This template should help get you started developing with React Ionic and Capacitor using Vite.
Updated 8/11/22
I dont use Live reload that often, but this is a manual approach to get it going with the Vite project
First Start Your Server
aaronksaunders@Aarons-14MacBookProM1Pro my-react-app % npm run dev
> [email protected] dev
> vite
VITE v3.0.6 ready in 359 ms
➜ Local: http://127.0.0.1:5173/
➜ Network: use --host to expose
12:57:47 AM [vite] hmr update /src/App.tsx
Then modify capacitor.config.ts using the address the server is running on from the command above
const config: CapacitorConfig = {
appId: 'my.react.app',
appName: 'my-react-app',
webDir: 'dist',
bundledWebRuntime: false,
server : {
"url" : "http://127.0.0.1:5173/" //<= use address the server is running on locally
}
};
And finally deploy your app to the device
aaronksaunders@Aarons-14MacBookProM1Pro my-react-app % npx cap run ios --external --target=73CE91C9-4855-496B-9481-CA486652E9D7
✔ Copying web assets from dist to ios/App/App/public in 12.83ms
✔ Creating capacitor.config.json in ios/App/App in 1.35ms
✔ copy ios in 25.05ms
✔ Updating iOS plugins in 1.96ms
[info] Found 4 Capacitor plugins for ios:
@capacitor/[email protected]
@capacitor/[email protected]
@capacitor/[email protected]
@capacitor/[email protected]
✔ Updating iOS native dependencies with pod install in 2.53s
✔ update ios in 2.56s
✔ Running xcodebuild in 3.20s
✔ Deploying App.app to 73CE91C9-4855-496B-9481-CA486652E9D7 in 1.51s
aaronksaunders@Aarons-14MacBookProM1Pro my-react-app %
Now your mobile app is pointing to the local server running and you basically have live-reload working. I am certain there is another approach, but like I said I don't use it often enough. Hopefully, this gets you moving
REMEMBER
remove the edit to the capacitor.config.ts before deploying to production otherwise the app will be looking for the local server to run the app !!