What is the difference between assembling a Cordova and a Cordova Prepare

Question

Is there a difference between Cordova Build Android and the Cordova Prepare Android teams ? Link added here

Answer 1

Prepare copies of your www resources and any plugins in the appropriate platform folder. Build actually compiles this into a binary for this platform.

If you plan to build using the platform tools (Eclipse, Xcode, etc.), you can use it and you might want to change something first.