Installing Sencha Touch SDK on Windows

[aklisiewicz]

I went through the instructions on installing Sencha Touch SDK here: http://www.sencha.com/forum/showthre...ools-v2-beta-3
but this document is related to MAC. So far I was not able to follow the steps because some of them are unclear. The Architect documentation is very, very poor, and seems like it is not even finished.

When I got to the part related to MAC simulation it is even more messy. I was not able to find any info on how to install/setup iPhone emulator, how to setup iPhone SDK, or whatever is needed to test/deploy an iPhone App from PC. Basically the whole setup for Architect is a big disappointment. The documentation doesn't even say if (when installing an Architect) I should install (or not) other componencts (like ExtJS and Sencha Touch separately).

I wonder if some body could put a better outline (for Windows oriented users) on how to:
- setup Atchitect (path to SDK, path to the project, or whatever to get it to work)
- setup SDK
- depoly an Android App
- deploy an iPhone App

All the above for Windows users please.
At this moment I cannot even run an example App, I get 404 Page Not found error.

I'm using XAMPP and I extracted SDK into this folder:
D:\xampp\htdocs\sencha-touch-2.0.1.1
Extracted example App into this one:
D:\xampp\htdocs\sencha\TouchSimpleExamples
but when I try to PREVIEW in this folder:
http://localhost/sencha/TouchSimpleE...avigationview/
I get an error 404

I don't even know if the Architect creates a deployment directory for me or I need to do it manually,... so many small steps are skipped, and for beginners it is a nightmare!

would appreciate any help
Art

[loiane]

Setting up on windows, linux or mac is the same thing. The only thing that changes is how you handle the directories, since every OS has its own way to handle it.

If you are using windows, you will not be able to package your app to iphone. You need MacOS to do this. This is not a Sencha limitation, this is a limitation from Apple. You also need to be an apple developer to deploy/package the app to this platform. The developer program costs $99 dolars/year.
I know there are emulators for windows, but they do not work the same way as the native apple ios emulator.

I highly recommend you to at least implement a hello world program with iOS and Android, so you can understand how the deployment and packaging of these two platforms work. This is not necessary to work with Sencha Touch, but it helps you to understand a lot of things.

Remember you need a webserver to run sencha examples. If you are using xampp, make sure you start the server before trying to run the examples.
Sencha Architect does not create index.html, the file it creates is app.html, so you should try access: http://localhost/sencha/TouchSimpleE...nview/app.html

Hope this can help you to get started.

[aklisiewicz]

thank you for your time, but it doesn't answer the question...
I still do not know where do I need to expand Sencha SDK

I use XAMPP for over 3 years so I know what and how to use it, however I'm not sure is SDK should go under XAMPP directory or in C:\Programs OR Somewehere Else.

Arthur

[loiane]

You can put in any directory you want.

Put putting it under xampp directory make things easier, because you can access the docs offline.

I have 2 videos, they are in Portuguese, but you can follow the steps:

Installation and hello world: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWNUp...ure=plpp_video

First app and emulating it with iOS and Android: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_aGg...ure=plpp_video

[max3000]

[WARN] The current working directory (C:\wamp\sencha\sencha-touch-2.1.1) is not
a recognized Sencha SDK or application folder. Running in backwards compatible m
ode.

Please help me.

[loiane]

[WARN] The current working directory (C:\wamp\sencha\sencha-touch-2.1.1) is not
a recognized Sencha SDK or application folder. Running in backwards compatible m
ode.

Please help me.

Please take a look at compatible matches of Sencha Touch and Sencha Cmd:

Sencha Touch 2.0.x - Sencha SDK Tools
Sencha Touch 2.1.x - Sencha Cmd 3.0.x
Sencha Touch 2.2.x - Sencha Cmd 3.1.x