Platform specific project task

ajaybhargav · May 28, 2020, 6:13am

I am adding a custom platform to Platformio. I am unable to find a way to add platform specific tasks, like ESP32 has platform specific project tasks as highlighted below.

Similar way I need custom task for my platform. How can I add them? I searched in platforms/espressif32 I could not find anything that add those task to the list.

pfeerick · May 28, 2020, 8:54am

I think what you’re after is Custom Tasks… I don’t know if they’re added to project tasks list, but they should be available through the main ‘Run task’ option anyway…

ajaybhargav · May 28, 2020, 9:39am

I am looking for custom task but they should be added by itself when platform is selected. Just like in case of ESP32 the highlighted tasks get added by itself. There is no entry to be made by user or no tasks.json needs to be created. I searched pio core as well as platform source of esp32 I could not search for “Erase Flash” string anywhere. I am not sure how or where these tasks get added. I hope you get my real question now.

pfeerick · June 2, 2020, 2:48am

Since you’re looking at something VSCode related, it helps to look at the VSCode extension.

This file seems to have something to do with getting the tasks.
https://github.com/platformio/platformio-vscode-ide/blob/develop/src/tasks.js

But not directly, it looks to be serviced by platformio-node-helpers, so this file ultimately seems responsible to the tasks list.

github.com

platformio/platformio-node-helpers/blob/master/src/project/tasks.js

/**
 * Copyright (c) 2017-present PlatformIO <contact@platformio.org>
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * This source code is licensed under the license found in the LICENSE file in
 * the root directory of this source tree.
 */

import * as core from '../core';

export class ProjectTasks {
  static generalTasks = [
    {
      name: 'Build',
      args: ['run'],
      multienv: true,
    },
    {
      name: 'Upload',
      args: ['run', '--target', 'upload'],

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Maybe reading through that will make some sense to you, but I don’t know VSCode extensions, so it’s all javascript to me!

ajaybhargav · June 2, 2020, 7:08am

Thank you so much. Atleast now I know where is it coming from
But now the question is, Does node-helpers have options to hook platform specific tasks? Looking at the source I dont think there is any option of that sort. Its all hardcoded for platforms

{
  name: 'Upload using Programmer and Set Fuses',
  args: ['run', '--target', 'fuses', '--target', 'program'],
  multienv: true,
  filter: data => data.platform.includes('atmelavr')
},

I would rather post an issue in the node-helpers repo, That might be the best thing to do.

pfeerick · June 2, 2020, 7:43am

@ivankravets will be the best person to comment on the ability to add tasks to the projects list in the VSCode extension, but posting an issue probably won’t hurt. He usually responds within a day or so if specifically mentioned though.

pfeerick · June 3, 2020, 8:35am

Hey, it looks like you’re going to get your wish… the roadmap for the VSCode extension includes mention of custom targets

ajaybhargav · June 3, 2020, 9:06am

looking forward to it

ajaybhargav · August 13, 2021, 7:02am

Hi @pfeerick
Sorry for posting this in an old thread. Is there a documentation for creating platform specific tasks?

Thanks!
Ajay

maxgerhardt · August 13, 2021, 8:45am

https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/projectconf/advanced_scripting.html#custom-targets

ajaybhargav · August 13, 2021, 2:09pm

I was using env.Alias earlier, changed it to AddCustomTarget and I can see the target in PIO CLI but it does not show in project tasks. which is the main question here.

AlwaysBuild(
    env.AddCustomTarget("reflash", None, [
        env.VerboseAction("$REFLASH_CMD", "Reflashing core...")
    ], title="Reflash Module Core", description="Reflash module core firmware."))

maxgerhardt · August 13, 2021, 2:11pm

Did you click on the upper-right “Refresh Tasks” icon in the “project tasks” view? It will show up under the “Custom” category.

ajaybhargav · August 13, 2021, 2:13pm

silly me!! I wasn’t looking there. Thanks looks like the request is finally completed. Thank you PlatformIO Team for such an amazing IDE.