title: Creating a New Application
---
-This tutorial provides instructions on **Creating a New Application** from scratch.
-
-### 1. Create new project development directory
-
- ```sh
- $ cd ~/agl-app
- $ mkdir newapp/
- $ cd newapp/
- ```
-
-### 2. Source the SDK environment setup
-
- ```sh
- $ source ~/agl-app/agl-sdk/environment-setup-corei7-64-agl-linux
- ```
-
-### 3. Copy initial CMAKE configuration templates
-
- ```sh
- $ mkdir -p conf.d/cmake
- $ cp ${OECORE_NATIVE_SYSROOT}/usr/share/doc/CMakeAfbTemplates/samples.d/config.cmake.sample conf.d/cmake/config.cmake
- $ cp ${OECORE_NATIVE_SYSROOT}/usr/share/doc/CMakeAfbTemplates/samples.d/CMakeLists.txt.sample CMakeLists.txt
- ```
-
-### 4. Edit CMAKE configuration template
-
- ```sh
- $ vim ~/agl-app/newapp/conf.d/cmake/config.cmake
-
- ###########################################################################
- # Copyright 2020 # INSERT YEAR
- #
- # author: John Doe <john.doe@example.com> # INSERT AUTHOR DETAILS
- #
- # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- # You may obtain a copy of the License at
- #
- # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- #
- # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- # limitations under the License.
- ###########################################################################
-
- # Project Info
- # ------------------
- set(PROJECT_NAME hellocount) # INSERT NEW PROJECT NAME
- set(API_NAME hellocount) #INSERT NEW API NAME
- set(PROJECT_PRETTY_NAME "Example helloworld count app") #INSERT PRETTY NAME
- set(PROJECT_DESCRIPTION "AGL hellocount application example") # INSERT CONCISE PROJECT DESCRIPTION
- set(PROJECT_URL "https://git.somewhere.org/foo")
- set(PROJECT_ICON "icon.png")
- set(PROJECT_AUTHOR "John Doe") # INSERT AUTHOR NAME
- set(PROJECT_AUTHOR_MAIL "john.doe@example.com") # INSERT AUTHOR EMAIL
- set(PROJECT_LICENSE "APL2.0")
- set(PROJECT_LANGUAGES "C")
- set(PROJECT_VERSION "1.0.0") # INSERT PROJECT VERSION
-
- # Which directories inspect to find CMakeLists.txt target files
- # set(PROJECT_SRC_DIR_PATTERN "*")
-
- # Where are stored the project configuration files
- # relative to the root project directory
- set(PROJECT_CMAKE_CONF_DIR "conf.d")
-
- # Compilation Mode (DEBUG, RELEASE, COVERAGE or PROFILING)
- # ----------------------------------
- set(BUILD_TYPE "RELEASE") # SELECT BUILD TYPE
- #set(USE_EFENCE 1)
-
- # Kernel selection if needed. You can choose between a
- # mandatory version to impose a minimal version.
- # Or check Kernel minimal version and just print a Warning
- # about missing features and define a preprocessor variable
- # to be used as preprocessor condition in code to disable
- # incompatibles features. Preprocessor define is named
- # KERNEL_MINIMAL_VERSION_OK.
- #
- # NOTE*** FOR NOW IT CHECKS KERNEL Yocto environment and
- # Yocto SDK Kernel version.
- # -----------------------------------------------
- #set (kernel_mandatory_version 4.8)
- #set (kernel_minimal_version 4.8)
-
- # Compiler selection if needed. Impose a minimal version.
- # -----------------------------------------------
- set (gcc_minimal_version 4.9)
-
- # PKG_CONFIG required packages
- # -----------------------------
- set (PKG_REQUIRED_LIST
- json-c
- afb-daemon
- )
-
- # You can also consider to include libsystemd
- # -----------------------------------
- #list (APPEND PKG_REQUIRED_LIST libsystemd>=222)
-
- # Prefix path where will be installed the files
- # Default: /usr/local (need root permission to write in)
- # ------------------------------------------------------
- #set(INSTALL_PREFIX /opt/AGL CACHE PATH "INSTALL PREFIX PATH")
-
- # Customize link option
- # -----------------------------
- #list(APPEND link_libraries -an-option)
-
- # Compilation options definition
- # Use CMake generator expressions to specify only for a specific language
- # Values are prefilled with default options that is currently used.
- # Either separate options with ";", or each options must be quoted separately
- # DO NOT PUT ALL OPTION QUOTED AT ONCE , COMPILATION COULD FAILED !
- # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- #set(COMPILE_OPTIONS
- # -Wall
- # -Wextra
- # -Wconversion
- # -Wno-unused-parameter
- # -Wno-sign-compare
- # -Wno-sign-conversion
- # -Werror=maybe-uninitialized
- # -Werror=implicit-function-declaration
- # -ffunction-sections
- # -fdata-sections
- # -fPIC
- # CACHE STRING "Compilation flags")
- #set(C_COMPILE_OPTIONS "" CACHE STRING "Compilation flags for C language.")
- #set(CXX_COMPILE_OPTIONS "" CACHE STRING "Compilation flags for C++ language.")
- #set(PROFILING_COMPILE_OPTIONS
- # -g
- # -O0
- # -pg
- # -Wp,-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE
- # CACHE STRING "Compilation flags for PROFILING build type.")
- #set(DEBUG_COMPILE_OPTIONS
- # -g
- # -ggdb
- # CACHE STRING "Compilation flags for DEBUG build type.")
- #set(COVERAGE_COMPILE_OPTIONS
- # -g
- # -O0
- # --coverage
- # CACHE STRING "Compilation flags for COVERAGE build type.")
- #set(RELEASE_COMPILE_OPTIONS
- # -O2
- # -pipe
- # -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
- # -fstack-protector-strong
- # -Wformat -Wformat-security
- # -Werror=format-security
- # -feliminate-unused-debug-types
- # -Wl,-O1
- # -Wl,--hash-style=gnu
- # -Wl,--as-needed
- # -fstack-protector-strong
- # -Wl,-z,relro,-z,now
- # CACHE STRING "Compilation flags for RELEASE build type.")
-
- # Location for config.xml.in template file.
- #
- # If you keep them commented then it will build with a default minimal widget
- # template which is very simple and it is highly probable that it will not suit
- # to your app.
- # -----------------------------------------
- #set(WIDGET_ICON "conf.d/wgt/${PROJECT_ICON}" CACHE PATH "Path to the widget icon")
- set(WIDGET_CONFIG_TEMPLATE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/conf.d/wgt/config.xml.in" CACHE PATH "Path to widget config file template (config.xml.in)") # UNCOMMENT WIDGET_CONFIG_TEMPLATE
- #set(TEST_WIDGET_CONFIG_TEMPLATE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/conf.d/wgt/test-config.xml.in" CACHE PATH "Path to the test widget config file template (test-config.xml.in)")
-
- # Mandatory widget Mimetype specification of the main unit
- # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- # Choose between :
- #- text/html : HTML application,
- # content.src designates the home page of the application
- #
- #- application/vnd.agl.native : AGL compatible native,
- # content.src designates the relative path of the binary.
- #
- # - application/vnd.agl.service: AGL service, content.src is not used.
- #
- #- ***application/x-executable***: Native application,
- # content.src designates the relative path of the binary.
- # For such application, only security setup is made.
- #
- set(WIDGET_TYPE application/vnd.agl.service) # UNCOMMENT WIDGET_TYPE
-
- # Mandatory Widget entry point file of the main unit
- # --------------------------------------------------------------
- # This is the file that will be executed, loaded,
- # at launch time by the application framework.
- #
- set(WIDGET_ENTRY_POINT hellocount) # UNCOMMENT WIDGET_ENTRY_POINT
-
- # Optional dependencies order
- # ---------------------------
- #set(EXTRA_DEPENDENCIES_ORDER)
-
- # Optional Extra global include path
- # -----------------------------------
- #set(EXTRA_INCLUDE_DIRS)
-
- # Optional extra libraries
- # -------------------------
- #set(EXTRA_LINK_LIBRARIES)
-
- # Optional force binding Linking flag
- # ------------------------------------
- # set(BINDINGS_LINK_FLAG LinkOptions )
-
- # Optional force package prefix generation, like widget
- # -----------------------------------------------------
- # set(PKG_PREFIX DestinationPath)
-
- # Optional Application Framework security token
- # and port use for remote debugging.
- #------------------------------------------------------------
- #set(AFB_TOKEN "" CACHE PATH "Default binder security token") # COMMENT AFB_TOKEN
- #set(AFB_REMPORT "1234" CACHE PATH "Default binder listening port") # COMMENT AFB_REMPORT
-
- # Print a helper message when every thing is finished
- # ----------------------------------------------------
- set(CLOSING_MESSAGE "Typical binding launch: cd ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/package \\&\\& afb-daemon --port=${AFB_REMPORT} --workdir=. --ldpaths=lib --roothttp=htdocs --token=\"${AFB_TOKEN}\" --tracereq=common --verbose")
- set(PACKAGE_MESSAGE "Install widget file using in the target : afm-util install ${PROJECT_NAME}.wgt")
-
- # Optional schema validator about now only XML, LUA and JSON
- # are supported
- #------------------------------------------------------------
- #set(LUA_CHECKER "luac" "-p" CACHE STRING "LUA compiler")
- #set(XML_CHECKER "xmllint" CACHE STRING "XML linter")
- #set(JSON_CHECKER "json_verify" CACHE STRING "JSON linter")
-
- include(CMakeAfbTemplates)
- ```
-
-### 5. Copy WGT configuration template
-
- ```sh
- $ mkdir -p conf.d/wgt
- $ cp ${OECORE_NATIVE_SYSROOT}/usr/share/doc/CMakeAfbTemplates/samples.d/config.xml.in.sample conf.d/wgt/config.xml.in
- ```
-
-### 6. Run CMAKE and Generate autobuild
-
- ```sh
- $ mkdir build/
- $ cd build/
- $ cmake ..
- $ make autobuild
- ```
-
-### 7. Create app directory
-
- ```sh
- $ cd ..
- $ mkdir app/
- $ cd app/
- ```
- This `app` directory holds the C++, qrc, qml code & CMakeLists.txt ;
-
- - Add `main.cpp` file which contains the functional C code :
-
- ```sh
- $ vim main.cpp
-
- /*
- * Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd. # INSERT YEAR & ORG
- * 2020 The Linux Foundation
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
- #include <QGuiApplication>
- #include <QtCore/QCommandLineParser>
- #include <QtCore/QUrlQuery>
- #include <QtGui/QGuiApplication>
- #include <QtQml/QQmlContext>
- #include <QtQml/QQmlApplicationEngine>
- #include <QtQml/qqml.h>
- #include <QDebug>
-
- int main(int argc, char *argv[])
- {
- QGuiApplication app(argc, argv);
- app.setDesktopFileName("Hellocount");
-
- QQmlApplicationEngine engine;
- QQmlContext *context = engine.rootContext();
-
- QCommandLineParser parser;
- parser.addPositionalArgument("port", app.translate("main", "port for binding"));
- parser.addPositionalArgument("secret", app.translate("main", "secret for binding"));
- parser.addHelpOption();
- parser.addVersionOption();
- parser.process(app);
- QStringList positionalArguments = parser.positionalArguments();
-
- if (positionalArguments.length() == 2) {
- int port = positionalArguments.takeFirst().toInt();
- QString secret = positionalArguments.takeFirst();
-
- QUrl bindingAddress;
- QUrlQuery query;
-
- bindingAddress.setScheme(QStringLiteral("ws"));
- bindingAddress.setHost(QStringLiteral("localhost"));
- bindingAddress.setPort(port);
- bindingAddress.setPath(QStringLiteral("/api"));
-
-
- query.addQueryItem(QStringLiteral("token"), secret);
- bindingAddress.setQuery(query);
- context->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("bindingAddress"), bindingAddress);
- }
-
- engine.load(QUrl(QStringLiteral("qrc:/Hellocount.qml")));
- return app.exec();
-
- }
- ```
-
- - Add `Hellocount.qml` file which contains the functional qml code :
-
- ```sh
- $ vim Hellocount.qml
-
- /*
- * Copyright 2020 The Linux Foundation # INSERT YEAR & ORG
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
- import QtQuick 2.6
- import QtQuick.Layouts 1.1
- import QtQuick.Controls 2.0
- import AGL.Demo.Controls 1.0
-
- import QtQuick.Window 2.13
-
- ApplicationWindow {
-
- // ----- Setup
- id: root
- width: Window.width * roles.scale
- height: Window.height * roles.scale
-
- // ----- Childs
- Label {
- id: title
- font.pixelSize: 48
- text: "Hello World Counter"
- anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
- }
-
- }
- ```
-
-- Add `Hellocount.qrc` file :
-
- ```sh
- $ vim Hellocount.qrc
-
- <RCC>
- <qresource prefix="/">
- <file>Hellocount.qml</file>
- </qresource>
- </RCC>
- ```
-
-- Add `CMakeLists.txt` file :
-
- ```sh
- $ vim CMakeLists.txt
-
- ###########################################################################
- # Copyright 2020 The Linux Foundation # INSERT YEAR & ORG
- #
- # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- # You may obtain a copy of the License at
- #
- # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- #
- # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- # limitations under the License.
- ###########################################################################
-
- set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
- set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
- set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
- set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
- set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
- set(OE_QMAKE_PATH_EXTERNAL_HOST_BINS $ENV{OE_QMAKE_PATH_HOST_BINS})
-
- find_package(Qt5 COMPONENTS Core Gui QuickControls2 QuickWidgets WebSockets REQUIRED)
-
- PROJECT_TARGET_ADD(hellocount)
-
- add_executable(hellocount
- "main.cpp"
- "Hellocount.qrc"
- )
-
- set_target_properties(hellocount PROPERTIES
- LABELS "EXECUTABLE"
- PREFIX ""
- COMPILE_FLAGS " -DFOR_AFB_BINDING"
- LINK_FLAGS "${BINDINGS_LINK_FLAG}"
- OUTPUT_NAME "${TARGET_NAME}"
- )
-
- target_link_libraries(hellocount
- Qt5::WebSockets
- Qt5::QuickWidgets
- Qt5::QuickControls2
- json-c
- libafb-helpers-qt.a
- )
- ```
-
-### 8. Build and Package `wgt` using autobuild
-
- ```sh
- $ cd ..
-
- $ ./autobuild/agl/autobuild build
-
- make[1]: Entering directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- make[2]: Entering directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- make[3]: Entering directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- [100%] Built target autobuild
- make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
-
-
- $ ./autobuild/agl/autobuild package
-
- make[1]: Entering directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- make[2]: Entering directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- make[3]: Entering directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- [100%] Built target autobuild
- make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- make[1]: Entering directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- make[2]: Entering directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- make[3]: Entering directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- make[4]: Entering directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- Scanning dependencies of target prepare_package
- make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- make[4]: Entering directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- [ 6%] Generating package
- [ 12%] Generating package/bin
- [ 18%] Generating package/etc
- [ 25%] Generating package/lib
- [ 31%] Generating package/htdocs
- [ 37%] Generating package/var
- make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- [ 37%] Built target prepare_package
- make[4]: Entering directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- Scanning dependencies of target prepare_package_test
- make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- make[4]: Entering directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- [ 43%] Generating package-test
- [ 50%] Generating package-test/bin
- [ 56%] Generating package-test/etc
- [ 62%] Generating package-test/lib
- [ 68%] Generating package-test/htdocs
- [ 75%] Generating package-test/var
- make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- [ 75%] Built target prepare_package_test
- make[4]: Entering directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- Scanning dependencies of target populate
- make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- [ 75%] Built target populate
- make[4]: Entering directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- Scanning dependencies of target widget_files
- make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- make[4]: Entering directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- [ 81%] Generating package/icon.png
- [ 87%] Generating package/config.xml
- make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- [ 93%] Built target widget_files
- make[4]: Entering directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- Scanning dependencies of target widget
- make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- make[4]: Entering directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- [100%] Generating hellocount.wgt
- NOTICE: -- PACKING widget hellocount.wgt from directory /home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build/package
- ++ Install widget file using in the target : afm-util install hellocount.wgt
- make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- [100%] Built target widget
- make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/boron/agl-app/newapp/build'
- ```
-
- - The `hellocount.wgt` file is packaged and available at `~/agl-app/newapp/build`.
-
-### 9. Install the service
-
- - Local System :
- ```sh
- # Copy hellocount.wgt to remote AGL system
- $ scp ~/agl-app/newapp/build/hellocount.wgt root@<ip-address>:/home/0/
- ```
-
- - Remote AGL System :
- ```sh
- # Install using the service using afm-util
- $ afm-util install ./hellocount.wgt
- # Reboot the system
- $ reboot -f
- ```
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