I have a freshly created Cordova project with the following config.xml
setup (used the instructions from http://docs.phonegap.com/en/edge/config_ref_images.md.h
The config.xml
settings for icons only works with the PhoneGap Build service. After adding both of your platforms you need to manually (or you can create a hook, but I haven't done that myself) place your icons in the correct paths.
For iOS:
PROJECT_PATH/platforms/ios/PROJECT_NAME/Resources/icons
For Android:
PROJECT_PATH/platforms/android/res/drawable
Android has many res/drawable-*
folders, use as applies to your app but at minimum add to res/drawable
Then run cordova prepare
or build
or run