I am trying to create a communication between two separate apps over IPC. my server app Component.cdef is saying printer.api is not recognized. can anyone help me. my apps directories are as follows. issue : when I build helloServer.adef then it says printServer Component.cdef is not able to find p…

you can see here: [image] FX30S - Build Error - Couldn't find file 'le_avc.api' VSCode Here is my example on helloworld sample: in hello1.adef, add bindings: { hello1.hello1Component.le_avc → avcService.le_avc } in Component.cdef, add requires: …

but my printer.api is not related to Airvantage This is my project folder. Could you please check and let me know the exact issue with this project Aim - To create communication between App2 and App1 over IPC 2_app_communication.zip (3.4 KB)

It is not about your app It is about how you build your app If you are building in leaf shell, you need to add extra -i path to specify the api file location If you are building in vscode, you need to modify .sdef file in vscode to include your .api file path

For different apps communication through IPC do I need to include an .sdef file as well? because right now I am not using any .sdef file and i am building both apps separately and connect them with .api and then flashing them separately on mangOH yellow legato. Should I create an .sdef file and th…

Modifying sdef file is just to let vscode find your api file

Not able to communicate over printer.api

Legato Application Framework

jyijyi January 20, 2026, 10:09am 2

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Not able to communicate over printer.api

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