I tend to agree w/ Joe here. Abstracting ./release is a nice idea on the surface but this should really live in our docs as the process is far more manual and store specific than can be automated in a useful manner.
On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> wrote: > Accidentally didn't send this to the list: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 11:03 AM > Subject: Re: Cordova Debug Mode > To: Michal Mocny <mmo...@chromium.org> > > > On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Michal Mocny <mmo...@chromium.org> > wrote: > > > > What do we mean that the CLI doesn't have a way to release software? > Maybe > > not using a single command, but you certainly can with the workflow. > > > > OK, so, just for the sake of argument, I've gone through the full > development process with the CLI and I'm looking to publish an app on > Google Play? (I'm not even going to touch iOS, because that doesn't > even work on my box) How does one do that with the CLI? There's > nothing in this doc here: > > > http://docs.phonegap.com/en/3.1.0/guide_cli_index.md.html#The%20Command-line%20Interface > > Nor is there anything when you type cordova and read the directions. > There's nothing here that helps the user get from done to published. > They're going to have to deal with the platform reality now, which > looks like this: > cd platforms/android > cordova/build --release > cd bin > jarsigner -verbose -sigalg SHA1withRSA -digestalg SHA1 -keystore > my-release-key.keystore > my_application.apk alias_name > zipalign -v 4 your_project_name-unaligned.apk your_project_name.apk > > This is assuming that you have a keystore setup, which I would say > most of our users don't have. Right now, the CLI doesn't do ANY of > this and I don't know if the CLI should do any of this. It might be > OK for us to assume that all builds the CLI are responsible for are > just debug mode versions. However, to actually release a Cordova app, > it actually has to make it to an App Store of some type, since that's > where the people are and that's one of the main selling points of > Cordova in the first place. >
