Adding Nordic pc-ble driver to Qt application

Kampino

Hello,

I try to add the Nordic pc-ble driver to a Qt application. For this I create a simple and empty window:

VERSION_MAJOR = 1
VERSION_MINOR = 0
VERSION_BUILD = 0

QT       += core gui serialport

greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4): QT += widgets

CONFIG += c++11 file_copies

COPIES += packageSetup configSetup

# The following define makes your compiler emit warnings if you use
# any Qt feature that has been marked deprecated (the exact warnings
# depend on your compiler). Please consult the documentation of the
# deprecated API in order to know how to port your code away from it.
DEFINES += QT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS \
           "VERSION_MAJOR=$$VERSION_MAJOR" \
           "VERSION_MINOR=$$VERSION_MINOR" \
           "VERSION_BUILD=$$VERSION_BUILD" \

# You can also make your code fail to compile if it uses deprecated APIs.
# In order to do so, uncomment the following line.
# You can also select to disable deprecated APIs only up to a certain version of Qt.
#DEFINES += QT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0x060000    # disables all the APIs deprecated before Qt 6.0.0

RESOURCES += \
    Ressources.qrc

DEPENDPATH += \
    Nordic/nrf-ble-driver-4.1.4-win_x86_64/include/sd_api_v5 \

INCLUDEPATH += \
    Nordic/nrf-ble-driver-4.1.4-win_x86_64/include/sd_api_v5 \

SOURCES += \
    main.cpp \
    mainwindow.cpp \

HEADERS += \
    mainwindow.h \

FORMS += \
    mainwindow.ui \

TRANSLATIONS += \

LIBS += \
    -L$${PWD}/Nordic/nrf-ble-driver-4.1.4-win_x86_64/lib -lnrf-ble-driver-sd_api_v5-mt-4_1_4 \
    -L$${PWD}/Nordic/nrf-ble-driver-4.1.4-win_x86_64/lib -lnrf-ble-driver-sd_api_v5-mt-static-4_1_4 \

# Target version
VERSION = $${VERSION_MAJOR}.$${VERSION_MINOR}.$${VERSION_BUILD}

# Set the application icon
win32:RC_ICONS +=

# Set the build directories
CONFIG(debug, debug|release) {
    DESTDIR = debug
} else {
    DESTDIR = ../packages/com.daniel-kampert.DataDownloader/data
}

# Copy package and configuration files
CONFIG(debug, debug|release) {
    packageSetup.path = $$shell_quote($${OUT_PWD}/debug)
    configSetup.path = $$shell_quote($${OUT_PWD}/debug)
} else {
    packageSetup.path = $$shell_quote($${DESTDIR})
    configSetup.path = $$shell_quote(../config)
}

# Deployment rules
DEPLOY_COMMAND = $$(QTDIR)/bin/windeployqt
DEPLOY_OPTIONS = "--no-system-d3d-compiler --no-opengl --no-angle --no-opengl-sw"
DEPLOY_TARGET = $$shell_quote($$shell_path($${DESTDIR}/$${TARGET}.exe))
CONFIG(debug, debug|release) {
    DEPLOY_OPTIONS += "--debug"
} else {
    DEPLOY_OPTIONS += "--release"
}

QMAKE_POST_LINK = $${DEPLOY_COMMAND} $${DEPLOY_OPTIONS} $${DEPLOY_TARGET}

mainwindow.cpp

#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "ui_mainwindow.h"

void MainWindow::StatusHandler(adapter_t * Adapter, sd_rpc_app_status_t code, const char * message)
{
}

void MainWindow::ble_evt_dispatch(adapter_t * Adapter, ble_evt_t * p_ble_evt)
{
}

void MainWindow::log_handler(adapter_t* adapter, sd_rpc_log_severity_t severity, const char * message)
{
}

MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget* parent) :   QMainWindow(parent),
                                            _mUi(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
    this->_mUi->setupUi(this);

    physical_layer_t * phy;

    phy = sd_rpc_physical_layer_create_uart("COM5", 1000000, SD_RPC_FLOW_CONTROL_NONE, SD_RPC_PARITY_NONE);
}

MainWindow::~MainWindow()
{
    delete this->_mUi;
}

But I can´t start (or debug) the application, because the application crashes without any specific error.

I have tried it with both Kits in Debug and Release configuration.

What is wrong here and how can I link this library to my application?

SGaist

Hi,

Beside the point made by @jsulm, did you ensure that the .dlls can be found at run time by your application.

jsulm

@Kampino said in Adding Nordic pc-ble driver to Qt application:

-L$${PWD}/Nordic/nrf-ble-driver-4.1.4-win_x86_64/lib -lnrf-ble-driver-sd_api_v5-mt-4_1_4
-L$${PWD}/Nordic/nrf-ble-driver-4.1.4-win_x86_64/lib -lnrf-ble-driver-sd_api_v5-mt-static-4_1_4

Why do you add static and non-static libs at the same time?
Which compiler was used to build that driver lib?

Kampino

Hi,

that was a misstake. I have removed the static version:

VERSION_MAJOR = 1
VERSION_MINOR = 0
VERSION_BUILD = 0

QT       += core gui serialport

greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4): QT += widgets

CONFIG += c++11 file_copies

COPIES += packageSetup configSetup

# The following define makes your compiler emit warnings if you use
# any Qt feature that has been marked deprecated (the exact warnings
# depend on your compiler). Please consult the documentation of the
# deprecated API in order to know how to port your code away from it.
DEFINES += QT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS \
           "VERSION_MAJOR=$$VERSION_MAJOR" \
           "VERSION_MINOR=$$VERSION_MINOR" \
           "VERSION_BUILD=$$VERSION_BUILD" \

# You can also make your code fail to compile if it uses deprecated APIs.
# In order to do so, uncomment the following line.
# You can also select to disable deprecated APIs only up to a certain version of Qt.
#DEFINES += QT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0x060000    # disables all the APIs deprecated before Qt 6.0.0

RESOURCES += \
    Ressources.qrc

DEPENDPATH += \
    Nordic/nrf-ble-driver-4.1.4-win_x86_64/include/sd_api_v5 \

INCLUDEPATH += \
    Nordic/nrf-ble-driver-4.1.4-win_x86_64/include/sd_api_v5 \

SOURCES += \
    main.cpp \
    mainwindow.cpp \

HEADERS += \
    mainwindow.h \

FORMS += \
    mainwindow.ui \

TRANSLATIONS += \

LIBS += \
    -L$${PWD}/Nordic/nrf-ble-driver-4.1.4-win_x86_64/lib -lnrf-ble-driver-sd_api_v5-mt-4_1_4 \

# Target version
VERSION = $${VERSION_MAJOR}.$${VERSION_MINOR}.$${VERSION_BUILD}

# Set the application icon
win32:RC_ICONS +=

# Set the build directories
CONFIG(debug, debug|release) {
    DESTDIR = debug
} else {
    DESTDIR = ../packages/com.daniel-kampert.DataDownloader/data
}

# Copy package and configuration files
CONFIG(debug, debug|release) {
    packageSetup.path = $$shell_quote($${OUT_PWD}/debug)
    configSetup.path = $$shell_quote($${OUT_PWD}/debug)
} else {
    packageSetup.path = $$shell_quote($${DESTDIR})
    configSetup.path = $$shell_quote(../config)
}

#packageSetup.files += $$shell_quote(Ressources/Icons/icons8-food-96.ico) \
#                      $$shell_quote(Ressources/Icons/icons8-food-96.png) \

#configSetup.files += $$shell_quote(Ressources/Icons/icons8-food-96.ico) \
#                     $$shell_quote(Ressources/Icons/icons8-food-96.png) \

# Deployment rules
DEPLOY_COMMAND = $$(QTDIR)/bin/windeployqt
DEPLOY_OPTIONS = "--no-system-d3d-compiler --no-opengl --no-angle --no-opengl-sw"
DEPLOY_TARGET = $$shell_quote($$shell_path($${DESTDIR}/$${TARGET}.exe))
CONFIG(debug, debug|release) {
    DEPLOY_OPTIONS += "--debug"
} else {
    DEPLOY_OPTIONS += "--release"
}

QMAKE_POST_LINK = $${DEPLOY_COMMAND} $${DEPLOY_OPTIONS} $${DEPLOY_TARGET}

I have downloaded the prebuild version of the library from the release page (64 Bit Windows), so I don´t know which compiler was used to get the build.

SGaist

Hi,

Beside the point made by @jsulm, did you ensure that the .dlls can be found at run time by your application.

Kampino

Hi @SGaist,

I forgot the DLLs. It´s working now :)