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Reputation: 6511

Error processing "launch": The ionic live reload server exited unexpectedly

I'm trying to launch an Ionic app on my Android device from VS Code, using the vscode-cordova extension.

My launch.json looks like this:

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Run android on device",
            "type": "cordova",
            "request": "launch",
            "platform": "android",
            "target": "device",
            "sourceMaps": true,
            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
            "ionicLiveReload": true
        }
    ]
}

But I get following error message:

[cordova-tools] Error processing "launch": The Ionic live reload server exited unexpectedly

The debug console does offer a bit more information:

Launching for android (This may take a while)...

Starting Ionic dev server (live reload: true)

The Ionic live reload server exited unexpectedly

How can I overcome this issue?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2010

Answers (1)

Phonolog
Phonolog

Reputation: 6511

Trying to run ionic cordova run android -l revealed the issue:

[ERROR] Multiple network interfaces detected!

You must select an external-facing IP for the dev server that your device or emulator has access to with the --address option.

So adding the --address option to the runArguments of my launch.json as lined out in the readme resolved my issue:

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Run android on device",
            "type": "cordova",
            "request": "launch",
            "platform": "android",
            "target": "device",
            "sourceMaps": true,
            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
            "ionicLiveReload": true,
            "runArguments": [
                "--address 192.168.1.2"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Where 192.168.1.2 is the ip address of my dev laptop. Also make sure this ip address is reachable from your device.

Upvotes: 1

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