 

Thanks!

[Hieu]

Hi responsible_duck,

The Zephyr example application does come with west.yml already. It is a template to create a workspace application.

I think things might make some more sense if you go over this documentation page: Create an application (nordicsemi.com).

If you still need further help after that, could you please elaborate what you want to do on your CI setup, and how you expect it to work with the Zephyr example application?

By the way, you might want to know that we also provide a similar templated application, tailored for the nRF Connect SDK specifically rather than vanilla Zephyr RTOS. It is here: nrfconnect/ncs-example-application: NCS example application, based on https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/example-application

Hieu