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Kasim Ridwan
Kasim Ridwan

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Useful Ionic + Capacitor commands

#ionic #capacitor #angular #javascript
  • Run app with live reload (Android) 
ionic cap run android -l --external
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  • Run app with live reload (iOS) 
ionic cap run ios -l --external
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  • How to generate a release APK without opening the android studio 
ionic capacitor copy android --prod && cd android && ./gradlew assembleRelease && cd ..
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  • How to generate a debug APK without opening the android studio 
ionic capacitor copy android && cd android && ./gradlew assembleDebug && cd ..
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  • How to generate icons & splash screen without specifying platform 
cordova-res --skip-config --copy
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  • How to build and run apk directly on the device from CLI 
ionic capacitor copy android && cd android && ./gradlew assembleDebug && ./gradlew installDebug && cd ..
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I will be updating this post with more useful commands. Thank you for reading!!!

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