Moving an application to a west workspace doesn't work

[Tony]

I am using VSCode with nRF extension with the latest 2.9.1 SDK.

I have been working on an application for bluetooth for the 54L15-DK.

I want to do a custom sensor driver and from what I was reading it might be easier to do this if my applicaiton is part of a west workspace.

So I used the command pallet to do that in the folder of my application.

When it is done I see my application is now in a folder called application.

My build configuration is gone, however, so I add a new one. After selecting my options which is that DK and debug mode I get the following error:

Building application
west build --build-dir /Users/tpitman/Projects/Holley/TPMS/BLETPMSBridge/application/build /Users/tpitman/Projects/Holley/TPMS/BLETPMSBridge/application --pristine --board nrf54l15dk/nrf54l15/cpuapp -- -DNCS_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION=NONE -DCONFIG_DEBUG_OPTIMIZATIONS=y -DCONFIG_DEBUG_THREAD_INFO=y

usage: west [-h] [-z ZEPHYR_BASE] [-v] [-V] <command> ...
west: unknown command "build"; workspace /Users/tpitman/Projects/Holley/TPMS/BLETPMSBridge does not define this extension command -- try "west help"

I have tried making a brand new copy of a sample and doing the same thing and get the same error.

What do I do now? I creates the build folder and a single file called .vscode-nrf-connect.json, but nothing else and I can't do anything with it at this point.

I am totally stuck now and my app is screwed.

[Sigurd Hellesvik]

Hi,

Do you use windows or linux?

How did you initialize the workspace?

Regards,
Sigurd Hellesvik

[Tony]

I am on MacOS.

I have a working app that was created using the Create App from Sample in VSCode.

I then wanted to turn it into a west workspace. In the nRF extension view I hit the Manage SDKs in the upper left. Then I chose manage west workspace with shows this option:

I chose that one and it moved my app into a subfolder and created the west workspace around it.

the build folder still exists, but on the nRF extension view the build configuration didn't show up any more, so I chose to create a new build config and it did and that is when I get the error above.

I then deleted all build folders, closed VSCode, opened it again and created a new build config from scratch. I still get that error.

[Sigurd Hellesvik]

Did you get a button in the bottom right corner that says "Update Workspace"?

If so, try to click that.

If not, try to open your workspace in a terminal:

and use the command "west update".

Does that fix this?

[Tony]

I already tried the Update West and that didn't help.

I ended up starting all over and can't remember the exact steps, but now have a west workspace and my sample base app in it. Sorry I can't remember what all I did.

I suggest maybe you try the steps I took which is to create a new app (not workspace) from the Bluetooth Peripheral sample. Then try to turn it into a west workspace using the menu item.

If it works for you to do that, then we can close this ticket as a one off issue.