How to build a normal ready to store app with cordova and Sencha

Question

I have done a sencha app, using sencha cmd 5.2.x and touch 2.4.1 under windows by following almost all guide lines sencha recommends. I have already installed android sdk, nodejs, ruby ... all it is working fine.

The problem is that I am not finding a definitive clear method to compile the app for android. At some point in the sencha cmd documentation it is said the

sencha cmd will only produce a debug version

of the app.

Now I can successfully run:

sencha app build production
sencha app build android
sencha app build native

and so on. I even generated the debug version (with the last command).

What should I do to generate a definitive ready for store version ?

I mean how to use cordova and how do I set up the it in order to compile the whole? I know already how to sign the app. The only point I am missing is the correct way to build a ready to store app.

Answer 1

You can sign your debug apk using jarsigner.

$ jarsigner -verbose -sigalg SHA1withRSA -digestalg SHA1
-keystore my-release-key.keystore my_application.apk alias_name 

For more info : http://developer.android.com/tools/publishing/app-signing.html#signing-manually

If you want to do it using cordova then create a cordova project. Copy your sencha project to assets folder. Install android platform and required plugins.

Go to cordova\platforms\android. create a fille called ant.properties file with the keystore file info as described below:

key.store=C:\\Yourkeystore.keystore
key.store.password=keystorepassword
key.alias=youralias
key.alias.password=aliaspassword

Go to cordova path and execute:

cordova build android --release