Livereload on iOS - App gets stuck on white screen with loading spinner

Description: When I execute ionic cordova run ios --device --livereload, the app gets stuck on white screen with a loading indicator as seen in the image below.

Steps to Reproduce: ionic start myApp blank --cordova ionic cordova platform add ios ionic cordova run ios --device --livereload

My ionic info:

Ionic:

   Ionic CLI                     : 5.1.0 (/Users/emre/.nvm/versions/node/v10.15.3/lib/node_modules/ionic)
   Ionic Framework               : @ionic/angular 4.5.0
   @angular-devkit/build-angular : 0.13.9
   @angular-devkit/schematics    : 7.3.9
   @angular/cli                  : 7.3.9
   @ionic/angular-toolkit        : 1.5.1

Cordova:

   Cordova CLI       : 9.0.0 (cordova-lib@9.0.1)
   Cordova Platforms : ios 5.0.1
   Cordova Plugins   : cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard 2.1.3, cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 4.1.0, (and 5 other plugins)

Utility:

   cordova-res : 0.3.0 (update available: 0.4.0)
   native-run  : 0.2.6 

System:

   Android SDK Tools : 26.1.1 (/Users/emre/Library/Android/sdk)
   ios-deploy        : 1.9.4
   ios-sim           : 8.0.1
   NodeJS            : v10.15.3 (/Users/emre/.nvm/versions/node/v10.15.3/bin/node)
   npm               : 6.9.0
   OS                : macOS Mojave
   Xcode             : Xcode 10.2.1 Build version 10E1001

Other Information: I tried ionic cordova run ios --device --livereload --no-native-run, but no luck. What works for me is build and run the app with Xcode.

[EmreErdogan]

@dwieeb I’ve just tested it with --address=0.0.0.0 and I can confirm that it did the trick! I’m closing the issue now. Thanks.

[imhoffd]

@accerpcom That’s an entirely different issue and was fixed in our starters here. There’s little we can do when Android changes security requirements between major versions. Anything that uses HTTP traffic will encounter that issue, Ionic is not alone here.

I believe the issue people are running into here is that deploying to devices with livereload requires --address=0.0.0.0 for iOS. We need to document this requirement better, but the reasoning is listed in the breaking changes for CLI 5.

I also created an issue in our Webview plugin repo for showing a message when it can’t connect: https://github.com/ionic-team/cordova-plugin-ionic-webview/issues/381