cordova-app-icon plugin

Simple plugin that allows to control the visibility of the app icon

As of Android 10 Q (API 29) all app icons will be visible in the launcher no matter what unless special privileges

Getting started

Create a new Cordova Project

$ cordova create example com.example Example

Install the plugin

$ cd example
$ cordova plugin add https://github.com/androidovshchik/cordova-app-icon.git

Edit www/js/index.js and add the following code inside onDeviceReady

// hide icon
AppIcon.toggle(false);
// check if icon is hidden
AppIcon.isHidden(function(result) {
    if (result) {
        // currently icon is hidden    
    }
});

Install Android platform

cordova platform add android

Run the app

cordova run android