Ionic capacitor live reload not working on android

Question

I am using the following command to perform live reloading on android

ionic capacitor run android --livereload --external

But it is not working.

Here is the error I am getting

The web page at http://localhost:8100/ could not be loaded because

net : ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

I know that mobile devices don't understand localhost but I thought --external flag will take care of it. Now what I have to do to get live reloading working on android.

Thank you in advance

Answer 1

1. Open android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml.

2. Add this to your AndroidManifest.xml in the tag (Tag application already exists):

• <application android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"> may be needed just for API level > 28.

3. Run live reload with the host of your PC.

ionic capacitor run android -l --host=127.0.0.1

INSTEAD OF 127.0.0.1 YOU PUT YOUR PC'S IP ADDRESS.

4. After run Android Studio with a connected device as usual.