How to pass custom argument to sencha app build production?

[luciano.lima]

Using the -after-build target, would like to capture a custom argument to perform tasks.
Is it possible?!
It would be something like

sencha app build production --first

Then I call custom target like this

<target name="first" if="args.first"/>
<target name="second" if="args.second"/>

[israelroldan]

A quick (but not really recommended) way to achieve this would be to use ant directly in the app root:

ant build production -Dfirst=true

[luciano.lima]

Thank Israel.
What is the best choice instead?
Only can do this through ant call directly?

[israelroldan]

For regular cases (running some code after the build has been completed) the -after-build target is all you need. In this case, Sencha Cmd doesn't know how to react when you pass arbitrary flags (i.e.: -first).

This would be the best way to do this currently.

[luciano.lima]

I'll give more details.
Sencha Cmd already come integrated with Cordova, but it doesn't generate the distribution app to release in stores, only debug.
I made an integration in build.xml file, on the -after-build target, copy the build result to the cordova www directory and runs the cordova prepare for all installed platforms.
What I want now is a way to be able to pass one parameter to -after-build target to decide to run the cordova or run the app in the device.


Today I only run "sencha app build" command and it finishes in the "cordova prepare" command.
I was thinking to use "sencha app build --release" or "sencha app build --run"

[israelroldan]

Please scratch my previous message, the recommended way would be to make use of the config command.

The best way is to define a new property inside your app.json file, for example:

{
    //...
    "afterBuild": "run" // The name of this property is arbitrary, choose whatever suits you best
    //...
}

This will be accessible on your -after-build target as ${app.afterBuild}.

Whenever you want to change the value of this property for a given build, you can use the "config" command together with the "then" operator:

> sencha config -prop app.afterBuild=release then app build

Of course, you can put this on a simple bash script to just run a single command (i.e.: ./build-release)

[luciano.lima]

This sounds nice!
Thanks!

[u26726]

Please scratch my previous message, the recommended way would be to make use of the config command.

The best way is to define a new property inside your app.json file, for example:

{
    //...
    "afterBuild": "run" // The name of this property is arbitrary, choose whatever suits you best
    //...
}

This will be accessible on your -after-build target as ${app.afterBuild}.

Whenever you want to change the value of this property for a given build, you can use the "config" command together with the "then" operator:

> sencha config -prop app.afterBuild=release then app build

Of course, you can put this on a simple bash script to just run a single command (i.e.: ./build-release)

Hi,

For me this solution not work:

> sencha config -prop app.baseUrl=/api

This line not change the attibute of "${app.dir}/app.json", what I am doing wrong?

Best regards.

[SpecialAgent]

I had the same problem. To get the prop in my build I have used the ant variable in the app.json.

So the code from israelroldan have to be:

{
    //...
    "afterBuild": "${app.afterBuild}" // The name of this property is arbitrary, choose whatever suits you best
    //...
}