I've been away from my Cordova app for a bit, but just did a fresh clone yesterday and noticed that it's got the "white screen of death" symptoms -- the splash screen displays, the program loads... and then I just get a blank screen. Some more details:
CLI: Cordova 6.1.1, android 5.1.1, ios 4.1.1
I'm not using any special plugins to display a splash screen -- just <splash> elements in my config.xml file.
This is happening in both iOS and Android, both on local builds and using PhoneGap Build (i.e., debug and release).
There are no exceptions of missing resources in the console, either in iOS (using Safari's dev tools) or Android (using Chrome's dev tools).
I've done a diff with my last known working build, and there's really nothing that pops out. I saw an undefined Underscore reference, but I backed that change out and it didn't resolve anything -- I think I'd see the exception in the console, anyway.
Has Cordova / PhoneGap done something recently that might be causing this? Any ideas on how to isolate this one? I'm really stumped.
Well that was ugly. It turned out that there was an exception being thrown, it was just being thrown too early for the browser dev tools to pick it up (Safari, Chrome for iOS and Android, respectively). The exception did show up when I ran things through the browser target (cordova platform add browser, etc.) So that browser platform is useful for something I guess. :-)
In my case, the cordova-sqlite-storage plugin had made a breaking API change that broke the code when I updated everything. The solution was to pin the plugin to an earlier version in the config.xml file.
So, lessons learned:
If you suspect there's an exception being thrown during startup, you can use the browser platform to track it down.
Pin your plugins to a specific version using the spec parameter in the config.xml. This will save you some heartache in the future.
[another option from #jcesarmobile, below] hitting refresh in the browser dev tools will also kick out the exception. Nice!
I'll be going back in to the config.xml and pinning the other items -- and doing some cleanup as suggested above. Thanks again, everyone.
I manged to run your app this are the steps I followed.
1) First you need to declare Splash screen preference along with splash screen plugin location in your config.xml. This is what I think you are missing
<preference
name="SplashScreen"
value="screen" />
<preference
name="AutoHideSplashScreen"
value="true" />
<preference
name="SplashScreenDelay"
value="5000" />
<feature name="SplashScreen" >
<param
name="android-package"
value="org.apache.cordova.splashscreen.SplashScreen" />
<param
name="onload"
value="true" />
</feature>
2) Declare your splash screens images in config.xml ,which you have already done.
I suggest you to keep images in default density folders of android project (ldpi,mdpi,hdpi,xhdpi etc) instead of screen/android folder as it will simplifiy your project structure.
<!-- you can use any density that exists in the Android project -->
<splash
density="land-hdpi"
src="res/drawable-land-hdpi/splash.png" />
<splash
density="land-ldpi"
src="res/drawable-land-ldpi/splash.png" />
<splash
density="land-mdpi"
src="res/drawable-land-mdpi/splash.png" />
<splash
density="land-xhdpi"
src="res/drawable-land-xhdpi/splash.png" />
<splash
density="port-hdpi"
src="res/drawable-hdpi/splash.png" />
<splash
density="port-ldpi"
src="res/drawable-ldpi/splash.png" />
<splash
density="port-mdpi"
src="res/drawable-mdpi/splash.png" />
<splash
density="port-xhdpi"
src="res/drawable-xhdpi/splash.png" />
</platform>
3) Add Splash screen plugin class into your android project structure under org.apache.cordova.splashscreen package or install splash screen Cordova plugin
https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.1.0/cordova/splashscreen/splashscreen.html
4) Final and most important step you must have cordova.js in your www folder
And after that I was able to run your web app
I am android developer I guess something similar you might need to do for iOS
The only fix that worked for me was found here:
http://www.codingandclimbing.co.uk/blog/ionic-2-fix-splash-screen-white-screen-issue-14
basically edit your config.xml file. The splashscreen setup should look like this:
<preference name="ShowSplashScreen" value="true"/>
<preference name="SplashScreen" value="screen"/>
<preference name="SplashScreenDelay" value="30000"/>
<preference name="AutoHideSplashScreen" value="false"/>
<preference name="SplashShowOnlyFirstTime" value="false"/>
<preference name="FadeSplashScreen" value="false"/>
<feature name="SplashScreen">
<param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.splashscreen.SplashScreen"/>
</feature>
In my case, i put an ALERT before first screen still mounted.
I had a similar problem while using cordova with ember.js. It was about the url change strategy of my application.
Have a look on this answer, it maybe related with your problem.
Try adding this preference to your config.xml, maybe this is the problem
<preference name="AutoHideSplashScreen" value="true"/>
You should install the splash-screen plugin for both iOS and Android to work properly if you are adding splash in config.xml. or else without splash-screen plugin what you could try to do is making an splash screen with HTML, divide your body in 2 parts: content and login. Then you set the content style display: none. When the app is done loading you just set loading screen display: none and content screen display: block or whatever you want
And you missing below preferences in your config.xml
<preference name="SplashScreenDelay" value="3000" />
<preference name="SplashMaintainAspectRatio" value="true|false" />
<preference name="SplashShowOnlyFirstTime" value="true|false" />
A missing <meta http-equiv="Content-Security-Policy"> tag on the head caused a white-screen in my case.
I added these lines in config.xml
<preference name="SplashScreen" value="screen" />
<preference name="SplashScreenDelay" value="6000" />
I also have a black screen when I give screendelay as 3000.so I changed to 6000.I think cordova take some time to load your js,css and image files.
In my case, I accidentally commented the state definition in app.js.
My problem was with ES6, it runs perfectly on iPhone and Android 6, but it doesn't work with Android 4 and 5.
I have this situation and solved it.
In my case it was something similar to this code:
$scope.images.push({ id: i, src: "http://placehold.it/50x50" , pstb, trno});
The above code run well on android 7.0 but only white screen after splash on android 4.4.4
Changed to this:
$scope.images.push({ id: i, src: "http://placehold.it/50x50", pstb: pstb, trno: trno});
Run on all devices (at least all my devices)
Not really an answer, but I'll add it to the list of potential experiments here - I never worked out how this was happening, but it was resolved by deleting the entire platforms folder and node_modules, then re-adding the platform.
1>> If you suspect there's an exception being thrown during startup, you can use the browser platform to track it down.
2>>Pin your plugins to a specific version using the spec parameter in the config.xml. This will save you some heartache in the future.
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I am having problem in resolving the white screen in the ionic mobile app.
I followed the below steps:
Ionic Start
Project Name: Test
Framework: Angular
Starter template : conference | A kitchen-sink application that shows off all Ionic has to offer
Ionic Serve : This is executing successfully and app is successfully in browser
Build the cordova app to create www folder:
ionic cordova prepare android
ionic build cordova
This creates the www folder
Then i am using Intel XDK tool : To create the package
Then i am using https://build.phonegap.com/ to create the .apk
.apk is successfully created
Once i install the app in android mobile phone : App is opening and splash screen is shown successfully
12: But the issue is after splash screen, i am seeing white screen and nothing is happening after that
My config.xml has below info:
The same config file if used in ionic 2, it is working fine.
Please help.
Config.XML Message is as below:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<widget xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets" xmlns:gap="http://phonegap.com/ns/1.0" xmlns:cdv="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android-versionCode="1" version="0.0.1" id="com.test.game" >
<!-- This file was generated by the Intel XDK Cordova Package Build tool. -->
<name>Game</name>
<description>Play game in your mobile phone</description>
<author></author>
<content src="index.html"/>
<preference name="android-build-tool" value="gradle" />
<platform name="android" >
<access origin="*"/>
</platform>
<preference name="StatusBarBackgroundColor" value="#fa8039" />
<preference name="StatusBarStyle" value="lightcontent" />
<preference name="phonegap-version" value="cli-6.5.0" />
<preference name="xwalkMultipleApk" value="false" />
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-device" spec="1.1.2"/>
<plugin name="es6-promise-plugin" spec="4.2.2"/>
<plugin name="cordova-admob-sdk" spec="0.20.2"/>
<plugin name="cordova-connectivity-monitor" spec="1.2.2"/>
<plugin name="cordova-google-play-services" spec="25.0.0"/>
<plugin name="cordova-libgoogleadmobads" spec="https://github.com/appfeel/google-iosadmobads#master"/> <!-- If available via Cordova registry; consider changing to an NPM reference. -->
<plugin name="phonegap-admob" spec="4.2.1"/>
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-x-socialsharing" spec="5.0.12"/>
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-inappbrowser" spec="1.4.0"/>
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-market" spec="1.2.0"/>
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-whitelist" spec="1.2.2"/>
<preference name="DisallowOverscroll" value="true"/>
<preference name="UIwebviewbounce" value="false"/>
<preference name="webviewbounce" value="false"/>
<platform name="android" >
<preference name="android-minSdkVersion" value="16"/>
<preference name="android-targetSdkVersion" value="29"/>
<preference name="android-installLocation" value="auto"/>
<preference name="android-signed" value="true"/>
<preference name="Orientation" value="default"/>
<preference name="AndroidLaunchMode" value="singleTop"/>
<preference name="Fullscreen" value="false"/>
</platform>
<preference name="SplashScreenDelay" value="10000" />
<splash platform="android" src="package-assets/3204261.png" density="ldpi" width="320" height="426" orientation="portrait"/>
<splash platform="android" src="package-assets/3204701.png" density="mdpi" width="320" height="470" orientation="portrait"/>
<splash platform="android" src="package-assets/4806401.png" density="hdpi" width="480" height="640" orientation="portrait"/>
<splash platform="android" src="package-assets/7209601.png" density="xhdpi" width="720" height="960" orientation="portrait"/>
<icon platform="android" src="package-assets/36AS.png" density="ldpi" width="36" height="36"/>
<icon platform="android" src="package-assets/48AS.png" density="mdpi" width="48" height="48"/>
<icon platform="android" src="package-assets/72AS.png" density="hdpi" width="72" height="72"/>
<icon platform="android" src="package-assets/96AS.png" density="xhdpi" width="96" height="96"/>
<config-file platform="android" parent="/manifest/application" mode="merge">
<activity android:launchMode="singleTop" />
</config-file>
</widget>
Below is the chrome->console error. I am not able to resolve this warning.
Chrome->Console
Below is the error i am getting now after running command:
ionic cordova platform add browser
ionic cordova run browser
chrome->console
Step 1:In config.xml, verify your existing information and provide the below only:
<preference name="SplashMaintainAspectRatio" value="true" />
<preference name="SplashShowOnlyFirstTime" value="false" />
<preference name="FadeSplashScreenDuration" value="1000" />
<preference name="SplashScreenDelay" value="30000" />
<preference name="ShowSplashScreenSpinner" value="true" />
<preference name="AutoHideSplashScreen" value="false" />
<preference name="FadeSplashScreen" value="true" />
<preference name="ShowSplashScreen" value="true" />
Step 2: In app.component.ts, update the below:
initializeApp() {
this.platform.ready().then(() => {
setTimeout(() => {
this.splashScreen.hide();
}, 1000);
});
}
This should resolve the issue. The Splash will remain active and spinner will also remain active till the homepage is displayed. There won't be any white screen after splash.
You can debug it from android studio bottom bar run, logcat, build etc..
Other hand you can debug it from google chrome just type: chrome://inspect
and you can see the following:
(if your app is running in android studio emulator or connected phone)
You should click on inspect and will see something like this:
Here on console tab you can check what causes the white screen error.
This question is related to the issue I opened few days ago https://github.com/Wizcorp/phonegap-facebook-plugin/issues/1173
Android Log: http://pastebin.com/iiTGP20G
IOS Log: http://pastebin.com/UShGmpNy
Summary: be able to use phonegap-facebook-plugin under CLI-5.2
As I have an important release to do and the repo owner is not responding, I'm trying to find a solution to build my application on PGB with official phonegap-facebook-plugin.
I'm looking for one of these:
Some tips or ideas to fix the error given to fork and fix
A way to see recent repo's forks (too many fork to be shown: https://github.com/Wizcorp/phonegap-facebook-plugin/network) maybe someone fix it...
A fork URL with a fix :)
Any useful suggestion...
Solution:
You have to add (edit) you config.xml as it:
<preference name="android-minSdkVersion" value="16" />
<preference name="android-build-tool" value="gradle" />
<gap:plugin name="phonegap-facebook-plugin" source="npm">
<param name="APP_ID" value="XXXX" />
<param name="APP_NAME" value="XXXXX" />
</gap:plugin>
Bonus:
If you want to update to a new Facebook SDK juste change phonegap-facebook-plugin by cordova-plugin-facebook4 which refer to this fork https://github.com/jeduan/cordova-plugin-facebook4
I have installed plug-in for splash screen,
$ ionic start myapp tabs
$ ionic plugin add org.apache.cordova.splashscreen
$ ionic platform add android
$ vi config.xml
Changed config file as the following
Put the following preference elements in config.xml:
<preference name="SplashScreen" value="screen" />
<preference name="SplashScreenDelay" value="1000" />
In the <platform name="android">, put the <splash> elements in, but DO NOT include the file extension:
<splash src="res/screen/android/640x960" density="mdpi"/>
<splash src="res/screen/android/768x1024" density="hdpi"/>
<splash src="res/screen/android/1536x2048" density="xhdpi"/>
Only it is showing the white splash screen. I do not know where I went wrong? Someone help me to come out?
Probably the value attribute. The value is the name of the specific image file being used as the splash in the resource folder. Sometimes its not called 'screen' but 'splash'.
To customize better you can also use resources in Ionic CLI
http://ionicframework.com/docs/cli/icon-splashscreen.html
I'm having a couple of issues with the Android splash screen using PhoneGap 3.5.0. When I do a build, I'm seeing some weird results with the splash screen files in platforms/android/res:
Some folders copy over the splash.png file as expected (drawable, drawable-land, drawable-hdpi, drawable-ldpi, drawable-mdpi, drawable-xhdpi)
Some folders copy over splash.png and also include a default PhoneGap splash screen with the name screen.png (drawable-land-hdpi, drawable-land-ldpi, drawable-land-mdpi, drawable-land-xhdpi)
Some folders only include a default PhoneGap splash screen with the name screen.png (drawable-port-hdpi, drawable-port-ldpi, drawable-port-mdpi, drawable-port-xhdpi)
The second issue is that despite splash images being in the folders, when I test the app I see a black screen rather than either my custom splash screens or a default PhoneGap splash screen.
I've found several articles around this issue, but none of the fixes worked for me. Some of the things I've tried included:
Pare down the number of image options and use a 9-slice image (Black splash screen - Phonegap Build (Android))
Swapping :qualifier and :density in my config.xml (http://phonegap.com/blog/2014/04/11/phonegap-build-adds-some-new-features/)
Adding the org.apache.cordova.splashscreen plugin
Adding SplashScreen and SplashScreenDelay preferences to my config.xml (also in conjunction with the above) (phonegap dont show splashscreen)
A few other notes:
The splash screen works fine in the iOS build.
I'd like to solve this in the PhoneGap build... I'd like to avoid editing Android-specific files
I wonder if it's possible that I need to clear out a cache somewhere. I've had success with the Android splash screen in earlier versions of this project and have since updated my versions of PhoneGap.
I have a grunt-phonegap setup going, but I see the same errors if I use phonegap local build rather than grunt platform-build.
My splash links look like <gap:splash src="www/res/screen/android/drawable-land-hdpi/splash.png" gap:platform="android" gap:qualifier="land-hdpi" />
If anybody has any suggestions, I'd love to hear them. Thanks!
If that can help you when I used qualifier instead of density, if I want that the Splash Screen work I have to configure :
<preference name="SplashScreen" value="splash" />
instead of
<preference name="SplashScreen" value="screen" />
In the config.xml add the following keys:
<feature name="SplashScreen">
<param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.splashscreen.SplashScreen" />
</feature>
<preference name="ShowSplashScreen" value="true" />
<preference name="SplashScreen" value="screen"/>
<preference name="SplashScreenDelay" value="3000"/>
<preference name="AutoHideSplashScreen" value="true" />
<preference name="SplashShowOnlyFirstTime" value="false" />
<preference name="FadeSplashScreen" value="false"/>
I tried everything, and then I figured to ignore the minimum size and make my splash.png image in my resources folder 5000px by 3000px. Then it worked. So: If all else fails, try making the splash image ENORMOUS.
I have an Android Phonegap proyect and I'm trying to use the Splashscreen plugin Cordova provides. I think I have everything correctly set... Here are the pieces of code I think are relevant.
Config.xml
<widget ...>
...
<preference name="SplashScreen" value="screen" />
<preference name="SplashScreenDelay" value="15000" />
<plugin name="SplashScreen" value="org.apache.cordova.SplashScreen"/>
</widget>
Index.html
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
function onLoad() {
document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);
}
function onDeviceReady() {
navigator.splashscreen.hide()
}
</script>
I have correctly installed with the CLI the plugin and the splash itself is in the res/drawable* folders in the Android project as I think it should be, but regardless of what I try to do, the splash is not showing. Not even a default one. Not even if I disable the navigator.splashscreen.hide() function (in case it was too fast).
I'm absolutely lost now, have been trying tweaks for a week but I just can't see it.
I'm using cordova v3.6.3 in my android project.
I read a API & Plugin Documentations but, I confused the some options in config.
but, I found a perfect solution.
1. above all, you don't need to use
"navigator.splashscreen.hide()" or ".show()" in Android project.
2. refer my directory structure for understanding clearly.
3. Add following codes into your config.xml file.
※ Do not change the value="screen".
you just change the src and delay value for your splashscreen image.
[Config.xml]
<platform name="android">
<splash src="www/res/screen/android/screen-default.png" />
</platform>
<preference name="SplashScreen" value="screen" />
<preference name="SplashScreenDelay" value="4000" />
4. delete a "screen.png" file from drawable directory for understanding clearly.
5. build your project on your command line (cordova build android)
and, look again drawable directory.
I'll promise, you'll success. :-)
I was having the same issue after the 2.5.1 CLI update. If i run the same project in the VisualStudio ionic simulator all works fine. It also works fine when I run the app in the bowser with Telerik Platform. I just need to comment out navigator.splashscreen.hide(); in my project for the latest CLI simulator or I just get a plain white screen.
James