Doesn't work with latest version of arduinoJSON library!

[hieromon]

Doesn't work with latest version of arduinoJSON library!

[ageurtse]

Nilava,

This is mentioned in the installation manual https://hieromon.github.io/AutoConnect/index.html#installation.

@Hieromon, Maybe a good idea to upgrade the software to the latest JSON library.

[Hieromon]

I set an initial goal for support ArduinoJson V6 as a below.

1. The user sketch can be executed with either ArduinoJson V5 or V6.
   Depending on the version of ArduinoJson installed, the AutoConnect library builds correctly.

2. Supports the PSRAM for ESP32.
   JsonBuffer can allocate to the PSRAM. Related the topics:
   https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/api-reference/system/mem_alloc.html#external-spi-memory
   bblanchon/ArduinoJson#876

The goal may change with the progress of the task.

[Hieromon]

@ageurtse Yup. This thread tracks in the project as a v0.9.8.

[nilava]

@ageurtse Damn i missed that totally! Anyway works perfect now! @Hieromon will be waiting for new release! Its an awesome library! Thanks for making this!

[cujomalainey]

It would be awesome if you would lock the arduinojson library to that version in library.json so people don't have to discover this the hard way when using platformio

[Hieromon]

Same as Issue #52

[Hieromon]

I staged ArudonoJson V6 support version as v0.9.8 to the development branch. This version can evaluate the support status of ArduinoJson V6 and requires PageBuilder of development branch to try.

An early documentation for V0.9.8 related ArduinoJson V6 support:

1. Supports ArduinoJson 6.9.1 or later.
2. Supports allocating JsonDocument buffer to PSRAM on ESP32 with ArduinoJson 6.10.0.
3. Supports operator [] as a shortcut for AutoConnectAux::getElement function.
4. Supports AutoConnectElement::as function to easily coding for conversion from an AutoConnectElement to an actual type.
   It can be described as follows in combination with the operator [].

AutoConnectAux& aux = *portal.aux("/custompage");  // Should be taken as a reference with operator*, not a pointer.
AutoConnectInput& input = aux["input_field"].as<AutoConnectInput>();
String inputValue = input.value;

Also, only the value member does not need conversion by AutoConnectElement::as.

String inputValue = aux["input_field"].value;

However, the current development version does not yet implement direct value assignment. Currently, the following assignment to custom fields is not possible yet.

AutoConnectAux& aux = *portal.aux("/custompage");
aux["input_field"].value = "initial_value";    // It's not possible yet. Not an error but the code is fragile.
AutoConnectText& caption = aux["caption"].as<AutoConnectText>();
caption.value = "Hello, world";    // It's possible.
caption.style = "color:pink";      // It's possible.

Now, open for the bug reports!

[Hieromon]

Merged #57