nuttx-apps/graphics/nxwidgets/UnitTests/README.md

# Graphics / NXWidgets / Unit Tests

This directory contains a collection of Unit Tests that can be used to verify
NXWidgets.:

## Contents

**Installing and Building the Unit Tests**

1. Setup NuttX
   1. Configure NuttX
   2. Enable C++ Support
   3. Enable Debug Options
   4. Special configuration requirements for the nxwm unit test
   5. Other `.config` file changes – NSH configurations only
   6. Other `.config` file changes – NON-NSH configurations only
2. Adjust the Stack Size
3. Build NuttX including the unit test and the NXWidgets library

**Work-Arounds**

1. Build Issues

**Unit Test Directories**

## Installing and Building the Unit Tests

1. Setup NuttX

   1. Configure NuttX

      Configure NuttX to run one of the target configurations. For example,
      let's assume that you are using the `sim/nsh2` configuration. The
      `sim/nsh2` configuration was specially created for use NXWidgets on the
      simulation platform. A similar, special configuration `stm3210e-eval/nsh2`
      is also for the `STM3210E-EVAL` available. However, the unit test can be
      run on other configurations (see steps d and e below).

      **Note**: There are some other special configurationsrecommended for
      unit-leveling testing of NxWM because the configuration is more complex in
      that case. These are:

      1) `sim/nxwmm`, or the simulated platform (no touchscreen), and
      2) `stm3240g-evel`, for the `STM3240G-EVAL` board (with the STMPE11
          touchscreen)

      We will assume the `sim/nsh2` configuration in this discussion. The
      `sim/nsh2` configuration is installed as follows:

      ```bash
      cd <nuttx-directory-path>
      make distclean
      tools/configure.sh sim:nsh2
      ```

      Where:

      `<nuttx-directory-path>` is the full, absolute path to the NuttX build
      directory

      If you are using the `sim/nsh2` or `stm3210e-eval` configurations, then
      skip to step 2 (Hmmm.. better check 1d) too).

      There may be certain requirements for the configuration that you select...
      for example, certain widget tests may require touchscreen support or
      special font selections. These test-specific requirements are addressed
      below under _Unit Test Directories_

   2. Enable C++ Support

      If you are not using the `sim/nsh2` or `stm3210e-eval`, you will need to
      add the following definitions to the NuttX configuration at
      `nuttx/.config` to enable C++ support:

      ```conf
      CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=y
      ```

      Check first, some configurations already have C++ support enabled (As of
      this writing **ONLY** the `sim/nsh2` and `stm321-e-eval` configurations
      have C++ support pre-enabled).

   3. Enable Debug Options

      If you are running on a simulated target, then you might also want to
      enable debug symbols:

      ```conf
      CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
      ```

      Then you can run the simulation using GDB or DDD which is a very powerful
      debugging environment!

   4. Special configuration requirements for the nxwm unit test.

      ```conf
      CONFIG_NXTERM=y
      ```

   5. Other `.config` file changes – NSH configurations only.

      If the configuration that you are using supports NSH and NSH built-in
      tasks then all is well. If it is an NSH configuration, then you will have
      to define the following in your `nuttx/.config` file as well (if it is not
      already defined):

      ```conf
      CONFIG_NSH_BUILTIN_APPS=y
      ```

      `sim/nsh2` and `stm3210e-eval/nsh2` already has this setting. You do not
      need to change anything further in the `nuttx/.config` file if you are
      using either of these configurations.

   6. Other `.config` file changes – NON-NSH configurations only.

      Entry Point. You will need to set the entry point in the .config file. For
      NSH configurations, the entry point will always be `nsh_main` and you will
      see that setting like:

      ```conf
      CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"
      ```

      If you are not using in NSH, then each unit test has a unique entry point.
      That entry point is the name of the unit test directory in all lower case
      plus the suffix `_main`. So, for example, the correct entry for the
      `UnitTests/CButton` would be:

      ```conf
      CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="cbutton_main"
      ```

      And the correct entry point for `UnitTests/nxwm` would be:

      ```conf
      CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="nxwm_main"
      ```

      etc.

      For non-NSH configurations (such as the `sim/touchscreen`) you will have
      to remove the configuration setting that provided the `main` function so
      that you use the `main` in the unit test code instead. So, for example,
      with the `sim/touchscreen` configuration you need to remove the following
      from the NuttX configuration file (`.config`):

      ```conf
      CONFIG_EXAMPLES_TOUSCHCREEN=y  ## REMOVE (provided "tc_main")
      ```

2. Adjust the Stack Size

   If using an simulation configuration (like `sim/nsh2`) and your unit test
   uses X11 as its display device, then you would have to increase the size of
   unit test stack as described below under _Stack Size Issues with the X11
   Simulation_.

3. Build NuttX including the unit test and the NXWidgets library

   ```bash
   cd <nuttx-directory-path>
   . ./setenv.sh
   make
   ```

## Work-Arounds

### Build Issues

1. I have seen this error on Cygwin building C++ code:

   ```
   LD:  nuttx.rel
   ld: skipping incompatible /home/patacongo/projects/nuttx/nuttx/trunk/nuttx/libxx//liblibxx.a when searching for -llibxx
   ld: cannot find -llibxx
   ```

   The problem seems to be caused because `gcc` build code for 32-bit mode and
   `g++` builds code for 64-bit mode. Add the `-m32` option to the `g++` command
   line seems to fix the problem. In `Make.defs`:

   ```makefile
   CXXFLAGS = -m32 $(ARCHWARNINGSXX) $(ARCHOPTIMIZATION) \
              $(ARCHCPUFLAGSXX) $(ARCHINCLUDESXX) $(ARCHDEFINES) $(EXTRADEFINES) -pipe
   ```

2. Stack Size Issues with the X11 Simulation

   When you run the NuttX simulation, it uses stacks allocated by NuttX from the
   NuttX heap. The memory management model is exactly the same in the simulation
   as it is real, target system. This is good because this produces a higher
   fidelity simulation.

   However, when the simulation calls into Linux/Cygwin libraries, it will still
   use these small simulation stacks. This happens, for example, when you call
   into the system to get and put characters to the console window or when you
   make x11 calls into the system. The programming model within those libraries
   will assume a Linux/Cygwin environment where the stack size grows dynamically

   As a consequence, those system libraries may allocate large data structures
   on the stack and overflow the small NuttX stacks. X11, in particular,
   requires large stacks. If you are using X11 in the simulation, make sure that
   you set aside a "lot" of stack for the X11 system calls (maybe 8 or 16Kb).
   The stack size for the thread that begins with user start is controlled by
   the configuration setting `CONFIG_USERMAIN_STACKSIZE`; you may need to
   increase this value to larger number to survive the X11 system calls.

   If you are running X11 applications as NSH add-on programs, then the stack
   size of the add-on program is controlled in another way. Here are the steps
   for increasing the stack size in that case:

   ```bash
   cd ../apps/namedapps  # Go to the namedapps directory
   vi namedapps_list.h   # Edit this file and increase the stack size of the add-on
   rm .built *.o         # This will force the namedapps logic to rebuild
   ```

## Unit Tests

The following provide simple unit tests for each of the NXWidgets. In addition,
these unit tests provide examples for the use of each widget type.

- `CButton`
  - Exercises the `CButton` widget.
  - Depends on `CLabel`.
- `CButtonArray`
  - Exercises the `CButtonArray` widget.
- `CCheckBox`
  - Exercises the `CCheckBox` widget.
  - Depends on `CLabel` and `CButton`.
- `CGlyphButton`
  - Exercises the `CGlyphButton` widget.
  - Depends on `CLabel` and `CButton`.
- `CImage`
  - Exercises the `CImage` widget.
- `CLabel`
  - Exercises the `CLabel` widget.
- `CProgressBar`
  - Exercises the `CProgressBar` widget.
- `CRadioButton`
  - Exercises the `CRadioButton` and `CRadioButtonGroup` widgets.
  - Depends on `CLabel` and `CButton`.
- `CScrollBarHorizontal`
  - Exercises the `ScrollbarHorizontal`.
  - Depends on `CSliderHorizontal` and `CGlyphButton`.
- `CScrollBarVertical`
  - Exercises the `ScrollbarHorizontal`.
  - Depends on `CSliderVertical` and `CGlyphButton`.
- `CSliderHorizontal`
  - Exercises the `CSliderHorizontal`.
  - Depends on `CSliderHorizontalGrip`.
- `CSliderVertical`
  - Exercises the `CSliderVertical`.
  - Depends on `CSliderVerticalGrip`.
- `CTextBox`
  - Exercises the `CTextBox` widget.
  - Depends on `CLabel`.