HTML Reloading using BrowserSync in Gulp

Question

I've tried several different things in my gulpfile.js to get HTML automatic reloading to work with BrowserSync (not LiveReload) in Gulp, but none have worked. I thought this last try would do the trick but it isn't working, either. What am I missing?

Here's my entire gulpfile.js:

// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
// GET THINGS SET UP
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Include Gulp
var gulp                    = require('gulp');

// CSS plugins
var sass                    = require('gulp-sass');
var combineMediaQueries     = require('gulp-combine-media-queries');
var autoprefixer            = require('gulp-autoprefixer');
var cssmin                  = require('gulp-cssmin');

// JS plugins
var concat                  = require('gulp-concat');
var uglify                  = require('gulp-uglify');

// Image plugins
var imagemin                = require('gulp-imagemin');
var svgmin                  = require('gulp-svgmin');

// General plugins
var browserSync             = require('browser-sync');
var reload                  = browserSync.reload;
var notify                  = require('gulp-notify');

// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TASKS
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------

// CSS tasks
gulp.task('css', function() {
    return gulp.src('src/scss/**/*')
        // Compile Sass
        .pipe(sass({ style: 'compressed', noCache: true }))
        // Combine media queries
        .pipe(combineMediaQueries())
        // parse CSS and add vendor-prefixed CSS properties
        .pipe(autoprefixer())
        // Minify CSS
        .pipe(cssmin())
        // Where to store the finalized CSS
        .pipe(gulp.dest('build/css'))
        // Notify us that the task was completed
        .pipe(notify({ message: 'CSS task complete' }));
});

// JS tasks
gulp.task('js', function() {
    return gulp.src('src/js/**/*')
        // Concatenate all JS files into one
        .pipe(concat('production.js'))
        // Minify JS
        .pipe(uglify())
        // Where to store the finalized JS
        .pipe(gulp.dest('build/js'))
        // Notify us that the task was completed
        .pipe(notify({ message: 'Javascript task complete' }));
});

// Image tasks
gulp.task('images', function() {
    return gulp.src('src/images/raster/*')
        // Minify the images
        .pipe(imagemin())
        // Where to store the finalized images
        .pipe(gulp.dest('build/images'))
        // Notify us that the task was completed
        .pipe(notify({ message: 'Image task complete' }));
});

// SVG tasks
gulp.task('svgs', function() {
    return gulp.src('src/images/vector/*')
        // Minify the SVG's
        .pipe(svgmin())
        // Where to store the finalized SVG's
        .pipe(gulp.dest('build/images'))
        // Notify us that the task was completed
        .pipe(notify({ message: 'SVG task complete' }));
});

// Watch files for changes
gulp.task('watch', ['browser-sync'], function() {
    // Watch HTML files
    gulp.watch('build/*.html', reload);
    // Watch Sass files
    gulp.watch('src/scss/**/*', ['css']);
    // Watch JS files
    gulp.watch('src/js/**/*', ['js']);
    // Watch image files
    gulp.watch('src/images/raster/*', ['images']);
    // Watch SVG files
    gulp.watch('src/images/vector/*', ['svgs']);
});

gulp.task('browser-sync', function() {  
    browserSync.init(['build/css/*', 'build/js/*'], {
        server: {
            baseDir: "build"
        }
    });
});

// Default task
gulp.task('default', ['css', 'js', 'images', 'svgs', 'watch', 'browser-sync']);

Answer 1

gulp.task('browser-sync', function() {  
  browserSync.init(['./build/css/**.*', './build/js/**.*'], {
    server: {
      baseDir: "./build"
    }
  });
});

These minor changes in the code above, should fix your problem...

Answer 2

I had the exact same problem.

The problem was that my jade (html) task did not finish before my browsersync task. So I made the browsersync task wait for all tasks that had to finish first

Apparently thats why Browser-Sync was not aware of the file, this fixed it:

gulp.task('browsersync', ['jade', 'stylus', 'browserify'], function() {
  browserSync.init(['./public/**/**.**'], {
    port: 8080,
    server: {
      baseDir: "./public"
    }
  });
});