VSCode - 'Add Build Configuration' window is blank

RE: VSCode - 'Add Build Configuration' window is blank

dejans — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 14:07:31 GMT

Hi Anders,

This thread is quite old. Please open a new ticket and provide detailed information about your issue. You can refer to this case if you find here something relevant that might be applicable to your issue.

Best regards,
Dejan

RE: VSCode - 'Add Build Configuration' window is blank

Anders Nelson — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 17:54:18 GMT

Hi there, did you issue get resolved? I'm experiencing a similar issue. dejans

RE: VSCode - 'Add Build Configuration' window is blank

dejans — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 13:34:26 GMT

Hi Connor,

[quote user="connor.duval"]I can create applications within the git directory/VS Code workspace just fine. These can have Build Configurations added for them without problem. Notably, my VS Code workspace is the same directory as the application directory itself.

Some further investigation: opening a new VS Code workspace in the directory above the directory containing the hello-world workspace (and a bunch of other projects), adding the hello-world project as an application of this new workspace and attempting to create a build configuration or edit the existing one created using west build fails in the same way.[/quote]

Where is your application folder located? Where is your NCS installation folder located? How did you make your VS Code workspace? How did you create hello_world workspace?

You could have your application folder inside your VS Code workspace folder. After making VS Code workspace, you could try copying the hello_world sample folder from zephyr to your workspace folder. Then you could use "Add Existing Application" to add existing application to your workspace. When the application is added, your build should succeed. Another option would be to create a new freestanding application within VS Code workspace folder.

Best regards,
Dejan

RE: VSCode - 'Add Build Configuration' window is blank

connor.duval — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 00:16:25 GMT

Hello Dejans,

Did you have this issue before? When did you start noticing the problem?

When I first started working with this nRF SDK project about 1-2 weeks ago I noticed it. The solution at the time that worked was to simply close the VS Code window (did not have to kill the whole application, other windows were still open) and that would allow me to see the contents of the 'Add Build Configuration' page; it would no longer be blank. I don't believe I've updated any of the extensions since and they're all currently on their latest versions so that should be on the latest version of everything.

For which applications does the error on the third image occur when you use "Add Folder as Application"?

A few different ones, it is usually a very temporary problem, but the one that I have not been able to fix by simply restarting the process is the 'zephyr samples hello-world' application example. I have since modified it to do slightly more than its original scope and it starts Thread and prints some info about its IPv6 Addresses. Resetting it via git to before any of my code changes however changes nothing.

Have you noticed if the same error appears when creating new applications?

I can create applications within the git directory/VS Code workspace just fine. These can have Build Configurations added for them without problem. Notably, my VS Code workspace is the same directory as the application directory itself.

Some further investigation: opening a new VS Code workspace in the directory above the directory containing the hello-world workspace (and a bunch of other projects), adding the hello-world project as an application of this new workspace and attempting to create a build configuration or edit the existing one created using west build fails in the same way.

Could you test using any other application from the git repository? What are the results?

I'm not sure what this is asking. I attempted to just make a new VS Code workspace folder, put the hello-world example in it (same process as before), and run git init in it. Notably, I used a 'west' workspace in this and my original hello-world application as this worked fine previously. Having now generated a workspace with the below topology (there is a .git directory in there as well), I can add the workspace as an application source but build configurations cannot be created for it.

Removing the .git directory changes nothing.

Strangely, despite both having applications centred on the workspace directory, the .vscode/settings.json files differ between my project and this test project I made for the bug report. They are below respectively.

That seems to be all the information I can find.

Thank you,

-Connor

RE: VSCode - 'Add Build Configuration' window is blank

dejans — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 15:22:46 GMT

Hi,

I would appreciate it if you could answer the following questions:

Did you have this issue before? When did you start noticing the problem?
For which applications does the error on the third image occur when you use "Add Folder as Application"?
Have you noticed if the same error appears when creating new applications?
Could you test using any other application from the git repository? What are the results?

Best regards,
Dejan

RE: VSCode - 'Add Build Configuration' window is blank

connor.duval — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 07:15:54 GMT

Potentially helpful update:

I have noticed that after running the `west build` and `west flash` processes manually, the build configuration does appear. Even this, however, cannot be edited and new ones still cannot be added.