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Why does activator hang when loading existing project in UI mode?

I'm migrating a project from terminal-based SBT to Typesafe Activator. It was my understanding that this would be a seamless process as the Typesafe Activator is using SBT underneath.

However, every time I try to load my existing project the Typesafe Activator console window displays "Compiling project definition...". Nothing else happens, no matter how long I wait. When I try to run the project only using SBT, everything works as before.

Solution

  • activator shell command should work anytime sbt does but activator ui (UI mode) has limitations that will keep it from working with many projects for now.

    See Typesafe Activator - An Update and Roadmap Preview for the long story.