how to run sencha app on a physical device

Question

I want to run my sencha app on an android tablet. I wrote "sencha app build" to compile it. And the compilation was successfull. But now how can I run it on my tablet?

Answer 1

Follow below steps :

1. Run command sencha app build production . It will create production build inside build folder.

2. You can use either cordova or phonegap,i am using cordova,you can install it by below command.

   npm install -g cordova

3. Create a cordova app in another directory.

   cordova create scraper com.test.scraper Scraper

4. Step 3 will create a directory scraper, Now execute below command in sequence's.

   cd scraper

   cordova platform add android

5. Now copy the build\\production\\scraper\\ folder data(from step 1),Ex :-(your_app_name)\\build\\production\\scraper\\ to cordova app www folder.

6. Now run cordova app build android

7. Step 6 will create apk file inside *platforms\\android\\ant-build\\* folder.Now you can install this apk to your android tablet.

For more Information,you can refer :-

http://www.sencha.com/forum/showthread.php?270566-Building-Sencha-Touch-2-Phonegap-Application-for-Android-Windows/page2

http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.6.0/guide_cli_index.md.html#The%20Command-Line%20Interface