How to use the root phonegap www folder?

Question

When you create a phonegap project you start off with a root www folder, among other files.

/www

You then need to add devices to work, for example andriod or IOS. This then creates a new www folder inside the respective playforms:

 \platforms\android\assets\www

My question is, when using Android Studio how are you meant to use the root www folder? If at all? Which www folder am I meant to be building with?

It appears that when importing with Android Studio to go straight to the platform/andriod.

Answer 1

You should be editing the files in the /www/ file. When the CLI tools run prepare, which happens a lot, these files are copied into the appropriate platform's /www/ file. (This is because each platform can have it's web assets in a different location.) So do all of your work in the main /www/ folder - this is the one you should be putting into version control.

For more information try reading the documentation guide about The config.xml file which describes some of this: http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.1.0/config_ref_index.md.html#The%20config.xml%20File

I've also written up a pretty long answer in another question that is pretty similar: Should a phonegap plugin be declared in the config.xml file?