LVGL Simulator for VSCode

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LVGL Version

Component	Version	Note
lvgl	8.3.7
lv_drivers	8.3.0

Support Platform

• Linux(GCC)
• MacOS(GCC)
• Windows(MinGW)

Get started

• Install a compiler and related tools if you don't have them yet:
  • On Windows MinGW can be a good choice
  • On Linux type in the Terminal: sudo apt-get install gcc g++ gdb build-essential
  • On MacOS install latest Xcode
• Install SDL (required to simulate a display)
  • On Windows see for example this guide
  • On Linux sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev
  • On MacOS install for example via Homebrew: brew install sdl2 (To install Homebrew follow the guide here)
    • brew install sdl2 sdl2_gfx sdl2_image sdl2_mixer sdl2_ttf
• Download and Install Visual Studio Code from [https://code.visualstudio.com/download])

Build && Run

Install software dependencies

• Linux
  • gcc
  • make/ninja-build
  • CMake
  • SDL2
• MacOS
  • gcc
  • make/ninja-build
  • CMake
  • SDL2
• Windows
  • gcc
  • make/ninja-build
  • CMake
  • SDL2

Build

Use make

cmake -B build
cmake --build build --config Release

Or use ninja

cmake -G Ninja -B build
cmake --build build --config Release

Run

# cd buid dir
./lvgl_app

VSCODE Debug

Install VSCode Extensions

• C/C++
• CMake
• CodeLLDB