iOS Hot Reload

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A command-line tool for iOS development that provides hot reload functionality, automatically detecting changes in your Xcode project, rebuilding, and relaunching the app in the iOS Simulator.

✨ Features

• 🌟 Can be called from anywhere, but only works in Xcode project directories
• 🔍 Automatically detects Xcode project or workspace
• 👀 Monitors file changes in the project directory
• 🚀 Automatically builds and runs the app when changes are detected
• 🔒 Prevents multiple simultaneous builds
• 🔙 Returns focus to the original application after building and running
• 🏗️ Works with both .xcodeproj and .xcworkspace project formats
• 🔄 Executes tuist generate before each build to ensure up-to-date project files

🔧 Prerequisites

• Xcode Command Line Tools
• fswatch (can be installed via Homebrew: brew install fswatch)
• tuist (for projects using Tuist)

📦 Installation

1. Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/aose-yuu/ios-hot-reload.git

2. Navigate to the cloned directory:

cd ios-hot-reload

3. Run the install script:

sudo ./install.sh

The script will be installed to /usr/local/bin and will be available system-wide.

4. Reload .zshrc

Please restart your terminal or run source ~/.zshrc to apply changes.

🗑 Uninstallation

1. To remove ios-hot-reload from your system

run the following command:

ios-hot-reload uninstall

2. Reload .zshrc

Please restart your terminal or run source ~/.zshrc to apply changes.

🚀 Usage

1. Navigate to your Xcode project's root directory in the terminal.
2. Run the command:

ios-hot-reload run

3.The script will start monitoring for file changes. Any changes in the project directory will trigger a tuist generate command, followed by a rebuild and relaunch of the app in the iOS Simulator.

📝 Notes

• The command will only work when run from the root directory of an Xcode project.
• The script uses osascript, which may require privacy permissions. You may need to grant appropriate permissions in System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Accessibility.
• The script is set to ignore rapid successive changes (within 5 seconds) to prevent unnecessary rebuilds.
• If you encounter any issues with app name or bundle ID detection, you may need to adjust the relevant parts of the script.
• The script now includes a tuist generate step before each build. Ensure that your project is set up to use Tuist if you want to take advantage of this feature.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions to improve the script are welcome. Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

📄 License

This script is released under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Made with ❤️ by aose-yuu