[QGIS-Developer] GPS Stream Plugin Crashing QGIS

[Joshua Quesenberry]

Greetings Everyone,

 

I'm playing around with a plugin that's supposed to receive GPS Data over a
TCP socket and then once a new point is received the Vector Memory/Scratch
Layer has all features removed and a new Point feature added. I have a
worker thread running that processes the incoming TCP socket data (rate of
about 10 Hz) and then runs a function called addPoint. Currently the plugin
works great if I don't call addPoint and just print the contents of the
received message. Once I add in the addPoint function, however, the plugin
works for a bit (30-60 seconds) and then QGIS crashes.

 

My addPoint function is as follows:

 

    def addPoint(self, point):

        self.layer.startEditing()

        caps = self.layer.dataProvider().capabilities()

        if caps & QgsVectorDataProvider.DeleteFeatures:

            for feat in self.layer.getFeatures():

                self.layer.deleteFeature(feat.id())

        if caps & QgsVectorDataProvider.AddFeatures:

            feat = QgsFeature(self.layer.pendingFields())

            feat.setGeometry(QgsGeometry.fromPoint(point))

            (res, outFeats) = self.layer.dataProvider().addFeatures([feat])

        self.layer.commitChanges()

 

Perhaps the issue is because I'm entering/exiting Edit mode so often (10
Hz)? Is there a more efficient method to accomplish what I'm doing? Or maybe
it's some sort of threading conflict?

 

Thanks,

 

Josh Q

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