Platform Development Kit (PDK) for Focal

[matteo]

Hello fellow developers,
Any of you experienced with this tool, the PDK, I recently stumbled upon? I got curious of looking at how development of app is envisaged on the new Focal environment and installed the tool following instructions found here -> PDK github link
Everything works well on my laptop with Pop OS installed and I can even launch a Focal instance in a shell, but problem is I'm apparently unable to install apps from remote repositories, such as the indicator for wifi one suggested in the instructions linked above: in fact it seems that Ubuntu repositories needed during installation process cannot be fetched and are not availble anymore causing the installation to fail. Anybody with a hint on that? Is somebody working fruitfully with PDK so far? Thanks in advance.

[arubislander]

@matteo For regular app development, clickable is still the way to go for me. Also on focal.
The PDK is not especially meant for system app development if I understood correctly, so for developing/ testing core components that are packages as .deb files.

EDIT: struck through not in reply. I don't know what I was thinking.

[matteo]

@arubislander thanks for the reply, even though if what you say regarding the fact that PDK isn't recommended for core apps development, such as the ones involving .deb packages, is correct, this is clashing with the instructions deployed for its installation, where it is recommendend to install a .deb repository, as far as I understand. If that is the case, then I reckon PDK is quite useless for my use case. Also, I wish to add that cickable for the installation of core apps is also not a viable option at all; I would like to recall that, at least at the time when I was quite active, the only chance to test apps which involve .deb package is by means of 'crossbuilder' tool (but partially working) or exploiting Github/Gitlab CI function.

[arubislander]

@matteo I am sorry. I meant to say, it is especially meant for .deb app development. I will correct my reply

[matteo]

@arubislander no worries at all Then my issue stands: I cannot install apps based on .deb package because seemingly I cannot fetch repositories.

[arubislander]

@matteo I could never really get the PDK to work reliably on my Ubuntu laptop either, to be honest.
But I guess a good place to ask for help would be the Developer group chat on Telegram