[Automotive] How can I contribute to neptune UI?

Mon Aug 15 20:00:57 CEST 2016

Hi Again,
I played around with paths a bit more and managed to get the Neptune UI
running from qt creator by hard coding the working directory path:

[image: Inline image 1]
There is probably a better way to do this, but for now I can run the
project. Yay! :)

I am still stuck with qmllive. I reported a bug and hoping to get a
response on that soon. I did read the README and INSTALL files in the
qmllive repo. The readme file just points to building the documentation,
which I was not able to build. When I try to build the docs following the
intruction I get this error:

----
## Build documentation

    $ export QT_INSTALL_DOCS=$QTSRC/qtbase/doc
    $ make docs

The documentation will be avilable at 'doc/html/index.html'.

Copyright (C) 2016 Pelagicore AG
aras at aras-T900:~/Projects/qmllive$ export QT_INSTALL_DOCS=$QTSRC/qtbase/doc
aras at aras-T900:~/Projects/qmllive$ make docs
OUTDIR=/home/aras/Projects/qmllive/doc/html QMLLIVE_VERSION=1.0.0
QMLLIVE_VERSION_TAG=100 /usr/local/Qt-5.7.0/bin/qdoc
/home/aras/Projects/qmllive/doc/qmllive.qdocconf
/home/aras/Projects/qmllive/doc/qmllive.qdocconf:1: error: Cannot open file
'/qtbase/doc/global/qt-html-templates-offline.qdocconf': No such file or
directory
Cannot open file '/qtbase/doc/global/qt-html-templates-offline.qdocconf':
No such file or directory

Aborting
Makefile:368: recipe for target 'html-docs' failed
make: *** [html-docs] Error 1
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Thank you for all your help!
Aras

On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 9:24 AM, Aras Balali Moghaddam <arasbm at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Nedim,
> I did not realize that screenManager plugin was not building because i had
> once build it with the old version of qt. I manually removed the plugin.moc
> file and build it again and this time it worked!
>
> Now I am able to successfully build the neptune ui project from qt
> creator, but when I go to run it I get the following error:
>
> ---
> [CRIT | am.system] WARNING: for the installer to work correctly, the
> executable needs to be run either as root via sudo or SUID
> (preferred)                [:0]
> [CRIT | am.system]          (using fallback implementation - you might
> experience permission errors on installer operations)
> [:0]
> [CRIT | am.system] ERROR: no/invalid main QML file specified: Main.qml
> [:0]
> Press <RETURN> to close this window...
> ---
>
> Does appman really need to run as root?
>
> If I use appman in the terminal from from the project root folder it will
> give the permission error as well but will run the UI just fine.
>
> I am guessing the error is because appman is not looking in the correct
> location so it is not seeing Main.qml. How can fix the settings in qt
> creator?
>
> Thanks for you help!
> Aras
>
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 4:14 AM, Nedim Hadzic <nedim.hadzic at pelagicore.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Reply inline.
>>
>> On Fri, 12 Aug 2016 at 18:07 Aras Balali Moghaddam <arasbm at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for your reply Nedim, that really helps!
>>>
>>> So I tried setting the run configuration in qt creator to use appman,
>>> like this:
>>>
>>> [image: Selection_004.png]
>>>
>>>
>> This looks OK.
>>
>>
>>> How can I configure the build settings for the neptune UI project? If I
>>> run it with default build settings I get these errors:
>>>
>>>  [image: Selection_005.png]
>>>
>>>
>> You should first build plugins separate with qmake, make & make install
>> as written in README, and then try to run it.
>>
>> Still, as you can see, it seems you have Qt version missmatch, so just
>> make sure you dont have other Qt version on your system.
>>
>>
>>> On another note. That video you shared looked really cool, but it did
>>> not show how to set qmllive. I looked online and could not find any
>>> documentation on how to set qmllive up to work with neptuneui or even qt
>>> creator in general. I went ahead and cloned and build the qmllive project,
>>> but I ran into an issue where the interface is not readable. I reported the
>>> bug here: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/AUTOSUITE-3?jql=project%20%
>>> 3D%20AUTOSUITE
>>>
>>> Just wanted to let you know I am still trying to set my development
>>> environment up for neptuneui. Do you have any advice for issues I have
>>> building and running the neptuneui project, or for setting qmllive up?
>>>
>>
>> It is really important to check README and follow the steps written there.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks you!
>>> Aras
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 3:43 AM, Nedim Hadzic <
>>> nedim.hadzic at pelagicore.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello Aras,
>>>>
>>>> Nice to hear you have Neptune up and running!
>>>>
>>>> As far as the documentation is concerned, we are missing a lot there in
>>>> the Neptune. Except couple READMEs, there is not that much documentation in
>>>> the project. It is something that we should focus more in the future.
>>>>
>>>> Other replies inline.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 9 August 2016 at 22:32, Aras Balali Moghaddam <arasbm at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi there,
>>>>> I just managed to build and run neptuneui today and I am really liking
>>>>> what I see. I like to help wherever I can even if it is only documentation.
>>>>> I am just getting back to developing in C++ and learning QML. I used to be
>>>>> a javascript developer but I also have a background in user interaction and
>>>>> visualization. I have two general questions right now:
>>>>>
>>>>> * *where do you document neptuneui project?* Are there mockups,
>>>>> feature requests, user study results, block diagrams showing components of
>>>>> the software and their relations, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> As we dont have the documentation right now, so there is no place.
>>>> Usually the best place would be in the doc/ folder within the root folder.
>>>> We have some wireframes, general one, and assets. For the feature requests,
>>>> we have a JIRA, but for the others we dont have them right now.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> * *Is there a developer guide? *How can I build applications for
>>>>> neptuneui? How can I use qt creator to develop for neptune ui and how would
>>>>> I run my apps? How can I modify neptuneui itself?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> For Neptune itself, no, but for the Application Manager (used for
>>>> running the Neptune) you can find here client/application elements
>>>> documentation https://doc.qt.io/QtApplicationManager/qml-elements-apps.
>>>> html. You can use the QtCreator with Neptune as any other Qt project.
>>>> I thin that Application Manager integration with QtCreator is not yet done,
>>>> but in the meantime you can use a custom executable option within the
>>>> QtCreator (you can find something here http://doc.qt.io/qtcreator/cre
>>>> ator-run-settings.html).
>>>>
>>>> You can also check this video for the app development with QmlLive for
>>>> the Neptune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
>>>> v=2KooHmCH31s&feature=youtu.be
>>>>
>>>> I know that I do not have a good understanding of how all the pieces in
>>>>> this project go together, that is why I am reaching out to see what I need
>>>>> to learn next.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I hope this helps! Let us know if you have more questions.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>> Aras
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Nedim Hadzic
>>>> Senior Software Engineer
>>>> Pelagicore AG
>>>> +49 151 655 666 77
>>>> pelagicore.com
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>> Nedim Hadzic
>> Senior Software Engineer
>> pelagicore.com
>> +49 151 655 666 77
>>
>
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