PhoneGap Build iOS app has blank white screen after splash screen

Question

I'm using PhoneGap Build 3.0, attempting to get rid of the blank white screen that appears after the splash screen.

I've done research and all I can find is references to PhoneGap and Cordova, not PhoneGap Build. None of the things I've tried have worked--mainly, disabling the auto splash screen hide, and hiding it automatically with JavaScript:

In the config.xml:

<feature name="SplashScreen">
    <param name="ios-package" value="CDVSplashScreen" />
    <param name="onload" value="true" />
</feature>

In index.html:

<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="cordova.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
        window.location.href = mysite.com

        document.AddEventListener("deviceready", OnDeviceReady, false);

        function OnDeviceReady() {
            setTimeout(function() { 
                navigator.splashscreen.hide();
            }, 6000);
        };
    </script>

But this appears to ignore me and auto-hide the screen regardless. I assume this is because this solution is not for PhoneGap Build, but I'm not sure how else to go about fixing this.

Answer 1

Totally feel your pain on this. The docs for PhoneGap Build need a lot of work. I've been fighting with this the last couple of days myself. After much trial and error, this is what has worked for me.

Within config.xml:

<!-- Do not auto hide splash on iOS -->
<preference name="AutoHideSplashScreen" value="false" />
<!-- Do not auto hide splash on Android -->
<preference name="SplashScreenDelay" value="10000"/>

<gap:plugin name="org.apache.cordova.splashscreen" />

Android does not seem to have an AutoHide param, so we just give it a long delay. We will hide it manually with JS before this 10 seconds is reached.

Adding the plugin reference in the config.xml is needed for the javascript code navigator.splashscreen.hide(); to work.

Also, I found for my project (using Kendo UI Mobile) that no setTimeout delay was needed within onDeviceReady. I am guessing, that once you get the correct params within your config.xml, you will see the same in your app.

My onDeviceReady looks like this:

document.addEventListener('deviceready', function() {
  navigator.splashscreen.hide();
});

Tested on iOS 6, and Android 4.1 using PhoneGap Build 3.1.