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

Try to cd into the dir and build the web version:

cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-inappbrowser

Answer 2

No, you're all good. Cordova.js will be generated when you build a specific platform (i.e. cordova build android). So it will be in your project/platforms/android/assets/www/ folder but not your project/www/ folder.

Answer 3

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.