specifying appRoot in launch configuration does not work

[pietgk]

Description

Specifying appRoot in launch.json configuration does not work

    {
      "type": "radon-ide",
      "request": "launch",
      "name": "Radon IDE panel",
      "appRoot": "/Users/grop/dev/app/development", // equal to ${workspaceFolder}
      "isExpo": true,
      "eas": {
        "ios": {
          "profile": "development_simulator"
        },
        "android": {
          "profile": "development_simulator", 
        }
      }
    }

Gives popup with

The app root folder does not exist in the workspace at /Users/grop/dev/app/development.

Removing the appRoot entry result in log:

2024-11-12 08:38:17.707 [warning] Found multiple **/node_modules/react-native/package.json files in the workspace
2024-11-12 08:38:17.904 [info] Found app root folder: /Users/grop/dev/app/development

I need a way to specify appRoot, as i have multiple metro.config.js in my repo (disabled the other one to report this issue in the minimal context).

Thx in advance for any help.

Environment

• Version of currently used Radon IDE (Extensions tab -> click on Radon IDE extension -> version is located next to the extension name) v0.0.22
• Version of React Native/Expo used in the project. 51.0.38 with up to date dependancies.
• Any other versions of tools related to the problem. macOS 14.6.1

The logs also report (i do not know if this is relevant or not)

2024-11-12 08:38:24.892 [error] EntryNotFound (FileSystemError): Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir '/Users/grop/Library/Application Support/Code/User/workspaceStorage/9c461c1513df07c3a0457e3bfc865a6b/redhat.java'
    at Function.e (file:///Applications/Visual%20Studio%20Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:114:9057)
    at Object.readDirectory (file:///Applications/Visual%20Studio%20Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:114:7197) Unhandled promise rejection

[pietgk]

Solved it (read the fine manual) and changed appRoot to "."

[pietgk]

closing it

[kmagiera]

I will reopen it as there's a small improvement we could make here. We can verify the app root is a relative path and provide some more helpful error message.

In general, the type of settings you check into the version control should never have user-specific absolute paths as they are rarely portable.

[pietgk]

i tried to make explicit what ${workspaceFolder} value was :-), as in the comment explained. agree on being nicer on error feedback (maybe include link to docs page).