When I first launched my app, built using build.phonegap.com and then distributed to my Nexus 7 (running Jelly Bean 4.3), I see a black screen with a gray title bar at the top. Is this normal, or is there a setting I need to enable/disable? I can say that this build was a debug build (I don't know why, but when I checked again the setting was checked).
I'll be glad to provide any insights needed to help, thanks! I can also link the github repo that houses my code if that is helpful.
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EDIT2: This also happens after clearing the app from the apps running the in background.
Does your app eventually show or does it just stay blank? Cant really tell what is going on but a quick something came to mind. Are you using a splash screen? Take a look at the config.xml docs at the section about splash screen duration (Android only). The docs can be found here.
Splash Screen Duration
<preference name="splash-screen-duration" value="10000" />
Try setting the duration to 0 (<preference name="splash-screen-duration" value="0" />
) and see what happens.
*On second thought, it probably isn't a splash screen issue but worth a shot. Post some code of what your app is doing (or share github as suggested) and I will see what I can do.