VS Arduino - Local Board Libs?

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Sidey Newbies Offline Posts: 5 Joined: Mar 26^th, 2018	Local Board Libs? Mar 26^th, 2018 at 9:13pm	Print Post
	I've tried to add a specific version of the ESP8266 Board libs to my vs2017 procject. (https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino) I've added a new Arduino shared code project and added all the source files from a specific core version to that project. Then i added the dependency between the shared code and my main project. The shared code seems not to be used. How can i use a specific version of the board libs etc in a Project?
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Tim@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 12190 Location: United Kingdom Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: Local Board Libs? Reply #1 - Mar 26^th, 2018 at 9:27pm	Print Post
	Does the library have a root folder with library.properties and \src sub folder? What is the name of the library? Probably unrelated question ... Did you update visual micro to the latest version today? There is a fix that ensures platform libraries take priority over custom libraries in document/arduino/libraries.


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Sidey Newbies Offline Posts: 5 Joined: Mar 26^th, 2018	Re: Local Board Libs? Reply #2 - Mar 27^th, 2018 at 8:44pm	Print Post
	Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Mar 26^th, 2018 at 9:27pm: Does the library have a root folder with library.properties and \src sub folder? No, it isn't exactly a libary it's more a board package with libarys in a src folder and library.properties. It has boards.txt, plattform.txt and so on.


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Tim@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 12190 Location: United Kingdom Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: Local Board Libs? Reply #3 - Mar 27^th, 2018 at 8:51pm	Print Post
	if you are trying to add a core then add it to mydocument\arduino\hardware as per arduino specification. The core is compiled separate to project code


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Sidey Newbies Offline Posts: 5 Joined: Mar 26^th, 2018	Re: Local Board Libs? Reply #4 - Mar 27^th, 2018 at 8:52pm	Print Post
	Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Mar 27^th, 2018 at 8:51pm: if you are trying to add a core then add it to mydocument\arduino\hardware as per arduino specification. The core is compiled separate to project code And how can i add specific versions for a project?


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Tim@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 12190 Location: United Kingdom Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: Local Board Libs? Reply #5 - Mar 27^th, 2018 at 9:09pm	Print Post
	Oh sorry. You can not have project specific versions yet but I think you can clone the core and then rename the boards in the boards.txt. Hopefully multiple shared versions but centrally such as: sketchbook\hardware\core1\ sketchbook\hardware\core2\


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Tim@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 12190 Location: United Kingdom Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: Local Board Libs? Reply #6 - May 10^th, 2018 at 11:28pm	Print Post
	I was wrong in my previous post. Using shared libraries in Visual Studio allows you to put libraries for any project(s) anywhere. So not only can you have local libraries you can also share groups of libraries among different projects. Visual studio is quite clever, it shows intellisense in library projects based on the board selection of the "startup project". This makes cross platform dev easier. You can use the add library menu to give an example of "creating a project for libraries"


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