What is use of cordova.build command

Question

Recently I made a simple mobile application using apache cordova documentation. I am using cli(command line interface) not using any eclipse.

I did everything,As per documentation. everything working fine. I have a doubt regarding following commands.

what is use of cordova build android ?

Is it needed to invoke this command, whenever I modify my code.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Build is a combination of cordova prepare [platform] and cordova compile [platform]. It will build your .apk-file and put it in platforms/android/ant-build, but it will not launch the app.

Run cordova build android --release when your app is ready to be signed and delivered.

Run cordova --help for a list of commands.