Issues with Sencha CMD v5.0.1.231 and beta v5.0.2.250 and phonegap

Question

It has been awhile since I updated my Sencha CMD (currently running v4.0.4.84). I had successfully updated to Sencha CMD v5.0.1.231, however, while trying to init phonegap

sencha phonegap init com.example.www my-app my-app

I get the following errors in my log:

Sencha Cmd v5.0.1.231 [INF] Creating App [ERR] The following error occurred while executing this line: /bin/Sencha/Cmd/5.0.1.231/extensions/cmd-packager/cmd-packager.plugin.xml:131: org.mozilla.javascript.EvaluatorException: Function importClass must be called with a class; had "[JavaPackage java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets]" instead. (anonymous#3)

The same happens with beta v5.0.2.250.

I checked my java version and it is the latest (Java 7 Update 67)

Answer 1

After much tinkering, I have managed to get a clean build with no errors.

Here are my steps:

1. remove phonegap or cordova: sencha-4.0.4.84 cordova remove
2. Upgrade to new sencha cmd: sencha upgrade
3. Update app: sencha app upgrade
4. Add your build settings to your app.json

```

"builds": {
"web": {
    "default": true
},
"native": {
    "packager": "cordova",
    "cordova": {
        "config": {
            // Uncomment the line below and add the platforms you wish to build for
            //"platforms": "ios android",
            "id": "com.company.myapp",
            "name": "BaseCordova231"
        }
    }
}

}

5. Build your mobile app: sencha app build native

With that, it compiled without any errors, and the app runs in the simulator. Only problem is nothing is showing up.... I guess sencha CMD needs to catch up with my current phonegap v3.5.0-0.21.14.

I think the key problem I had was that I didn't remove cordova/phonegap when Sencha CMD was in v4.0.4.84.

Well, I will take a break from Sencha CMD 5, and use the reliable v4.0.4.84 for now.