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Peter Cullen
Peter Cullen

Reputation: 926

Cordova: at what step in development should I add platforms?

I am developing a mobile app using Apache Cordova

I have created a new project with cordova example com.domain.example ExampleApp

The CLI then creates the basic skeleton with the starter files

I then add platforms with cordova platform add ios and so on

I notice that if I browse the platform directory, each added platform has a www directory that contains a copy of the files in the project's main www directory, as well as some settings from the main config.xml file in a similar file in the platform directory.

I'm not anywhere near the stage of building yet, but am wondering, after editing the contents of the main www directory and adding new settings to the main config.xml file, will all of my changes get applied to the corresponding directory and file in the platform directories upon build?

So I'm asking, is it a) ok to add platforms to my project before I start developing in the www directory and so on, and the other files will be updated when the app is built, or b) do I need to wait until I'm ready to build and add the platforms just before building so all the content in the www directory is correctly copied to each platform?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 66

Answers (1)

jcesarmobile
jcesarmobile

Reputation: 53301

If you run cordova prepare it will copy the changes from www and config.xml to the platforms (you can also do it per platform with cordova prepare platformName) Other commands like cordova run and cordova build will also run prepare internally.

So, add the platforms whenever you want, but you should test the app on a real device sooner or later and you will have to add the platforms for that

Upvotes: 1

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