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[Sergio Schvezov <sergio.schvezov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just a quick self follow up

After removing my QtCreator config I get the Build/Ubuntu submenu and 
could explore the context of the problem a bit more.

The desktop part can be resolved by changing the
-set(DESKTOP_FILE "${PROJECT_NAME}_${APP_NAME}.desktop")
+set(DESKTOP_FILE "${PROJECT_NAME}.desktop")

but to be honest, I think that qtcreator should look into the manifest 
to search for desktop files; this would allow for an easy transition to 
multiple apps per package namespace when it arrives.

After hacking the desktop file that in I saw why it wanted to sed it:
Exec=/usr/bin/export 
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-LRsqEGysw5; 
APP_ID=com.ubuntu.clock qmlscene 
/home/phablet/dev_tmp/com.ubuntu.clock/ubuntu-sdk-13.10-armhf/click_package/share/qml/com.ubuntu.clock/com.ubuntu.clock.qml 
--desktop_file_hint=/home/phablet/.local/share/applications/com.ubuntu.clock.desktop

It really should be installing the click package and using that so it 
uses upstart-app-launch to launch the application under confinement.

On 15/02/14 21:48, Sergio Schvezov wrote:
> On 15/02/14 18:53, Nekhelesh Ramananthan wrote:
> > This is a request to revert the cmake transition for all the core 
> > apps since it is effectively blocking crucial application testing on 
> > the device through QtCreator. Before the cmake transition, my work 
> > flow comprised of implementing a patch/feature and then immediately 
> > testing it on the device by pressing Ctrl+F12 through Qtcreator. This 
> > made testing applications on the device quite easy. However as now, 
> > that no longer works since QtCreator now complains of a missing 
> > desktop file. I have tried fixing it by discussing it with zBenjamin 
> > and balloons on IRC, however at the end of the day this is still broken.
>
> What does ctrl+12 actually do? Does it require writable mode?
>
> > I understand the major motivation for the cmake transition was to 
> > help easily build click packages (using click-buddy) and ready them 
> > for deployment to the device. However this is already easy enough to 
> > do in Qtcreator by simply pressing *Ctrl+F12* or rather using the 
> > "*Install on Device*" feature. As far as I understand, click-buddy 
> > doesn't help with running autopilot tests on the device either. I am 
> > really questioning the benefit of the cmake transition. If there is 
> > something that I am missing here, please do explain this to me.
>
> The other major motivation is to actually build click packages without 
> any hacks; as it was before all the packages had hardcoded paths for 
> the debs.
>
> If you run the autopilot tests in 'deb' mode you aren't really testing 
> on the target. To really test on the target you need the click package 
> built, installed, and run in confinement; using debs doesn't provide 
> any of that.
>
> If the installing and testing requires writable mode on devices, that 
> it is also broken in my opinion.
>
> > If you agree to the request, please submit patches reverting the 
> > commits done.
>
> If there's no hard coding, I'm fine. But there was serious hard coding 
> before.
>
> Although I say, do not despair :-)
>
> Immediate temp solution, is to make the build dir your actual branch 
> in Project/Build
> http://ubuntuone.com/3FqnDSLJpg2CUSYAtwj2oM
>
> The reason you can't run locally in QtCreator is that, well, the 
> system doesn't know about out of source builds that easily; and 
> something like this is needed:
>
> https://code.launchpad.net/~sergiusens/ubuntu-clock-app/run_from_qtcreator/+merge/206598 
>
>
> For running autopilot and installing on the device I would need more 
> info on what you currently do.