Annoying problem with Qt Creator software after update

Axel Spoerl

How have you installed Qt Creator then?

Kris Revi

@Axel-Spoerl Qt Online Installer for Windows (x64)

Kris Revi

@Axel-Spoerl i uninstalled Qt and about to install it again but i dont see the "Licenses Manager Tools" in the installer

Pl45m4

@Kris-Revi said in Annoying problem with Qt Creator software after update:

i uninstalled Qt and about to install it again but i dont see the "Licenses Manager Tools" in the installer

By default, Qt License Service is automatically installed as an on-demand service when you install any Qt or Quality Assurance product with Qt Online Installer.

However, sometimes you might need a different launching method for Qt License Service. In these cases, you can install Qt License Service manually. Manually installed Qt License Service can operate either as a system service, as an on-demand service, or as a user-space process.

( https://doc.qt.io/qtlicenseserver/qls-how-to-install-service.html )

And... I mean... If you don't find it, it can't be stuck or the reason why your QtCreator isn't working properly, right?!

cristian-adam

Please do create a bug report at https://bugreports.qt.io/secure/CreateIssue.jspa?pid=10512

Don't be shy with the information, the more the merrier.

You can enable the Qt Creator's Screen Recording Plugin install ffmpeg and do a screen cast, and export as .mp4. You can have two Qt Creator instances, one for screen recording and the other for opening the project.

This way we can see how bad the things are 😅

Kris Revi

@Pl45m4 tried to install manually but failed!

Kris Revi

i even did this

See if you can set the environment variable in QtCreator:
"QTC_USE_NAMEDLICENSE=1"

but sadly nothing :(

Kris Revi

had to upload the video -> https://streamable.com/oxeb11

here you can see what i mean in action it happens constantly

JoeCFD

@Kris-Revi The funny thing is that I had the same problem with QtCreator 14 on Ubuntu 22.04. But the same issue is gone in QtCreator 15 on Ubuntu 22.04. I am wondering if Qt developers have done enough testing before any releases.

Kris Revi

@JoeCFD if that is the case then....

cristian-adam

@Kris-Revi said in Annoying problem with Qt Creator software after update:

had to upload the video -> https://streamable.com/oxeb11

here you can see what i mean in action it happens constantly

Thank you for the video. I don't think this has anything to do with the licensing, you can forget about it.

The issue with licensing was that Qt Creator wouldn't start.

But this is a code completion issue. Some questions:

How powerful is the computer that are using?
Do you have clangd enabled in Preferences > C++ > Clangd
Can you compile your project?

In the video we can see that the code model has some issues. The project is not correctly configured.

Kris Revi

Computer specs

MSI Z790-P PRO
Intel Core i9-13900K
DDR5, 5600MT/s 32GB 2x16GB DIMM
ASUS DUAL GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER OC

so don't think that is the problem

Clangd is enabled

also i was able to build/compile my project just fine

(FIY the project i had loaded in the video was a faulty project i just loaded up quickly to show the cursor loading problem)

cristian-adam

You could have a look at Tools > Debug Qt Creator > Show Logs ... for details. But I don't actually know what to tell you to watch after.

Here in my Windows VM the wait cursor doesn't appear. I do have the Windows antivirus with real-time protection enabled.

Kris Revi

@cristian-adam so i got something out of looking into the debug logs

16:57:40.378 qtc.android.androiddevice.debug: Running command (sync): "C:\\Users\\krist\\AppData\\Local\\Android\\Sdk\\platform-tools\\adb.exe -s emulator-5562 emu avd name"
16:57:40.379 qtc.utils.process.debug: Process 3 starting (blocking with event loop, main thread): C:\Users\krist\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5562 emu avd name
16:57:42.419 qtc.utils.process.debug: Process 3 finished: result=1, ex=1, 0 bytes stdout: "", 161 bytes stderr: "error: could not connect to TCP port 5562: cannot connect to 127.0.0.1:5562: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (10061)\n", 2040 ms elapsed
16:57:42.419 qtc.utils.process.stderr.debug: Process 3 stderr: "error: could not connect to TCP port 5562: cannot connect to 127.0.0.1:5562: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (10061)\n"
16:57:42.420 qtc.android.androiddevice.debug: Command finshed (sync): "C:\\Users\\krist\\AppData\\Local\\Android\\Sdk\\platform-tools\\adb.exe -s emulator-5562 emu avd name" Success: false Output: "error: could not connect to TCP port 5562: cannot connect to 127.0.0.1:5562: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (10061)\r\n"
16:57:50.387 qtc.android.androiddevice.debug: Running command (sync): "C:\\Users\\krist\\AppData\\Local\\Android\\Sdk\\platform-tools\\adb.exe -s emulator-5562 emu avd name"
16:57:50.388 qtc.utils.process.debug: Process 4 starting (blocking with event loop, main thread): C:\Users\krist\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5562 emu avd name
16:57:52.465 qtc.utils.process.debug: Process 4 finished: result=1, ex=1, 0 bytes stdout: "", 161 bytes stderr: "error: could not connect to TCP port 5562: cannot connect to 127.0.0.1:5562: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (10061)\n", 2077 ms elapsed
16:57:52.465 qtc.utils.process.stderr.debug: Process 4 stderr: "error: could not connect to TCP port 5562: cannot connect to 127.0.0.1:5562: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (10061)\n"
16:57:52.465 qtc.android.androiddevice.debug: Command finshed (sync): "C:\\Users\\krist\\AppData\\Local\\Android\\Sdk\\platform-tools\\adb.exe -s emulator-5562 emu avd name" Success: false Output: "error: could not connect to TCP port 5562: cannot connect to 127.0.0.1:5562: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (10061)\r\n"

something todo with Running command (sync)

Kris Revi

@cristian-adam but what does it mean?

cristian-adam

It looks like there is an issue with the Android plugin having issues connecting to the Emulator.

But I think this should not have any effect on the code completion...

Kris Revi

@cristian-adam but i don't use an emulator i have my Samsung Pad connected!

also this problem happens without me writing or doing anything inside Qt Creator so i don't think it is a "code completion" problem

Kris Revi

still an issue tho

Kris Revi

hmmm so if i go inside "Android Studio" and press the Restart ADB Server then it fixes the problem but i have to do this EVERY SINGEL TIME i open Qt...

cristian-adam

At https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29826101/how-to-restart-adb-manually-from-android-studio we learn that one has to do a:

$ adb kill-server && adb start-server

You could have this in a script that start Qt Creator, or in Qt Creator as an external tool.