Blank HTML App Designer Template for Building Packaged Mobile Web Apps
Copyright © 2012-2015, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
See LICENSE.md for license terms and conditions.
Use this template as a starting point for an Intel XDK App Designer project that
will be distributed as a packaged mobile web app. The file named init-dev.js
included as part of this project contains init code that generates an
app.Ready event; which is used as a way to normalize how App Designer starts
its own code. This technique allows App Designer to use a standard init sequence
regardless of the specific package type (a packaged web app or a Cordova web
app).
The icon.png and screenshot.png files are not required by your project. They
are included for use by the Intel XDK template/demo panel and have no use within
a real app. You can safely delete them from your project directory.
You can build a packaged Cordova web app from this template that can be
submitted to a store using the "Cordova Hybrid Mobile App Platforms” build tiles
(for Crosswalk, Android, iOS and Windows). The intelxdk.config.additions.xml
file can be used to include options that control your packaged Cordova web app
builds. For example, you can set the splash screen display time for a packaged
Android or Crosswalk Cordova app using this file.
Do not be alarmed if you see a "Failed to load resource:
net::ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND" message caused by the cordova.js script in your
index.html file. The cordova.js script is only required if you choose to
convert your "Standard HTML5 Project" into a "Standard HTML5 + Cordova Project."
You can:
- safely ignore the "Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND" error message
or
- comment out this script line if you will not be converting your project into a Cordova app that uses Cordova APIs.
The cordova.js script will be needed if you choose to convert your project to
a Cordova project and enhance your app with Cordova APIs. It is not required
to build a Cordova packaged web app for distribution via the Android, iOS and
Windows stores if that app does not utilize Cordova APIs.
This blank template does not require any Cordova APIs. If you would like to add Cordova APIs to your application (via Cordova plugins) you must first convert your project into a Cordova project. You can do this by clicking the Cordova icon in the Project Info section on the Projects tab. Or, you can create a new Cordova project using a Cordova blank template or a Cordova demo or sample app as a starting point.