Question

I am building a Sencha touch 2 app.

I have a store that gets json data from a local php file.

This works fine when I run it on Google chrome (localhost). The List get populate with the correct data. However when i deploy the app to a android simulator the list doesn’t get populated and LagCat shows the following message

0[WARN][Ext.data.reader.Reader#process] Unable to parse the JSON returned by the server: Error: You’re trying to decode an invalid JSON String: <?php //Contents of the php file ?>

My store:

Ext.define('app.store.Info', {
    extend: 'Ext.data.Store',
    requires: [
    ],
    config: {
        model: 'app.model.info',
        autoLoad: true,
        proxy: {
            type: 'ajax',
            url: 'getinfo.php',
            reader: {
                type: 'json'
            }
        }
    }
});

my php file uses json_encode to convert a array to json.

I know the php file is correct because it works when i test in Chrome. I am wondering if i have to do something special to run php in an Android app.

Answer 1

You cannot put PHP files inside Android and expect a JSON output. Because PHP interpreter is not working inside Android. However you can deploy the PHP file inside your computer (Apache) and refer it from Android.