cordova.js is missing on a new project

Question

I have a brand new install of cordova3.1.0-0.1.0. I create a project like this cordova create project com.example.project Project. The project is created under

Answer 1

I had to change my build target from the default Android (Active) to just plain Android from the dropdown menu and then it generated the file and built fine. It seems like an initialization issue with Visual Studio 2017.