Useful Ionic + Capacitor commands

• Run app with live reload (Android)

ionic cap run android -l --external

• Run app with live reload (iOS)

ionic cap run ios -l --external

• How to generate a release APK without opening the android studio

ionic capacitor copy android --prod && cd android && ./gradlew assembleRelease && cd ..     

• How to generate a debug APK without opening the android studio

ionic capacitor copy android && cd android && ./gradlew assembleDebug && cd ..

• How to generate icons & splash screen without specifying platform

cordova-res --skip-config --copy

• How to build and run apk directly on the device from CLI

ionic capacitor copy android && cd android && ./gradlew assembleDebug && ./gradlew installDebug && cd ..

I will be updating this post with more useful commands. Thank you for reading!!!