Apache Cordova splash screens not showing in Android

Question

I am running Apache Cordova 3.6.3-0.2.13. And I try to get the splash screens working. I have followed the documentation on http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.6.0/config_re

Answer 1

2019 February end:

Only two things I did and it worked:

• Install plugin:

  cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-splashscreen

• Add below to config.xml, have corresponding images

(1st splash line is a generic screen size, if you want)

<platform name="android">
    <splash src="res/screen/android/splash-2732x2732.png" />

    <splash density="land-ldpi" src="res/screen/android/splash-land-320x200-ldpi.png" />
    <splash density="land-mdpi" src="res/screen/android/splash-land-480x320-mdpi.png" />
    <splash density="land-hdpi" src="res/screen/android/splash-land-800x480-hdpi.png" />
    <splash density="land-xhdpi" src="res/screen/android/splash-land-1280x720-xhdpi.png" />
    <splash density="land-xxhdpi" src="res/screen/android/splash-land-1600x960-xxhdpi.png" />
    <splash density="land-xxxhdpi" src="res/screen/android/splash-land-1920x1280-xxxhdpi.png" />
    <splash density="port-ldpi" src="res/screen/android/splash-port-200x320-ldpi.png" />
    <splash density="port-mdpi" src="res/screen/android/splash-port-320x480-mdpi.png" />
    <splash density="port-hdpi" src="res/screen/android/splash-port-480x800-hdpi.png" />
    <splash density="port-xhdpi" src="res/screen/android/splash-port-720x1280-xhdpi.png" />
    <splash density="port-xxhdpi" src="res/screen/android/splash-port-960x1600-xxhdpi.png" />
    <splash density="port-xxxhdpi" src="res/screen/android/splash-port-1280x1920-xxxhdpi.png" />
</platform>

Answer 2

I had to install the splash screen plugin to make it work

cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-splashscreen

as well as adding

<preference name="SplashScreen" value="screen" />

<preference name="SplashScreenDelay" value="2000" />

Answer 3

After carefully following the PhoneGap CLI splash screen instructions, my Android splash screen was still not showing up. I then looked at build.gradle under platforms/android and noticed that changes I made to the defaultConfig block were causing changes to AndroidManifest.xml that ultimately prevented the splash screen from working. Below is the defaultConfig block I was using:

defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.leadingedje"
    minSdkVersion 17
    targetSdkVersion 21
    versionCode getAppVersionCode()
    versionName getAppVersionName()
}

When I removed this block from build.gradle, the splash screen started working again.

Answer 4

I solved the problem by adding default splash tag

Add this to config.xml in the root destination or in www/config.xml

<gap:splash src="splash.png" />

Answer 5

For new comers and those who are still facing this issue

1) Add Splash screen preference in config.xml

<preference
    name="SplashScreen"
    value="screen" />
<preference
    name="AutoHideSplashScreen"
    value="true" />
<preference
    name="SplashScreenDelay"
    value="5000" />

<feature name="SplashScreen" >
    <param
        name="android-package"
        value="org.apache.cordova.splashscreen.SplashScreen" />

    <param
        name="onload"
        value="true" />
</feature>

2) Declare your splash screens in config.xml

    <!-- you can use any density that exists in the Android project -->
    <splash
        density="land-hdpi"
        src="res/drawable-land-hdpi/splash.png" />
    <splash
        density="land-ldpi"
        src="res/drawable-land-ldpi/splash.png" />
    <splash
        density="land-mdpi"
        src="res/drawable-land-mdpi/splash.png" />
    <splash
        density="land-xhdpi"
        src="res/drawable-land-xhdpi/splash.png" />
    <splash
        density="port-hdpi"
        src="res/drawable-hdpi/splash.png" />
    <splash
        density="port-ldpi"
        src="res/drawable-ldpi/splash.png" />
    <splash
        density="port-mdpi"
        src="res/drawable-mdpi/splash.png" />
    <splash
        density="port-xhdpi"
        src="res/drawable-xhdpi/splash.png" />
</platform>

3) Finally Add this class into your android project structure under org.apache.cordova.splashscreen package

or

install it as Cordova plugin.

Answer 6

I had a similar issue on android, I put the Splash Screen Directly into res/drawable-hdpi and got the following error during cordova build.

res/drawable-hdpi-v4/DocBackground.png: Invalid file name: must contain only [a-z0-9_.]

When I de-capitalised the file name, in ~project/icons, cordova build copied them to the res/drawable folder & splash screen worked.