nrf-connect SDK and VSCode extension - cannot do anything ("Activating extension")

[lbe]

Good morning everyone,

I was impatient to use the new nrf-connect library, but so far I am not having any luck....

I worked without issues with the old Segger Embedded Studio environment, but the nrf21540 is only supported by the 

nrf-connect environment, so I don't have many choices.

My problem is that after configuring everything according to the proposed guide (I installed the tools using the nrf Connect for Desktop interface),

the IDE does not work. 

When I open VSCode, I see the button for the NRF_connect, but there is a blue line moving all the time in the "Welcome" and "Applications" titlles,

and if I click on any button (Add an existing application, create a new application and so on), nothing happens. Or, more precisely, a text appear in the purple

line saying "Activating extension", but then nothing else.

I am working on Mac, with the latest OS Ventura 13.1

I have installed the nrf command line tools, I have already uninstalled and reinstalled both the extension and VSCode, I already try to install the extension from the VSCode market

instead of using NRF Connect, but I still see the same problem.

I was not able to find solutions in the forum, maybe I missed something?

Thanks in advance for helping and have a good evening!

Best,

Lorenzo

[Glen M]

Mine is broken this morning - and it worked yesterday. When I click on the nRF Connect extension where you build and do all the work it just says "loading" forever. I think they've broken VSCode again with an automatic update. I'm going to downgrade to the previous version and see if it fixes things.

code.visualstudio.com/.../v1_74

Edit: Yeah - that was the problem for me.

[lbe]

Thanks a lot for your reply, it could in fact be a problem with revisions and updates....in my case, I tried to downgrade to VSCode 1.74 update 3, but it doesn't seem to help for the moment....could you please tell me which nordic SDK version you are using? I tried with both the 2.2.0 and the 2.2.99-dev3 but I still get the same issue.

[lbe]

Update: I was able to have the SDK work with VSCode 1.73.1 and the nrf-connect 2.2.0.

Thanks for your input Glen, it pointed me to the right direction!