Vala VS Code integration

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Hi,
I installed the Vala extension from Prince Ferro and the Vala language-server and I can successfully compile and run, but I always get the error “The namespace name `Gtk’ could not be found” in the editor. How can I correct this in VS Code ?
Thanks…

2

have you got any sample code?

can you supply the meson build files?

3

I tried the examples / tutorial from the official Vala documentation page.
There were some problems compiling Vala code. I quit learning Vala now, I stay at old C.

4

I have vala compiling and building in vscode quite well

contact me if you want the instructions

5

check your meson.build file in your projects “src” directory

you need to add the Gtk dependency in there and then in your code you should have a line that states “using Gtk;”

heres a meson.build file

sources = files(
  'MyApp.vala',
  'MyAppWindow.vala',
  'MyClass.vala',
  'MyOtherClass.vala'
)

dependencies = [
  dependency('gtk4'),
  dependency('gee-0.8'),
  dependency('glib-2.0'),
  dependency('libadwaita-1')
]

executable(
  meson.project_name(),
  sources,
  dependencies: dependencies,
  install: true
)

and in your source file

/*
	main app for your app
*/

using Gtk;

public class MyApp : Adw.Application {

// Member variables

	private GLib.Settings myapp_settings;
	private MyApprWindow app_window;

// Constructor

    public MyApp () {
        Object (application_id: "com.github.xxxx.xxxxx",
                flags : GLib.ApplicationFlags.FLAGS_NONE);
    }

… etc

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