Updated UI, fixed checkboxes not appearing when clicking on refresh button

rqt_gps_map_view/include/rqt_gps_map_view/rqt_gps_map_view_widget.h

@@ -55,13 +55,8 @@ public slots:
 private slots:
     void on_refreshButton_clicked();
 
-    void on_pushButton_clicked();
-
     void on_checkBoxClicked(int state);
 
-    void on_pushButton_2_clicked();
-
-
 
 private:
     Ui::GpsMapViewWidget *ui;
@@ -73,11 +68,7 @@ private:
     int mID = -1;
     QString markerName_ = "";
 
-    double longi = 0.0;
-    double lati = 0.0;
 
-    double ulongi = 0.0;
-    double ulati = 0.0;
 
 };
 

rqt_gps_map_view/mapview.qml

@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ Item {
                     mID.coordinate.longitude = longitude;
                     map.addMapItem(mID);
                     map.update();
+
                 }
 
 

rqt_gps_map_view/package.xml

 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <package format="2">
   <name>rqt_gps_map_view</name>
-  <version>0.0.1</version>
+  <version>1.0.0</version>
   <description>The rqt_gps_map_view package</description>
 
   <!-- One maintainer tag required, multiple allowed, one person per tag -->

rqt_gps_map_view/plugin.xml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <description></description>
     <qtgui>
       <group>
-        <label>rqt plugins</label>
+        <label>GPS tracking tools</label>
         <icon type="theme">folder</icon>
       </group>
       <label>GPS Map View</label>

rqt_gps_map_view/rqt_gps_map_view.creator.user

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE QtCreatorProject>
-<!-- Written by QtCreator 4.11.0, 2022-05-05T17:23:21. -->
+<!-- Written by QtCreator 4.11.0, 2022-05-06T11:46:04. -->
 <qtcreator>
  <data>
   <variable>EnvironmentId</variable>

rqt_gps_map_view/src/rqt_gps_map_view/gnssMarker.cpp

@@ -111,11 +111,12 @@ void GnssMarker::track()
 
     QVariant latitude_ = latitude;
     QVariant longitude_ = longitude;
+    QVariant randomColor;
   
     if(marker_id != nullptr)
     {
 
-        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(marker_id, "track", Q_ARG(QVariant, latitude_), Q_ARG(QVariant, longitude_));
+        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(marker_id, "track", Q_RETURN_ARG(QVariant, randomColor), Q_ARG(QVariant, latitude_), Q_ARG(QVariant, longitude_));
   //     std::cout << "track function called!" << std::endl;
 
     }

rqt_gps_map_view/src/rqt_gps_map_view/rqt_gps_map_view_widget.cpp

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ LICENCE : to define
 #include <QQmlContext>
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QVector>
-
+#include <QVBoxLayout>
 
 
 
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ void GpsMapViewWidget::updateTopicList()
     ui->topicList->clear();
     ui->plainTextEdit->clear();
     topicsNames.clear();
+    checkBoxes.clear();
     
     ros::master::V_TopicInfo topics;
     ros::master::getTopics(topics);
@@ -99,18 +100,38 @@ void GpsMapViewWidget::updateTopicList()
 
     }
 
-    QVBoxLayout *vbox = new QVBoxLayout(this);
+    if(topicsNames.isEmpty() == true)
+    {
+
+        QMessageBox msgBox;
+        msgBox.setWindowTitle("Error while retreiving topics");
+        msgBox.setIcon(QMessageBox::Warning);
+        msgBox.setText("It appears that no topics where available, make sure at least one sensor_msgs/NavSatFix topic is being published.");
+        msgBox.exec();
+
+    }else
+    {
+
+        QVBoxLayout *vbox = new QVBoxLayout;
 
         foreach(QString filt, topicsNames){
+
             QCheckBox *checkbox = new QCheckBox(filt, this);
+
             checkBoxes.push_back(checkbox);
             checkbox->setChecked(false);
+
             vbox->addWidget(checkbox);
+
+            ui->dataSourcesGB->setLayout(vbox);
+
             connect(checkbox, &QCheckBox::stateChanged, this, &GpsMapViewWidget::on_checkBoxClicked);
 
         }        
 
-    ui->dataSourcesGB->setLayout(vbox);
+    }
+
+    //ui->dataSourcesGB->setLayout(vbox);
 
 }
 
@@ -149,8 +170,8 @@ void GpsMapViewWidget::on_checkBoxClicked(int state)
 
         chboxName.replace(QString("/"), QString("_"));
 
-        QVariant latitude = ulati;
-        QVariant longitude = ulongi;
+        QVariant latitude = 0.0; // create point on center
+        QVariant longitude = 0.0;
         QVariant markerName = chboxName;
 
         markerName_ = "marker"+chboxName;
@@ -171,11 +192,11 @@ void GpsMapViewWidget::on_checkBoxClicked(int state)
         chboxName.replace(QString("/"), QString("_"));
 
         int idx = list.indexOf("marker"+chboxName);
-        printf("index %d\n", idx);
 
         QVariant indexToRemove = idx;
 
         QMetaObject::invokeMethod(obj, "removeMarker", Q_ARG(QVariant, indexToRemove));  // removing correstponding marker with the topic name
+
         delete gnssMarkerList.at(idx);
         gnssMarkerList.removeAt(idx);