For Android,
In your config.xml, you need to add the following preference
<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.
For Android, you also have to edit your projects main java file. You must add a second parameter representing a time delay to your super.loadUrl.
super.loadUrl(Config.getStartUrl(), 10000);
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