Implement Project Manager 'build' button for Mac and Linux(#4248)

Signed-off-by: Steve Pham <spham@amazon.com>

Code/Tools/ProjectManager/Platform/Linux/ProjectBuilderWorker_linux.cpp

@@ -7,14 +7,69 @@
  */
 
 #include <ProjectBuilderWorker.h>
+#include <ProjectManagerDefs.h>
+#include <ProjectUtils.h>
+
+#include <QDir>
+#include <QString>
 
 namespace O3DE::ProjectManager
 {
-    AZ::Outcome<void, QString> ProjectBuilderWorker::BuildProjectForPlatform()
+    AZ::Outcome<QStringList, QString> ProjectBuilderWorker::ConstructCmakeGenerateProjectArguments(const QString& thirdPartyPath) const
     {
-        QString error = tr("Automatic building on Linux not currently supported!");
-        QStringToAZTracePrint(error);
-        return AZ::Failure(error);
+        // Attempt to use the Ninja build system if it is installed (described in the o3de documentation) if possible,
+        // otherwise default to the the default for Linux (Unix Makefiles)
+        auto    whichNinjaResult = ProjectUtils::ExecuteCommandResult("which", QStringList{"ninja"}, QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment());
+        QString cmakeGenerator = (whichNinjaResult.IsSuccess()) ? "Ninja Multi-Config" : "Unix Makefiles";
+        bool    compileProfileOnBuild = (whichNinjaResult.IsSuccess());
+
+        // On Linux the default compiler is gcc. For O3DE, it is clang, so we need to specify the version of clang that is detected
+        // in order to get the compiler option.
+        auto compilerOptionResult = ProjectUtils::FindSupportedCompilerForPlatform();
+        if (!compilerOptionResult.IsSuccess())
+        {
+            return AZ::Failure(compilerOptionResult.GetError());
+        }
+        auto clangCompilers = compilerOptionResult.GetValue().split('|');
+        AZ_Assert(clangCompilers.length()==2, "Invalid clang compiler pair specification");
+
+        QString clangCompilerOption = clangCompilers[0];
+        QString clangPPCompilerOption = clangCompilers[1];
+        QString targetBuildPath = QDir(m_projectInfo.m_path).filePath(ProjectBuildPathPostfix);
+        QStringList generateProjectArgs = QStringList{ProjectCMakeCommand,
+                                                      "-B", ProjectBuildPathPostfix,
+                                                      "-S", ".",
+                                                      QString("-G%1").arg(cmakeGenerator),
+                                                      QString("-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=").append(clangCompilerOption),
+                                                      QString("-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=").append(clangPPCompilerOption),
+                                                      QString("-DLY_3RDPARTY_PATH=").append(thirdPartyPath)};
+        if (!compileProfileOnBuild)
+        {
+            generateProjectArgs.append("-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=profile");
+        }
+        return AZ::Success(generateProjectArgs);
     }
-    
+
+    AZ::Outcome<QStringList, QString> ProjectBuilderWorker::ConstructCmakeBuildCommandArguments() const
+    {
+        auto    whichNinjaResult = ProjectUtils::ExecuteCommandResult("which", QStringList{"ninja"}, QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment());
+        bool    compileProfileOnBuild = (whichNinjaResult.IsSuccess());
+        QString targetBuildPath = QDir(m_projectInfo.m_path).filePath(ProjectBuildPathPostfix);
+        QString launcherTargetName = m_projectInfo.m_projectName + ".GameLauncher";
+
+        QStringList buildProjectArgs = QStringList{ProjectCMakeCommand,
+                                                   "--build", ProjectBuildPathPostfix,
+                                                   "--target", launcherTargetName, ProjectCMakeBuildTargetEditor};
+        if (compileProfileOnBuild)
+        {
+            buildProjectArgs.append(QStringList{"--config","profile"});
+        }
+        return AZ::Success(buildProjectArgs);
+    }
+
+    AZ::Outcome<QStringList, QString> ProjectBuilderWorker::ConstructKillProcessCommandArguments(const QString& pidToKill) const
+    {
+        return AZ::Success(QStringList{"kill", "-9", pidToKill});
+    }
+
 } // namespace O3DE::ProjectManager

Code/Tools/ProjectManager/Platform/Linux/ProjectUtils_linux.cpp

@@ -6,15 +6,48 @@
  */
 
 #include <ProjectUtils.h>
+#include <ProjectManagerDefs.h>
+#include <QProcessEnvironment>
 
 namespace O3DE::ProjectManager
 {
     namespace ProjectUtils
     {
-        AZ::Outcome<void, QString> FindSupportedCompilerForPlatform()
+        // The list of clang C/C++ compiler command lines to validate on the host Linux system
+        const QStringList SupportedClangCommands = {"clang-12|clang++-12"};
+
+        AZ::Outcome<QProcessEnvironment, QString> GetCommandLineProcessEnvironment()
+        {
+            return AZ::Success(QProcessEnvironment(QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment()));
+        }
+
+        AZ::Outcome<QString, QString> FindSupportedCompilerForPlatform()
         {
-            // Compiler detection not supported on platform
-            return AZ::Success();
+            // Validate that cmake is installed and is in the command line
+            auto whichCMakeResult = ProjectUtils::ExecuteCommandResult("which", QStringList{ProjectCMakeCommand}, QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment());
+            if (!whichCMakeResult.IsSuccess())
+            {
+                return AZ::Failure(QObject::tr("CMake not found. \n\n"
+                    "Make sure that the minimum version of CMake is installed and available from the command prompt. "
+                    "Refer to the <a href='https://o3de.org/docs/welcome-guide/setup/requirements/#cmake'>O3DE requirements</a> page for more information."));
+            }
+
+            // Look for the first compatible version of clang. The list below will contain the known clang compilers that have been tested for O3DE.
+            for (const QString& supportClangCommand : SupportedClangCommands)
+            {
+                auto clangCompilers = supportClangCommand.split('|');
+                AZ_Assert(clangCompilers.length()==2, "Invalid clang compiler pair specification");
+
+                auto whichClangResult = ProjectUtils::ExecuteCommandResult("which", QStringList{clangCompilers[0]}, QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment());
+                auto whichClangPPResult = ProjectUtils::ExecuteCommandResult("which", QStringList{clangCompilers[1]}, QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment());
+                if (whichClangResult.IsSuccess() && whichClangPPResult.IsSuccess())
+                {
+                    return AZ::Success(supportClangCommand);
+                }
+            }
+            return AZ::Failure(QObject::tr("Clang not found. \n\n"
+                "Make sure that the clang is installed and available from the command prompt. "
+                "Refer to the <a href='https://o3de.org/docs/welcome-guide/setup/requirements/#cmake'>O3DE requirements</a> page for more information."));
         }
         
     } // namespace ProjectUtils

Code/Tools/ProjectManager/Platform/Mac/ProjectBuilderWorker_mac.cpp

@@ -7,14 +7,82 @@
  */
 
 #include <ProjectBuilderWorker.h>
+#include <ProjectManagerDefs.h>
+#include <ProjectUtils.h>
+
+#include <QDir>
+#include <QString>
 
 namespace O3DE::ProjectManager
 {
-    AZ::Outcome<void, QString> ProjectBuilderWorker::BuildProjectForPlatform()
+    namespace Internal
+    {
+        AZ::Outcome<QString, QString> QueryInstalledCmakeFullPath()
+        {
+            auto environmentRequest = ProjectUtils::GetCommandLineProcessEnvironment();
+            if (!environmentRequest.IsSuccess())
+            {
+                return AZ::Failure(environmentRequest.GetError());
+            }
+            auto currentEnvironment = environmentRequest.GetValue();
+
+            auto queryCmakeInstalled = ProjectUtils::ExecuteCommandResult("which",
+                                                                          QStringList{ProjectCMakeCommand}, 
+                                                                          currentEnvironment);
+            if (!queryCmakeInstalled.IsSuccess())
+            {
+                return AZ::Failure(QObject::tr("Unable to detect CMake on this host."));
+            }
+            QString cmakeInstalledPath = queryCmakeInstalled.GetValue().split("\n")[0];
+            return AZ::Success(cmakeInstalledPath);
+        }
+    }
+
+    AZ::Outcome<QStringList, QString> ProjectBuilderWorker::ConstructCmakeGenerateProjectArguments(const QString& thirdPartyPath) const
+    {
+        // For Mac, we need to resolve the full path of cmake and use that in the process request. For
+        // some reason, 'which' will resolve the full path, but when you just specify cmake with the same
+        // environment, it is unable to resolve. To work around this, we will use 'which' to resolve the 
+        // full path and then use it as the command argument
+        auto cmakeInstalledPathQuery = Internal::QueryInstalledCmakeFullPath();
+        if (!cmakeInstalledPathQuery.IsSuccess())
+        {
+            return AZ::Failure(cmakeInstalledPathQuery.GetError());
+        }
+        QString cmakeInstalledPath = cmakeInstalledPathQuery.GetValue();
+        QString targetBuildPath = QDir(m_projectInfo.m_path).filePath(ProjectBuildPathPostfix);
+
+        return AZ::Success(QStringList{cmakeInstalledPath,
+                                       "-B", targetBuildPath,
+                                       "-S", m_projectInfo.m_path,
+                                       "-GXcode"});
+    }
+
+    AZ::Outcome<QStringList, QString> ProjectBuilderWorker::ConstructCmakeBuildCommandArguments() const
+    {
+        // For Mac, we need to resolve the full path of cmake and use that in the process request. For
+        // some reason, 'which' will resolve the full path, but when you just specify cmake with the same
+        // environment, it is unable to resolve. To work around this, we will use 'which' to resolve the
+        // full path and then use it as the command argument
+        auto cmakeInstalledPathQuery = Internal::QueryInstalledCmakeFullPath();
+        if (!cmakeInstalledPathQuery.IsSuccess())
+        {
+            return AZ::Failure(cmakeInstalledPathQuery.GetError());
+        }
+
+        QString cmakeInstalledPath = cmakeInstalledPathQuery.GetValue();
+        QString targetBuildPath = QDir(m_projectInfo.m_path).filePath(ProjectBuildPathPostfix);
+        QString launcherTargetName = m_projectInfo.m_projectName + ".GameLauncher";
+
+        return AZ::Success(QStringList{cmakeInstalledPath,
+                                        "--build", targetBuildPath,
+                                        "--config", "profile",
+                                        "--target", launcherTargetName, ProjectCMakeBuildTargetEditor});
+    }
+
+    AZ::Outcome<QStringList, QString> ProjectBuilderWorker::ConstructKillProcessCommandArguments(const QString& pidToKill) const
     {
-        QString error = tr("Automatic building on MacOS not currently supported!");
-        QStringToAZTracePrint(error);
-        return AZ::Failure(error);
+        return AZ::Success(QStringList{"kill", "-9", pidToKill});
     }
     
 } // namespace O3DE::ProjectManager

Code/Tools/ProjectManager/Platform/Mac/ProjectUtils_mac.cpp

@@ -7,15 +7,59 @@
 
 #include <ProjectUtils.h>
 
+#include <QProcess>
+
 namespace O3DE::ProjectManager
 {
     namespace ProjectUtils
     {
-        AZ::Outcome<void, QString> FindSupportedCompilerForPlatform()
+        AZ::Outcome<QProcessEnvironment, QString> GetCommandLineProcessEnvironment()
         {
-            // Compiler detection not supported on platform
-            return AZ::Success();
+            // For CMake on Mac, if its installed through home-brew, then it will be installed
+            // under /usr/local/bin, which may not be in the system PATH environment. 
+            // Add that path for the command line process so that it will be able to locate
+            // a home-brew installed version of CMake
+            QProcessEnvironment currentEnvironment(QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment());
+            QString pathValue = currentEnvironment.value("PATH");
+            pathValue += ":/usr/local/bin";
+            currentEnvironment.insert("PATH", pathValue);
+            return AZ::Success(currentEnvironment);
         }
-        
+
+        AZ::Outcome<QString, QString> FindSupportedCompilerForPlatform()
+        {
+            QProcessEnvironment currentEnvironment(QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment());
+            QString pathValue = currentEnvironment.value("PATH");
+            pathValue += ":/usr/local/bin";
+            currentEnvironment.insert("PATH", pathValue);
+
+            // Validate that we have cmake installed first
+            auto queryCmakeInstalled = ExecuteCommandResult("which", QStringList{ProjectCMakeCommand}, currentEnvironment);
+            if (!queryCmakeInstalled.IsSuccess())
+            {
+                return AZ::Failure(QObject::tr("Unable to detect CMake on this host."));
+            }
+            QString cmakeInstalledPath = queryCmakeInstalled.GetValue().split("\n")[0];
+
+            // Query the version of the installed cmake
+            auto queryCmakeVersionQuery = ExecuteCommandResult(cmakeInstalledPath, QStringList{"-version"}, currentEnvironment);
+            if (!queryCmakeVersionQuery.IsSuccess())
+            {
+                return AZ::Failure(QObject::tr("Unable to determine the version of CMake on this host."));
+            }
+            AZ_TracePrintf("Project Manager", "Cmake version %s detected.", queryCmakeVersionQuery.GetValue().split("\n")[0].toUtf8().constData());
+
+            // Query for the version of xcodebuild (if installed)
+            auto queryXcodeBuildVersion = ExecuteCommandResult("xcodebuild", QStringList{"-version"}, currentEnvironment);
+            if (!queryCmakeInstalled.IsSuccess())
+            {
+                return AZ::Failure(QObject::tr("Unable to detect XCodeBuilder on this host."));
+            }
+            QString xcodeBuilderVersionNumber = queryXcodeBuildVersion.GetValue().split("\n")[0];
+            AZ_TracePrintf("Project Manager", "XcodeBuilder version %s detected.", xcodeBuilderVersionNumber.toUtf8().constData());
+
+
+            return AZ::Success(xcodeBuilderVersionNumber);
+        }       
     } // namespace ProjectUtils
 } // namespace O3DE::ProjectManager

Code/Tools/ProjectManager/Platform/Windows/ProjectBuilderWorker_windows.cpp

@@ -8,189 +8,37 @@
 
 #include <ProjectBuilderWorker.h>
 #include <ProjectManagerDefs.h>
-#include <PythonBindingsInterface.h>
 
 #include <QDir>
-#include <QFile>
-#include <QProcess>
-#include <QProcessEnvironment>
-#include <QTextStream>
-#include <QThread>
+#include <QString>
 
 namespace O3DE::ProjectManager
 {
-    AZ::Outcome<void, QString> ProjectBuilderWorker::BuildProjectForPlatform()
+    AZ::Outcome<QStringList, QString> ProjectBuilderWorker::ConstructCmakeGenerateProjectArguments(const QString& thirdPartyPath) const
     {
-        // Check if we are trying to cancel task
-        if (QThread::currentThread()->isInterruptionRequested())
-        {
-            QStringToAZTracePrint(BuildCancelled);
-            return AZ::Failure(BuildCancelled);
-        }
+        QString targetBuildPath = QDir(m_projectInfo.m_path).filePath(ProjectBuildPathPostfix);
 
-        QFile logFile(GetLogFilePath());
-        if (!logFile.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Text | QIODevice::Truncate))
-        {
-            QString error = tr("Failed to open log file.");
-            QStringToAZTracePrint(error);
-            return AZ::Failure(error);
-        }
-
-        EngineInfo engineInfo;
-
-        AZ::Outcome<EngineInfo> engineInfoResult = PythonBindingsInterface::Get()->GetEngineInfo();
-        if (engineInfoResult.IsSuccess())
-        {
-            engineInfo = engineInfoResult.GetValue();
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            QString error = tr("Failed to get engine info.");
-            QStringToAZTracePrint(error);
-            return AZ::Failure(error);
-        }
-
-        QTextStream logStream(&logFile);
-        if (QThread::currentThread()->isInterruptionRequested())
-        {
-            logFile.close();
-            QStringToAZTracePrint(BuildCancelled);
-            return AZ::Failure(BuildCancelled);
-        }
-
-        // Show some kind of progress with very approximate estimates
-        UpdateProgress(++m_progressEstimate);
-
-        QProcessEnvironment currentEnvironment(QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment());
-        // Append cmake path to PATH incase it is missing
-        QDir cmakePath(engineInfo.m_path);
-        cmakePath.cd("cmake/runtime/bin");
-        QString pathValue = currentEnvironment.value("PATH");
-        pathValue += ";" + cmakePath.path();
-        currentEnvironment.insert("PATH", pathValue);
-
-        m_configProjectProcess = new QProcess(this);
-        m_configProjectProcess->setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::MergedChannels);
-        m_configProjectProcess->setWorkingDirectory(m_projectInfo.m_path);
-        m_configProjectProcess->setProcessEnvironment(currentEnvironment);
-
-        m_configProjectProcess->start(
-            "cmake",
-            QStringList
-            {
-                "-B",
-                QDir(m_projectInfo.m_path).filePath(ProjectBuildPathPostfix),
-                "-S",
-                m_projectInfo.m_path,
-                "-G",
-                "Visual Studio 16",
-                "-DLY_3RDPARTY_PATH=" + engineInfo.m_thirdPartyPath,
-                "-DLY_UNITY_BUILD=1"
-            });
-
-        if (!m_configProjectProcess->waitForStarted())
-        {
-            QString error = tr("Configuring project failed to start.");
-            QStringToAZTracePrint(error);
-            return AZ::Failure(error);
-        }
-        bool containsGeneratingDone = false;
-        while (m_configProjectProcess->waitForReadyRead(MaxBuildTimeMSecs))
-        {
-            QString configOutput = m_configProjectProcess->readAllStandardOutput();
-
-            if (configOutput.contains("Generating done"))
-            {
-                containsGeneratingDone = true;
-            }
-
-            logStream << configOutput;
-            logStream.flush();
-
-            UpdateProgress(qMin(++m_progressEstimate, 19));
-
-            if (QThread::currentThread()->isInterruptionRequested())
-            {
-                logFile.close();
-                m_configProjectProcess->close();
-                QStringToAZTracePrint(BuildCancelled);
-                return AZ::Failure(BuildCancelled);
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (m_configProjectProcess->exitStatus() != QProcess::ExitStatus::NormalExit
-            || m_configProjectProcess->exitCode() != 0
-            || !containsGeneratingDone)
-        {
-            QString error = tr("Configuring project failed. See log for details.");
-            QStringToAZTracePrint(error);
-            return AZ::Failure(error);
-        }
-
-        UpdateProgress(++m_progressEstimate);
-
-        m_buildProjectProcess = new QProcess(this);
-        m_buildProjectProcess->setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::MergedChannels);
-        m_buildProjectProcess->setWorkingDirectory(m_projectInfo.m_path);
-        m_buildProjectProcess->setProcessEnvironment(currentEnvironment);
-
-        m_buildProjectProcess->start(
-            "cmake",
-            QStringList
-            {
-                "--build",
-                QDir(m_projectInfo.m_path).filePath(ProjectBuildPathPostfix),
-                "--target",
-                m_projectInfo.m_projectName + ".GameLauncher",
-                "Editor",
-                "--config",
-                "profile"
-            });
-
-        if (!m_buildProjectProcess->waitForStarted())
-        {
-            QString error = tr("Building project failed to start.");
-            QStringToAZTracePrint(error);
-            return AZ::Failure(error);
-        }
-
-        // There are a lot of steps when building so estimate around 800 more steps ((100 - 20) * 10) remaining
-        m_progressEstimate = 200;
-        while (m_buildProjectProcess->waitForReadyRead(MaxBuildTimeMSecs))
-        {
-            logStream << m_buildProjectProcess->readAllStandardOutput();
-            logStream.flush();
-
-            // Show 1% progress for every 10 steps completed
-            UpdateProgress(qMin(++m_progressEstimate / 10, 99));
-
-            if (QThread::currentThread()->isInterruptionRequested())
-            {
-                // QProcess is unable to kill its child processes so we need to ask the operating system to do that for us
-                QProcess killBuildProcess;
-                killBuildProcess.setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::MergedChannels);
-                killBuildProcess.start(
-                    "cmd.exe", QStringList{ "/C", "taskkill", "/pid", QString::number(m_buildProjectProcess->processId()), "/f", "/t" });
-                killBuildProcess.waitForFinished();
+        return AZ::Success(QStringList{ ProjectCMakeCommand,
+                                        "-B", targetBuildPath,
+                                        "-S", m_projectInfo.m_path,
+                                        QString("-DLY_3RDPARTY_PATH=").append(thirdPartyPath),
+                                        "-DLY_UNITY_BUILD=ON" } );
+    }
 
-                logStream << "Killing Project Build.";
-                logStream << killBuildProcess.readAllStandardOutput();
-                m_buildProjectProcess->kill();
-                logFile.close();
-                QStringToAZTracePrint(BuildCancelled);
-                return AZ::Failure(BuildCancelled);
-            }
-        }
+    AZ::Outcome<QStringList, QString> ProjectBuilderWorker::ConstructCmakeBuildCommandArguments() const
+    {
+        QString targetBuildPath = QDir(m_projectInfo.m_path).filePath(ProjectBuildPathPostfix);
+        QString launcherTargetName = m_projectInfo.m_projectName + ".GameLauncher";
 
-        if (m_configProjectProcess->exitStatus() != QProcess::ExitStatus::NormalExit
-            || m_configProjectProcess->exitCode() != 0)
-        {
-            QString error = tr("Building project failed. See log for details.");
-            QStringToAZTracePrint(error);
-            return AZ::Failure(error);
-        }
+        return AZ::Success(QStringList{ ProjectCMakeCommand,
+                                        "--build", targetBuildPath,
+                                        "--config", "profile",
+                                        "--target", launcherTargetName, ProjectCMakeBuildTargetEditor });
+    }
 
-        return AZ::Success();
+    AZ::Outcome<QStringList, QString> ProjectBuilderWorker::ConstructKillProcessCommandArguments(const QString& pidToKill) const
+    {
+        return AZ::Success(QStringList { "cmd.exe", "/C", "taskkill", "/pid", pidToKill, "/f", "/t" } );
     }
 
 } // namespace O3DE::ProjectManager

Code/Tools/ProjectManager/Platform/Windows/ProjectUtils_windows.cpp

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 #include <ProjectUtils.h>
 
+#include <PythonBindingsInterface.h>
+
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QProcess>
@@ -16,8 +18,44 @@ namespace O3DE::ProjectManager
 {
     namespace ProjectUtils
     {
-        AZ::Outcome<void, QString> FindSupportedCompilerForPlatform()
+        AZ::Outcome<QProcessEnvironment, QString> GetCommandLineProcessEnvironment()
         {
+            // Use the engine path to insert a path for cmake
+            auto engineInfoResult = PythonBindingsInterface::Get()->GetEngineInfo();
+            if (!engineInfoResult.IsSuccess())
+            {
+                return AZ::Failure(QObject::tr("Failed to get engine info"));    
+            }
+            auto engineInfo = engineInfoResult.GetValue();
+
+            QProcessEnvironment currentEnvironment(QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment());
+
+            // Append cmake path to PATH incase it is missing
+            QDir cmakePath(engineInfo.m_path);
+            cmakePath.cd("cmake/runtime/bin");
+            QString pathValue = currentEnvironment.value("PATH");
+            pathValue += ";" + cmakePath.path();
+            currentEnvironment.insert("PATH", pathValue);
+            return AZ::Success(currentEnvironment);
+        }
+
+        AZ::Outcome<QString, QString> FindSupportedCompilerForPlatform()
+        {
+            // Validate that cmake is installed 
+            auto cmakeProcessEnvResult = GetCommandLineProcessEnvironment();
+            if (!cmakeProcessEnvResult.IsSuccess())
+            {
+                return AZ::Failure(cmakeProcessEnvResult.GetError());
+            }
+            auto cmakeVersionQueryResult = ExecuteCommandResult("cmake", QStringList{"--version"}, cmakeProcessEnvResult.GetValue());
+            if (!cmakeVersionQueryResult.IsSuccess())
+            {
+                return AZ::Failure(QObject::tr("CMake not found. \n\n"
+                    "Make sure that the minimum version of CMake is installed and available from the command prompt. "
+                    "Refer to the <a href='https://o3de.org/docs/welcome-guide/setup/requirements/#cmake'>O3DE requirements</a> for more information."));
+            }
+
+            // Validate that the minimal version of visual studio is installed
             QProcessEnvironment environment = QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment();
             QString programFilesPath = environment.value("ProgramFiles(x86)");
             QString vsWherePath = QDir(programFilesPath).filePath("Microsoft Visual Studio/Installer/vswhere.exe");
@@ -25,27 +63,31 @@ namespace O3DE::ProjectManager
             QFileInfo vsWhereFile(vsWherePath);
             if (vsWhereFile.exists() && vsWhereFile.isFile())
             {
-                QProcess vsWhereProcess;
-                vsWhereProcess.setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::MergedChannels);
-
-                vsWhereProcess.start(
-                    vsWherePath,
-                    QStringList{
-                        "-version",
-                        "16.9.2",
-                        "-latest",
-                        "-requires",
-                        "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64",
-                        "-property",
-                        "isComplete"
-                    });
-
-                if (vsWhereProcess.waitForStarted() && vsWhereProcess.waitForFinished())
+                QStringList vsWhereBaseArguments = QStringList{"-version",
+                                                               "16.9.2",
+                                                               "-latest",
+                                                               "-requires",
+                                                               "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64"};
+
+                QProcess vsWhereIsCompleteProcess;
+                vsWhereIsCompleteProcess.setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::MergedChannels);
+
+                vsWhereIsCompleteProcess.start(vsWherePath, vsWhereBaseArguments + QStringList{ "-property", "isComplete" });
+
+                if (vsWhereIsCompleteProcess.waitForStarted() && vsWhereIsCompleteProcess.waitForFinished())
                 {
-                    QString vsWhereOutput(vsWhereProcess.readAllStandardOutput());
-                    if (vsWhereOutput.startsWith("1"))
+                    QString vsWhereIsCompleteOutput(vsWhereIsCompleteProcess.readAllStandardOutput());
+                    if (vsWhereIsCompleteOutput.startsWith("1"))
                     {
-                        return AZ::Success();
+                        QProcess vsWhereCompilerVersionProcess;
+                        vsWhereCompilerVersionProcess.setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::MergedChannels);
+                        vsWhereCompilerVersionProcess.start(vsWherePath, vsWhereBaseArguments + QStringList{"-property", "catalog_productDisplayVersion"});
+
+                        if (vsWhereCompilerVersionProcess.waitForStarted() && vsWhereCompilerVersionProcess.waitForFinished())
+                        {
+                            QString vsWhereCompilerVersionOutput(vsWhereCompilerVersionProcess.readAllStandardOutput());
+                            return AZ::Success(vsWhereCompilerVersionOutput);
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }

Code/Tools/ProjectManager/Source/ProjectBuilderWorker.cpp

@@ -8,8 +8,15 @@
 
 #include <ProjectBuilderWorker.h>
 #include <ProjectManagerDefs.h>
+#include <PythonBindingsInterface.h>
+#include <ProjectUtils.h>
 
 #include <QDir>
+#include <QFile>
+#include <QProcess>
+#include <QProcessEnvironment>
+#include <QTextStream>
+#include <QThread>
 
 //#define MOCK_BUILD_PROJECT true
 
@@ -67,4 +74,176 @@ namespace O3DE::ProjectManager
     {
         AZ_TracePrintf("Project Manager", error.toStdString().c_str());
     }
+
+    AZ::Outcome<void, QString> ProjectBuilderWorker::BuildProjectForPlatform()
+    {
+        // Check if we are trying to cancel task
+        if (QThread::currentThread()->isInterruptionRequested())
+        {
+            QStringToAZTracePrint(BuildCancelled);
+            return AZ::Failure(BuildCancelled);
+        }
+
+        QFile logFile(GetLogFilePath());
+        if (!logFile.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Text | QIODevice::Truncate))
+        {
+            QString error = tr("Failed to open log file.");
+            QStringToAZTracePrint(error);
+            return AZ::Failure(error);
+        }
+
+        EngineInfo engineInfo;
+
+        AZ::Outcome<EngineInfo> engineInfoResult = PythonBindingsInterface::Get()->GetEngineInfo();
+        if (engineInfoResult.IsSuccess())
+        {
+            engineInfo = engineInfoResult.GetValue();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            QString error = tr("Failed to get engine info.");
+            QStringToAZTracePrint(error);
+            return AZ::Failure(error);
+        }
+
+        QTextStream logStream(&logFile);
+        if (QThread::currentThread()->isInterruptionRequested())
+        {
+            logFile.close();
+            QStringToAZTracePrint(BuildCancelled);
+            return AZ::Failure(BuildCancelled);
+        }
+
+        // Show some kind of progress with very approximate estimates
+        UpdateProgress(++m_progressEstimate);
+
+        auto currentEnvironmentRequest = ProjectUtils::GetCommandLineProcessEnvironment();
+        if (!currentEnvironmentRequest.IsSuccess())
+        {
+            QStringToAZTracePrint(currentEnvironmentRequest.GetError());
+            return AZ::Failure(currentEnvironmentRequest.GetError());
+        }
+        QProcessEnvironment currentEnvironment = currentEnvironmentRequest.GetValue();
+
+        m_configProjectProcess = new QProcess(this);
+        m_configProjectProcess->setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::MergedChannels);
+        m_configProjectProcess->setWorkingDirectory(m_projectInfo.m_path);
+        m_configProjectProcess->setProcessEnvironment(currentEnvironment);
+
+        auto cmakeGenerateArgumentsResult = ConstructCmakeGenerateProjectArguments(engineInfo.m_thirdPartyPath);
+        if (!cmakeGenerateArgumentsResult.IsSuccess())
+        {
+            QStringToAZTracePrint(cmakeGenerateArgumentsResult.GetError());
+            return AZ::Failure(cmakeGenerateArgumentsResult.GetError());
+        }
+        auto cmakeGenerateArguments = cmakeGenerateArgumentsResult.GetValue();
+        m_configProjectProcess->start(cmakeGenerateArguments.front(), cmakeGenerateArguments.mid(1));
+        if (!m_configProjectProcess->waitForStarted())
+        {
+            QString error = tr("Configuring project failed to start.");
+            QStringToAZTracePrint(error);
+            return AZ::Failure(error);
+        }
+        bool containsGeneratingDone = false;
+        while (m_configProjectProcess->waitForReadyRead(MaxBuildTimeMSecs))
+        {
+            QString configOutput = m_configProjectProcess->readAllStandardOutput();
+
+            if (configOutput.contains("Generating done"))
+            {
+                containsGeneratingDone = true;
+            }
+
+            logStream << configOutput;
+            logStream.flush();
+
+            UpdateProgress(qMin(++m_progressEstimate, 19));
+
+            if (QThread::currentThread()->isInterruptionRequested())
+            {
+                logFile.close();
+                m_configProjectProcess->close();
+                QStringToAZTracePrint(BuildCancelled);
+                return AZ::Failure(BuildCancelled);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (m_configProjectProcess->exitStatus() != QProcess::ExitStatus::NormalExit || m_configProjectProcess->exitCode() != 0 ||
+            !containsGeneratingDone)
+        {
+            QString error = tr("Configuring project failed. See log for details.");
+            QStringToAZTracePrint(error);
+            return AZ::Failure(error);
+        }
+
+        UpdateProgress(++m_progressEstimate);
+
+        m_buildProjectProcess = new QProcess(this);
+        m_buildProjectProcess->setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::MergedChannels);
+        m_buildProjectProcess->setWorkingDirectory(m_projectInfo.m_path);
+        m_buildProjectProcess->setProcessEnvironment(currentEnvironment);
+
+        auto cmakeBuildArgumentsResult = ConstructCmakeBuildCommandArguments();
+        if (!cmakeBuildArgumentsResult.IsSuccess())
+        {
+            QStringToAZTracePrint(cmakeBuildArgumentsResult.GetError());
+            return AZ::Failure(cmakeBuildArgumentsResult.GetError());
+        }
+        auto cmakeBuildArguments = cmakeBuildArgumentsResult.GetValue();
+
+        m_buildProjectProcess->start(cmakeBuildArguments.front(), cmakeBuildArguments.mid(1));
+        if (!m_buildProjectProcess->waitForStarted())
+        {
+            QString error = tr("Building project failed to start.");
+            QStringToAZTracePrint(error);
+            return AZ::Failure(error);
+        }
+
+        // There are a lot of steps when building so estimate around 800 more steps ((100 - 20) * 10) remaining
+        m_progressEstimate = 200;
+        while (m_buildProjectProcess->waitForReadyRead(MaxBuildTimeMSecs))
+        {
+            logStream << m_buildProjectProcess->readAllStandardOutput();
+            logStream.flush();
+
+            // Show 1% progress for every 10 steps completed
+            UpdateProgress(qMin(++m_progressEstimate / 10, 99));
+
+            if (QThread::currentThread()->isInterruptionRequested())
+            {
+                // QProcess is unable to kill its child processes so we need to ask the operating system to do that for us
+                auto killProcessArgumentsResult = ConstructKillProcessCommandArguments(QString::number(m_buildProjectProcess->processId()));
+                if (!killProcessArgumentsResult.IsSuccess())
+                {
+                    return AZ::Failure(killProcessArgumentsResult.GetError());
+                }
+                auto killProcessArguments = killProcessArgumentsResult.GetValue();
+
+
+                QProcess killBuildProcess;
+
+
+                killBuildProcess.setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::MergedChannels);
+                killBuildProcess.start(killProcessArguments.front(), killProcessArguments.mid(1));
+                killBuildProcess.waitForFinished();
+
+                logStream << "Killing Project Build.";
+                logStream << killBuildProcess.readAllStandardOutput();
+                m_buildProjectProcess->kill();
+                logFile.close();
+                QStringToAZTracePrint(BuildCancelled);
+                return AZ::Failure(BuildCancelled);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (m_buildProjectProcess->exitStatus() != QProcess::ExitStatus::NormalExit || m_buildProjectProcess->exitCode() != 0)
+        {
+            QString error = tr("Building project failed. See log for details.");
+            QStringToAZTracePrint(error);
+            return AZ::Failure(error);
+        }
+
+        return AZ::Success();
+    }
+
 } // namespace O3DE::ProjectManager

Code/Tools/ProjectManager/Source/ProjectBuilderWorker.h

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <AzCore/Outcome/Outcome.h>
 
 #include <QObject>
+#include <QProcessEnvironment>
 #endif
 
 QT_FORWARD_DECLARE_CLASS(QProcess)
@@ -44,6 +45,12 @@ namespace O3DE::ProjectManager
         AZ::Outcome<void, QString> BuildProjectForPlatform();
         void QStringToAZTracePrint(const QString& error);
 
+        // Command line argument builders
+        AZ::Outcome<QStringList, QString> ConstructCmakeGenerateProjectArguments(const QString& thirdPartyPath) const;
+        AZ::Outcome<QStringList, QString> ConstructCmakeBuildCommandArguments() const;
+        AZ::Outcome<QStringList, QString> ConstructKillProcessCommandArguments(const QString& pidToKill) const;
+
+
         QProcess* m_configProjectProcess = nullptr;
         QProcess* m_buildProjectProcess = nullptr;
         ProjectInfo m_projectInfo;

Code/Tools/ProjectManager/Source/ProjectManagerDefs.h

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace O3DE::ProjectManager
     inline constexpr static int ProjectPreviewImageWidth = 210;
     inline constexpr static int ProjectPreviewImageHeight = 280;
     inline constexpr static int ProjectTemplateImageWidth = 92;
+    inline constexpr static int ProjectCommandLineTimeoutSeconds = 30;
 
     static const QString ProjectBuildDirectoryName = "build";
     extern const QString ProjectBuildPathPostfix;
@@ -21,4 +22,8 @@ namespace O3DE::ProjectManager
     static const QString ProjectBuildErrorLogName = "CMakeProjectBuildError.log";
     static const QString ProjectCacheDirectoryName = "Cache";
     static const QString ProjectPreviewImagePath = "preview.png";
+    
+    static const QString ProjectCMakeCommand = "cmake";
+    static const QString ProjectCMakeBuildTargetEditor = "Editor";
+
 } // namespace O3DE::ProjectManager

Code/Tools/ProjectManager/Source/ProjectUtils.cpp

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include <QSpacerItem>
 #include <QGridLayout>
 
+#include <AzCore/std/chrono/chrono.h>
+
 namespace O3DE::ProjectManager
 {
     namespace ProjectUtils
@@ -507,5 +509,33 @@ namespace O3DE::ProjectManager
 
             return ProjectManagerScreen::Invalid;
         }
+
+        AZ::Outcome<QString, QString> ExecuteCommandResult(
+            const QString& cmd,
+            const QStringList& arguments,
+            const QProcessEnvironment& processEnv,
+            int commandTimeoutSeconds /*= ProjectCommandLineTimeoutSeconds*/)
+        {
+            QProcess execProcess;
+            execProcess.setProcessEnvironment(processEnv);
+            execProcess.setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::MergedChannels);
+            execProcess.start(cmd, arguments);
+            if (!execProcess.waitForStarted())
+            {
+                return AZ::Failure(QObject::tr("Unable to start process for command '%1'").arg(cmd));
+            }
+
+            if (!execProcess.waitForFinished(commandTimeoutSeconds * 1000 /* Milliseconds per second */))
+            {
+                return AZ::Failure(QObject::tr("Process for command '%1' timed out at %2 seconds").arg(cmd).arg(commandTimeoutSeconds));
+            }
+            int resultCode = execProcess.exitCode();
+            if (resultCode != 0)
+            {
+                return AZ::Failure(QObject::tr("Process for command '%1' failed (result code %2").arg(cmd).arg(resultCode));
+            }
+            QString resultOutput = execProcess.readAllStandardOutput();
+            return AZ::Success(resultOutput);
+        }
     } // namespace ProjectUtils
 } // namespace O3DE::ProjectManager

Code/Tools/ProjectManager/Source/ProjectUtils.h

@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@
 
 #include <ScreenDefs.h>
 #include <ProjectInfo.h>
+#include <ProjectManagerDefs.h>
 
 #include <QWidget>
+#include <QProcessEnvironment>
+
 #include <AzCore/Outcome/Outcome.h>
 
 namespace O3DE::ProjectManager
@@ -28,8 +31,17 @@ namespace O3DE::ProjectManager
         bool ReplaceProjectFile(const QString& origFile, const QString& newFile, QWidget* parent = nullptr, bool interactive = true);
 
         bool FindSupportedCompiler(QWidget* parent = nullptr);
-        AZ::Outcome<void, QString> FindSupportedCompilerForPlatform();
+        AZ::Outcome<QString, QString> FindSupportedCompilerForPlatform();
 
         ProjectManagerScreen GetProjectManagerScreen(const QString& screen);
+
+        AZ::Outcome<QString, QString> ExecuteCommandResult(
+            const QString& cmd,
+            const QStringList& arguments,
+            const QProcessEnvironment& processEnv,
+            int commandTimeoutSeconds = ProjectCommandLineTimeoutSeconds);
+
+        AZ::Outcome<QProcessEnvironment, QString> GetCommandLineProcessEnvironment();
+
     } // namespace ProjectUtils
 } // namespace O3DE::ProjectManager

Code/Tools/ProjectManager/Source/PythonBindings.cpp

@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ namespace O3DE::ProjectManager
             {
                 for (auto engine : allEngines)
                 {
-                    AZ::IO::FixedMaxPath enginePath(Py_To_String(engine["path"]));
+                    AZ::IO::FixedMaxPath enginePath(Py_To_String(engine));
                     if (enginePath.Compare(m_enginePath) == 0)
                     {
                         return;