A simple VSCode extension that detects a Flatpak manifest and offers various commands to build, run, and export a bundle.
flatpak
flatpak-builder
If you're using Fedora Silverblue, it is recommended to install org.flatpak.Builder
through flatpak install org.flatpak.Builder
. However, layering flatpak-builder
through rpm-ostree install flatpak-builder
is still possible. The extension would use the host flatpak-builder
by default and fallback to the flatpak-installed org.flatpak.Builder
.
- Build: Initialize a Flatpak build, update the dependencies & build them. It also does a first build of the application.
- Build and Run: Build or rebuild the application then run it.
- Stop: Stop the currently running task.
- Run: Run the application.
- Update Dependencies: Download/Update the dependencies and builds them.
- Clean: Clean the Flatpak repo directory (
.flatpak/repo
) inside the current workspace. - Runtime Terminal: Spawn a new terminal inside the specified SDK.
- Build Terminal: Spawn a new terminal inside the current build repository (Note that the SDKs used are automatically mounted and enabled as well).
- Show Output Terminal: Show the output terminal of the build and run commands.
- Show Data Directory: Show the data directory (
~/.var/app/<application-id>
) for the active manifest. - Select Manifest: Select or change the active manifest.
Other extensions like rust-analyzer
and vala
mostly works better if it integrates with the
Flatpak runtime. Some integrations may prevent rebuilds or requiring to install dependencies in
the host. If you want to contribute on adding an integration, see CONTRIBUTING.
- Overrides
mesonbuild.configureOnOpen
to not ask to configure the build directory; this should be handled by Flatpak. - Overrides
mesonbuild.buildFolder
to use the build directory used by Flatpak. - Overrides
mesonbuild.mesonPath
to use the meson binary from the SDK.
- Overrides
rust-analyzer.server.path
andrust-analyzer.runnables.command
to use the SDK's rust-analyzer and cargo binaries respectively. This is to avoid requiring build dependencies to be installed in the host. - Overrides
rust-analyzer.files.excludeDirs
to set rust-analyzer to ignore.flatpak
folder.
- Overrides
vala.languageServerPath
to use the SDK's Vala Language Server.
Click here to find out how to contribute.