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bug: `ionic capacitor run android --livereload` is not rebuilding the app

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Original issue by @WesleyGoncalves on 2019-08-19T02:04:10Z

The app is not being updated in the Android device after I make changes to it. The live reload is not working.

The app only gets updated if I run ng build, then ionic capacitor copy android or ionic capacitor run android -l, and then run the app in Android Studio.

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Created 4 years ago
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Comments:12 (1 by maintainers)

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alexdev888commented, Oct 2, 2019

@brospars

Open android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xm
Add this to your AndroidManifest.xml in the tag (Tag application already exists) <application android:usesCleartextTraffic="true">
Run live reload with host of your PC ionic capacitor run android -l --address=192.168.2.106 INSTEAD OF 192.168.2.106 YOU PUT YOR PC’S ADDRESS
After run Android Studio with connected device as usual

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mcelotticommented, Dec 4, 2019

We could update these pages :

https://ionicframework.com/docs/building/android

https://ionicframework.com/docs/cli/commands/capacitor-run

The first one gives an example of live reload with cordova but not with capacitor and say it doesn’t work with localhost:8100 but you need to provide your host IP address.

We could also say that <application android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"> may be needed for API level > 28

I got it working with the <application android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"> and command ionic capacitor run android --livereload --external