Don't use disk storage if app contents have changed about cordova-hot-code-push HOT 7 CLOSED

Yes, when you deploy your application for the first time - plugin takes data from the bundle/assets folder and copies it on the external storage. The reason for that is that you can't modify files in the bundle/assets. After that - it load's www files from the external storage. If later you add some files to the www folder and redeploy the app - it is not gonna detect those changes, because plugin configured to update web files via server.

Plugin will reinstall www folder from the bundle/assets if it detects, that application was updated through the store (probably need to add that info in the readme...). It does that by checking if code version of the app has increased. And the code version is:

• for Android it is a versionCode preference in AndroidManifest.xml.
• for iOS it is a Build number (not the version number, that is visible to the user on the store).

In config-xml you can set them like so:

<widget id="com.example.application"
      android-versionCode="7"
      ios-CFBundleVersion="7">

Why it doesn't compare and reinstall files on each launch/deploy? Because it takes time and usually it is not needed. For development purpose you either use local development mode, or increase build version, or delete app. For after-release - user update app through the store and this is handled fine by the plugin.

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I don't like any of those 3 suggestions and will be a non-starter for me using your plugin :( If the local-development is true in the config.xml can you bypass this speed check and always load from the bundle?

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This is doable. But you can just use cordova-hcp server for local development, and all your new web files will be installed after application launch via normal update workflow.

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Right, but not for new plugin additions or config.xml changes. People forget to bump the version and expect the app to update.

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Yes, if you add new plugin during the development - you need a clean install. Ok, I'll add it in the next release. Thanks for the feedback.

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For local development you should now use a separate plugin. On each build it will increase build version of the application, that will force the main plugin to reinstall www folder on the external storage.

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Closing the issue since this now relates to the Local Development Add-on. You should use it for development purpose and to reinstall the www folder. Or there are other ways to do it, as described in the documentation.

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