PhoneGap application: “ERROR: Start Page at `www/index.html` was not found”

Question

I have created a Phone Gap based application on iPhone. After the first run, I have dragged my www folder, containing index.html into the project,

Answer 1

in xcode target - Copy Bundle Resource add www folder

Answer 2

You could also just drop the www folder w/Finder into the Xcode Nav tab (root), after that just check dialog checkboxes "Copy items into destination group's folder" and "Create folder references for any added folders".

Answer 3

It's an incompatibility between PhoneGap and XCode 4. To resolve:

• right click on your project and choose "Add files to [project name]...";
• choose the www folder from your curent project's folder (it's included in there, but not added as a reference);
• when you select the folder, make sure you choose "Copy items into destination group's folder" as well as "Create folder references for any added folders".

Note: if you choose "Create groups for any added folders", the app will still fail at runtime.

Answer 4

Well cordova build ios android was the only thing that worked for me, and cordova build didn't cut it.

Answer 5

What versions of Xcode and PhoneGap are you using?

If you're using the older Xcode 3 and are creating a new project using the PhoneGap template... it should automatically create a www folder for you, along with a generic index.html file. If you've dragged your folder and index file into the project, then you should have been overwriting the existing files.

If you're using Xcode 4, there's a known issue with getting a PhoneGap project set up. It would be helpful to know what tutorial/guide you are following (assuming you are using a guide).

In very random cases, changes you make to your files/folders directly (via Finder) might not be picked up immediately by Xcode. You could always try quitting out of Xcode and re-opening your project, to ensure Xcode is pulling the latest files.

Answer 6

For those who are as silly as me... I had forgotten to run cordova build.