Purpose of Staging folder in PhoneGap 3.4? Only changes to index.html in this folder get recognized?

Question

We noticed a Staging folder that appears in Xcode\'s Project Navigator after creating a project with PhoneGap 3.4. This Staging folder didn\'t appe

Answer 1

You should sudo cordova build after making any changes, before you build/run in XCode.

This will cause Cordova to update the /staging folder with a "staged" (i.e. assembled for production) version of your assets that has some Cordova magic like device-specific plugins. Compare /staging to /www and you'll notice some additional files in the former.