ROS 2 Native: Publishing support

[esthersweon]

This feature request is for the ROS 2 native connection to support publishing back to the ROS stack.

We currently recommend ROS 2 users use the rosbridge connection option instead, which already supports publishing, and also supports reading custom message types.

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[jmm-slamcore]

Any updates on this issue? Can't seem to be able to publish goals to Nav2 yet/not even able to see the publish pose button on the desktop app when using ROS2.

[defunctzombie]

We recommend using the rosbridge connection if you need publish support in ROS2. We do not currently have plans to add publishing support to the native ROS2 connection.

[jtbandes]

Going forward, we plan to deprecate and remove the ROS 2 native connection (https://github.com/foxglove/studio/issues/4900). We are working on a new foxglove_bridge, which will provide improved performance and reliability over the Rosbridge and native connections. You can already use the new bridge today (see the README). Stay tuned for upcoming announcements about the new bridge!

[pepeRossRobotics]

@jtbandes Will foxglove_bridge support UDP connections?

[jtbandes]

Not in its current form – see https://github.com/foxglove/studio/discussions/4613 for more discussion on UDP.