Can't get generated project to work with CLion

flaghacker · October 16, 2016, 7:27pm

Hey guys, I’m trying to use PlatformIO to write my Arduino code in CLion, but I can’t get it to work. These are the exact steps I took:

In a new folder “CLionUnoTest”, execute the command platformio init --ide clion --board uno
Make a file /src/main.cpp containing the blink example code
Run platformio run --target upload to verify that everything is working
Open CLion, open project, select the folder

The resulting CLion project doesn’t work. There are 3 things wrong (but I guess they all boil down to the same problem):

The CMake tab shows the following errors: https://gist.github.com/flaghacker/c6437ba39e1a3eabd4109de3a38d7629.
Every Arduino-related header, method and constant name is highlighted in red:
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When trying to run the PLATFORMIO_BUILD task (or any other one) I get the error “Executable is not specified”: http://i.imgur.com/t2NZP2i.png

I’m using CLion 2016.1.4 and PlatformIO 3.1.0. Cmake 3.7.0-rc1 is also installed on my computer.

I’ve also tried the whole thing with another board (Teensy 3.2) but that didn’t change anything. I don’t have any more ideas on what to try, can you guys help me?

(The image and links are inconsistent because I can only post one image and two links as a new user)

ivankravets · October 16, 2016, 8:07pm

Please read docs carefully Redirecting... and perform ALL steps from “Integration” section.

flaghacker · October 16, 2016, 8:59pm

Repeating all of those steps with the development version gives the same result unfortunately.

flaghacker · October 17, 2016, 9:48pm

I’ve tried a couple more things:

The PlatformIO IDE appears to be working fine on my computer.
A fresh installation of CLion (with the same init steps as before) results in the following CMake error: Error:add_executable called with incorrect number of arguments on this line of CMakeLists.txt: add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SRC_LIST})

Let me know if I should try anything else!

ivankravets · October 17, 2016, 9:50pm

You should put some source C/C++ files (not INO) into the project src directory, then re-init project.

flaghacker · October 17, 2016, 9:54pm

Now I’m back to where I started, I got exactly the same problems I described above.

ivankravets · October 17, 2016, 9:58pm

I’ll try to reproduce this issue later and reply here.

flaghacker · October 17, 2016, 9:58pm

Thanks for that! I really appreciate the help.

ivankravets · October 18, 2016, 9:35pm

I’ve just tried to reproduce this issue and all works amazing! Please read docs carefully. Need to click on BUILD button, not RELEASE. We have big screenshot with labels:

alexsholk · October 30, 2016, 4:40am

Try to use MinGW environment instead Cygwin. I use MinGW 3.22 and bundled with CLion CMake 3.6.2 and everything works fine from the box. To upload a sketch select “PLATFORMIO_UPLOAD” target and press “Build”, not “Run”. I hope this helps.

flaghacker · October 31, 2016, 3:09pm

I’m sorry I didn’t get back yo you guys sooner.

When I now try to repeat all of the previous steps I get the following error while opening the project in CLion (I can’t post a clickable link because I’m a new user):

https://gist.github.com/anonymous/a87c496c9ad100657077a3831bd1742f

The only thing that I think has changed is that I have installed the PlatofrmIO IDE.