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 cordova-plugin-splashscreen
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+For Android,
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+In your config.xml, you need to add the following preference
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+`<preference name="splashscreen" value="foo" />`
+
+Where foo is the name of the splashscreen file. Preferably a 9 patch file. Make sure to add your splashcreen files to your res/xml directory under the appropriate folders.