Generate Android apk from Sencha Touch using Sencha Cmd5 , No error , No output

Question

I have tried to generate android apk from my sencha touch project using sencha cmd 4.0 ,

unfortunately I had faced the error stbuild exited with non zero error code:3 , Since I did not get any meaning about this error code giving by stbuild in their sencha's offical site or internet , I have planned to use sencha cmd 5.0.1.231 , As you know in Sencha Cmd 5.0 stbuild is no longer supported.

I have uninstalled and downloaded Sencha Cmd v5.0.1.231 ,sencha sencha touch2.4.0-commercial and have installed ruby 1.9.3p545 and installed sass and compass and ant and installed jdk 1.7 and set classpath , path successfully in my windows 7 64 bit machine.

PS : The problem I am facing is I am Unable to generate android apk file from my sencha touch project using sencha cmd , actually it does not convey any errors.

Steps I have tried

1. Extracted the sencha touch 2.4.0 -commerical and generated the app using sencha generate command and created the sencha tocuh project and then I have writeen my model , view , controllers and stores

2) Then executed the following command to refresh the app sencha app refresh

4) Then I have created keystore using traditional keytool command

5) Now I have updated the content of packager.json and there I fed the required information such as certificate path and it's password and alias name and android sdk path .

6) After that I have executed the following command sencha app build native

This command does not throws any errors but I did not find apk file in my project folders

full stact trace:

    D:\myapp>sencha  app build native
    Sencha Cmd v5.0.1.231
    [INF] Processing Build Descriptor : default
    [INF] Loading app json manifest...
    [INF] Concatenating output to file D:myapp\build\temp\production\App\sencha-compiler\cmd-packages.js
    [INF] writing content to D:myapp\bootstrap.js
    [INF] appending content to D:myapp\bootstrap.js
    [INF] appending content to D:myapp\bootstrap.js
    [INF] appending content to D:myapp\bootstrap.js
    [INF] Appending content to D:myapp/bootstrap.json
    [INF] Concatenating output to file D:\myapp\native\app.js
    [INF] merging resources into D:\myapp\native\resources
    [INF] merged 0 resources into D:\myapp\resources
    [INF] merging resources into D:\myapp\native\resources
    [INF] merged 0 resources into D:\myapp\native\resources
    [INF] executing compass using system installed ruby runtime
    identical ../css/app.css
    [INF] Copying page resources to D:\myapp\native
    [INF] Generating file deltas to D:\myapp/deltas
    [INF] Writing content to D:\myapp\native/app.json
    [INF] Writing content to D:\myapp\native/microloader.js
    [INF] Appending content to D:\myapp/microloader.js
    [INF] Building output markup to D:\myapp\native/index.html
    [INF] Writing content to D:\myapp\native/index.html
    [INF] generating cache manifest to D:\myapp\native/cache.appcache

D:\myapp>

My Question is Is Cordova or Phonegap is mandatory for generating an android apk from sencha touch using sencha cmd 5 , because I did not use Cordova or Phonegap for generating android apk from sample Kicthensink sencha touch project using sencha cmd 4. as you can see in my previous Question Unable to generate android skeleton project from sencha touch because of stbuild exited with non-zero code : 7.

Answer 1

Finally I had solved the problem.

In Sencha Cmd5.x version there's no support for generating apk , we have to use either phonegap or cordova.

A Special Thanks to loiane, she clearly conveyed in her blog http://www.loiane.com/2013/06/integrando-sencha-touch-com-phonegap-hello-world/ , that we need to issue sencha app build instead of sencha app build native .

After that you can see under build directory in your sencha project , you will able to see the production folder , inside that App folder ( i.e, name of the Application , in my case it is app ) is there , copy files and paste the files in the www directory under assets directory in our phone gap project , remember you should not remove cordova.js file from www directory.

Then run your Phonegap application.