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Use this template as a starting point for an Intel XDK App Designer project that
will be distributed as a mobile Cordova 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 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 Cordova web app builds. For
example, you can enable remote debug of an Android or Crosswalk Cordova app with
Chrome DevTools by adding the appropriate preferences to this file.
The Intel XDK does not include a mechanism to convert your "Standard HTML5 + Cordova Project" into a "Standard HTML5 Project." The simplest way to convert a Cordova project into a Standard project is to create a new "Standard" project from the appropriate template and copy your files from this project into that new project.
The cordova.js script is needed to provide your app with access to Cordova
APIs. To add Cordova APIs to your application you must add the corresponding
Cordova plugins. See the Plugins section on the Projects tab.
IMPORTANT: the intelxdk.js and xhr.js script files are not automatically
included in this template, as they have been in past versions. Those files are
only needed for apps built using the legacy AppMobi build containers on the
Build tab, which have been deprecated. We encourage you to use the Cordova
containers for all new applications. These script files can be added by hand, if
you require them, as follows:
<script src="intelxdk.js" id="xdkJSintelxdk_"></script>
<script src="cordova.js" id="xdkJScordova_"></script>
<script src="xhr.js" id="xdkJSxhr_"></script>
The id tags are there to help future versions of the Intel XDK precisely
identify these special lines in your index.html file; your application does
not need to reference them.
The xhr.js file's purpose was to provide external domain access to your mobile
web app. In a Cordova web app this is controlled via the Domain Access
Whitelist in the Build Settings section of the Projects tab. For details
regarding how to specify your domain whitelist see this Cordova doc page:
http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/4.0.0/guide_appdev_whitelist_index.md.html#Whitelist%20Guide