Trying to add the adafruit RGB_LCD library, and just not having any luck. I've forked the main lcd library to https://github.com/jrubinstein/Adafruit-RGB-LCD-Shield-Library and tried to 'contribute' that to spark, with no luck. error message is Library is not valid, please fix the errors below…

The name of the library main files (.h/.cpp) have to match the name provided in the spark.json name field. And the examples folder has to be inside firmware. But I doubt that this lib will work on :spark: Particle devices. It’ll need porting for this platform. At least application.h needs to be a…

Thanks, I was able to get the library imported, and now I can see what you mean by But I doubt that this lib will work on spark Particle devices. It'll need porting for this platform. At least application.h needs to be added and some #includes will need to be altered/removed. Unfortunately, I d…

The Particle devices are no Arduino clones but only also use Wiring “language” and hence are somewhat compatible but not 100%. Porting of libs that are not too tightly bound to the Arduino hardware is not that difficult. Some starting points you can find here https://github.com/harrisonhjones/Spa…

As @ScruffR said, it can be easier or harder depending on the library. I can take a look at this one tomorrow, if you want me to.

@mumblepins , that would be amazing. All I want to do is make a web-connected, smart clothes dryer with custom lcd menus; why does that have to be so difficult :wink:

Alright, it compiles fine, but I don’t have the shield to check it out, so give it a try and let me know if it works. I’ll publish it as a public library once we’re sure it works, but for now just import as a private library https://github.com/mumblepins/Adafruit_RGBLCDShield

@mumblepins , you are my hero for doing this! However, I’m still failing to get the example to work properly. I get the error message: [image] Basically particle can’t find the file. I’m having this problem importing another library, also, so it seems probable that I’m just doing something wrong …

Try #include "...." rather than #include <....>

@ScruffR , well, that’s interesting. I was compiling against the Photon, and it appears that the Web IDE handles Photon library linking differently. So, @jrubins , do what he said :slight_smile:

did and done! compiles beautifully, now to wire it all up :smile: thanks again @mumblepins and @ScruffR !

How to include a library, because I'm failing :(

Troubleshooting

mumblepins July 3, 2015, 1:34pm 19

Either locally, with dfu-util, or using the Particle CLI. Video, a bit outdated at this point, but still useful.

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