I try to convert multiple Eclipse plugins into a single RCP-Application as described in Vogellas Tutorial (http://www.vogella.com/articles/EclipseRCP/article.html#plugin_creatinge4).
But when i launch the application i get the following error "java.lang.RuntimeException: No application id has been found".
Where is my mistake ?
"No application id has been found" almost always means that you're missing some required plug-ins. Go to the Run Configurations dialog, move over to the Plug-ins tab, and push the Validate Plug-ins button. You'll be presented with a small dialog showing the names of plugins whose constraints aren't being satisfed, often because on the aforementioned Plug-ins tab, those plugins don't have their check boxes selected.
The Add Required Plug-ins button on the Plug-ins tab will often fix the problems for you. If that doesn't work, take a closer look at the plugins that are listed and see if anything looks wonky; maybe a plugin that you know your application needs isn't on the list at all, because you forgot to add it to your workspace or your target platform?
If you still can't puzzle it out, search SO for [eclipse-rcp] "no application id" for more debugging ideas.
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This is the second time this has happened to me, and the first time I chalked it up to some "user error". It happened again so I will post in here for any ideas / thoughts.
Here is a picture of the installed software I have.
I have no option to create a web application project, I can't show the Development Mode View, doesn't recognize GAE or GWT library folders, JSNI methods don't have auto-complete, etc.
The only thing that appears to be working, is the "Google" properties inside the project, I can edit those.
Everything appears to be installed, is there something I am missing?, or any way that I can see why some stuff is missing?
I have found 2 good methods to handle Eclipse breaking.
Start from Scratch
a. Download or Locate an Eclipse Archive and place the contents in a new folder.
b. Launch the New install.
c. Perform Updates.
d. Re-install all necessary addons.
Rollback your install/updates to a working version.
a. Select the Help Menu
b. Select About Eclipse (Usually at the Bottom)
c. Click the "Installation Details" Button (Lower Left Hand Corner)
d. Select the 2nd Tab "Installation History"
e. Select one of the Available options
f. Follow the wizard instruction to "Revert"
Neither of these options have ever failed in getting me back to work. They are not the most expedient, but they work every time.
I'm new to Eclipse. I may need a better understanding or a plugin that would provide me with features described below. While doing some Android development, and I while making changes to my code at one point Eclipse warned me that this emulator doesn't support hot-swapping and if I want to disconnect. I'm used to see status in either the toolbar or in some log from Visual Studio. Is there a way to see this feedback in Eclipse?
My problem is that there are quite much implicit stuff in eclipse I would like get feedback of and control, like whether I'm
connected or not to a device,
if I'm attached to a process on it or not with debugger,
some kind of build log with a timestamp so I know it happened,
the automatic uninstalling and installing of the project on the device
which project is "active" ("featured") in "Run" and "Debug" buttons/configurations
Is there a plugin that can give me explicit commands over these automatic features? Like a toolbar or command. What I would expect of this tool:
be able to indicate the current status (eg. currently connected or not)
gives me control to eg. connect
gives me control to eg. disconnect
Preferably on a toolbar, as I know some of these are available as menu commands.
Furthermore I tried to configure my toolbar by Window menu -> Customize perspective..., but pin-pointing the features I want made my Eclipse put empty space up for the buttons I disabled, and next time I got to the same config screen it got the checkboxes wrong and displayed some stuff active what was actually disabled.
After creating a web service client in a web application on NetBeans 7.0, the icon of the project shows a warning sign and then the label turns red. Now the web service client does not work as its supposed to and does not give me any messages as regards its failure. So i was wondering if the icon could point me in the right direction but unfortunately I dont know what it means. this is the Icon:
If anyone knows one or two things about this icon would be great to share. Thanks...
Normally when a project's icon turns red it means that there are unresolved external dependencies. If you right click on the project and look at the bottom of the context menu, you will see an item called Resolve Reference Problems (corrected based on comment). Clicking on that will open up a list of external dependencies that are unresolved and give you an opportunity to show NetBeans where they are located; perhaps pointing NetBeans to a .jar file or a library.
Are there any low-hanging fruit regarding some more efficient way to run and test Eclipse-plugins (within the PDE)? Besides slimming down the Eclipse-configuration, which has already been done.
I usually minimize my launch configuration itself (not sure if that is what you are doing). Here's how I do it:
Create a new launch configuration
Go to the "Plug-ins" tab
Select "Launch With:" -> "Plug-ins selected below only"
Click on "Deselect All"
Select only the plug-ins you are debugging from your workspace
Optional: You can uncheck "Include optional dependencies..."
Click on "Add Required Plug-ins"
Save the configuration and launch
Now, this might not work in the first shot. This probably means you have an issue with the defined dependencies. This is also a good test for that as well. Fix it, relaunch, and it should run much smoother.
I use Launch As: Eclipse Application and I don't find it to be too bad. I've found that changing the plugin.xml (or fragment.xml) always requires you to quit and respawn to pick up the changes, but changing Java doesn't always as the changes can often be hot-swapped in. (PDE is good at warning you when it can't.)
I'd like it if Eclipse could dynamically insert my plug-ins into the running environment -- it can do this with regular plug-ins. As for speeding up the edit-compile-debug cycle, I normally prototype my work in small SWT / Swing applications before integrating them into the full product, but this might not work in a lot of cases.
This is my first attempt at an Eclipse plugin- the plugin architecture is vast and a little overwhelming, but I've found a number of tutorials and how-to's online which is helping, but trying to do the following is driving me nuts:
I want to add a submenu item that is available in the navigator context menu when you right click on an Eclipse project.
I can get a submenu to appear on a project file or folder, but absolutely no idea how to have it appear on a project.
Would someone be so kind as to provide me with step by step instructions, starting with creating a new plugin-project? This is probably a lot to ask, but I can't seem to find an online guide that has just the right amount of detail. I specifically want to use the plugin-project wizard rather than hand code a plugin.xml file as I am not very familiar with the Eclipse plugin architecture.
Ok- I got it- it was simple, but I got lost in the noise of the API-
Create a new Plug-in Project using the Plugin-Project Wizard and when the wizard has launched...
1.
On the Plug-in Project page, use anything as the project name and 3.5 as target platform eclipse version
2.
On the Content page, skip ahead and just press next
3.
On the Templates page, select "plug-in with a popup menu" and press next
4.
On the Sample Popup Menu page, you will see that eclipse has prefilled the field
"Target Object's Class" with a value of "org.eclipse.core.resources.IFile".
This means that when your popup menu will only appear when you right-click on a file in
a project. As we want the menu to appear when we right click on a Project when
we are using the Navigator view, simply use "org.eclipse.core.resources.IProject" instead
5.
Finish
You can validate that your pop-up will appear as expected by right-clicking the MF file
and "Run-as" > Eclipse Application
Now to refactor the resulting code to use menuContributions and commands rather than objectContributions and actions :)
I think you have a similar question (menu in the package explorer) here:
Renaming packages in Eclipse (thanks to Rich Seller)
This could be a good start, and is a complete plugin project.
You should look into the Eclipse Common Navigator Framework there are a few tutorials on this side that tell you what to do in detail The Project Explorer is an implementation of the CNF. You should also consider using the Platform Commands to add your commands (and popup menu item) to the popup menu associated with the project explorer. It's somewhat easier to use commands than actions. You should be able to do it with by adding a Command in your plugin extensions. Unfortunately off the top of my head I don't know the right incantation to have the command appear in the project explorer. But you will be able to find it in these resources.