AndroidManifest.xml, Info.plist, and the Cordova config.xml files are all XML files. So, any not-so-simple text editor is sufficient to create four empty files named AndroidManifest.xml, Info.plist, config.xml, and, guess what, another config.xml. What's next is to copy and paste the following templates (already available in Graphite and Mist) and save the changes.
AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<manifest android:versionCode="$AndroidVersionCode$" android:versionName="$BundleVersion$" package="$AppIdentifier$" android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan" android:hardwareAccelerated="$AndroidHardwareAcceleration$" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<supports-screens android:largeScreens="true" android:normalScreens="true" android:smallScreens="true" android:xlargeScreens="true" android:resizeable="true" android:anyDensity="true" />
<application android:label="@string/app_name" android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:hardwareAccelerated="$AndroidHardwareAcceleration$">
<activity android:label="@string/app_name" android:name=".TelerikCallbackActivity" android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|locale" android:launchMode="standard" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Black.NoTitleBar">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />
</manifest>
config.xml for Android
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<cordova>
<access origin="http://127.0.0.1*" />
<!-- allow local pages -->
<access origin=".*" />
<content src="index.html" />
<log level="DEBUG" />
<preference name="useBrowserHistory" value="true" />
<preference name="exit-on-suspend" value="false" />
</cordova>
Info.plist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
<string>English</string>
<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
<string>$BundleExecutable$</string>
<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
<string>icon.png</string>
<key>CFBundleIcons</key>
<dict>
<key>CFBundlePrimaryIcon</key>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleIconFiles</key>
<array>
<string>icon@2x.png</string>
<string>icon.png</string>
<string>Icon-Small.png</string>
<string>Icon-Small@2x.png</string>
<string>Default.png</string>
<string>Default@2x.png</string>
<string>icon-72.png</string>
<string>icon-72@2x.png</string>
<string>Icon-Small-50.png</string>
<string>Icon-Small-50@2x.png</string>
<string>Default-Landscape.png</string>
<string>Default-Landscape@2x.png</string>
<string>Default-Portrait.png</string>
<string>Default-Portrait@2x.png</string>
<string>icon-40.png</string>
<string>icon-40@2x.png</string>
<string>icon-60.png</string>
<string>icon-60@2x.png</string>
<string>icon-76.png</string>
<string>icon-76@2x.png</string>
</array>
<key>UIPrerenderedIcon</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</dict>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>$AppIdentifier$</string>
<key>CFBundleName</key>
<string>$ProjectName$</string>
<key>CFBundleDisplayName</key>
<string>$iOSDisplayName$</string>
<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
<string>6.0</string>
<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
<string>APPL</string>
<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
<string>????</string>
<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
<string>$BundleVersion$</string>
<key>LSRequiresIPhoneOS</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>
config.xml for iOS
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<widget>
<preference name="AllowInlineMediaPlayback" value="false" />
<preference name="AutoHideSplashScreen" value="true" />
<preference name="BackupWebStorage" value="cloud" />
<preference name="DisallowOverscroll" value="false" />
<preference name="EnableLocation" value="false" />
<!-- DEPRECATED -->
<preference name="EnableViewportScale" value="false" />
<preference name="FadeSplashScreen" value="true" />
<preference name="FadeSplashScreenDuration" value=".25" />
<preference name="HideKeyboardFormAccessoryBar" value="false" />
<preference name="KeyboardDisplayRequiresUserAction" value="true" />
<preference name="KeyboardShrinksView" value="false" />
<preference name="MediaPlaybackRequiresUserAction" value="false" />
<preference name="ShowSplashScreenSpinner" value="true" />
<preference name="SuppressesIncrementalRendering" value="false" />
<preference name="TopActivityIndicator" value="gray" />
<!-- legacy preferences -->
<!-- <preference name="UIWebViewBounce" value="true" />-->
<content src="index.html" />
<access origin="*" />
</widget>
Because Visual Studio is way more advanced in its code editing features, let's leave the editing for later.
Once the files are created, they need to go to their proper places in the file structure of the project. To avoid some tedious editing of the project file, drag-and-drop from Windows Explorer to the Solution Explorer does an excellent job.
AndroidManifest.xml goes to App_Resources\Android.
config.xml for Android goes to App_Resources\Android\xml. (You need to create the xml folder.)
Info.plist goes to App_Resources\iOS.
config.xml for iOS goes to App_Resources\iOS.
Here's how the App_Resources folder looks like after dragging and dropping the files in the Solution Explorer.
With the configuration files in place, what's left is the actual code editing. The markup in the configuration files contains a few placeholders (marked with a $ in front) which Icenium replaces with their correct values during the build process. Any settings configurable through the Project Properties dialog are also automatically added to the code during the build process. Same goes for the changes required by any custom plugins, as long as these changes are declared in plugin.xml.
For a quick reference what you can actually edit, check out the following resources.
The only catch is that to see what your changes to the markup actually do, you need to build and install the app on a physical device. Get your QR code scanners ready and start exploring what AndroidManifest.xml, Info.plist, and config.xml have to offer.
In a future release of the Icenium Extension for Visual Studio, you will be able to edit the configuration files out of the box. For a list of what you can and cannot do in this release, check out this quick overview of the Icenium Extension for Visual Studio.