Identity and Preferences

Identity, Preferences and Platform-Specific Overrides

Identity. id becomes the Android applicationId and the iOS bundle ID (android-packageName and ios-CFBundleIdentifier override it per platform). version becomes the visible versionName, and cordova-android derives the integer versionCode that Google Play 1 compares as major × 10000 + minor × 100 + patch, so 1.0.0 gives 10000; to control it yourself, add an android-versionCode attribute to <widget> (it is not a preference, and Cordova 129 ignores it as one).

Preferences are name/value pairs read by the platforms and plugins:

A few config.xml preferences for Android
Preference	Effect	Default
DisallowOverscroll	No glow past the ends of the page	false
StatusBarBackgroundColor	Status bar color	Theme color
android-minSdkVersion	Oldest Android version supported	24 (SDK Versions)

Overrides. Anything inside <platform name="android"> applies to Android only. cordova prepare merges it with the global elements into the platform's own config.xml and drops the iOS block:

The Android-only settings in the merged config.xmlXML

cordova prepare android
grep -E "market|preference" platforms/android/app/src/main/res/xml/config.xml

Output

    <allow-intent href="market:*" />
    <preference name="loglevel" value="DEBUG" />
    <preference name="DisallowOverscroll" value="true" />
    <preference name="StatusBarBackgroundColor" value="#1B5E20" />
    <preference name="AndroidWindowSplashScreenBackground" value="#2E7D32" />

loglevel is cordova-android's own addition. The status bar color is the easiest change to see:

The top of BookNest before and after setting StatusBarBackgroundColor

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