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@aaweb You're welcome, hope it's working out for you.

There's 2 things to keep in mind here.

1. npm run start.ios actually copies contents of src directory into nativescript folder. Given this, when you make changes in src, livesync would not see them since livesync would only be watching the nativescript folder. We would need another watch task that would pick up changes in src, then copy the contents again to nativescript folder which would trigger livesync.
2. I'm aware of some issues with livesync which is why I'm not using it in the npm run start.ios task.
   Once I hear it is solid, I will update the task here. If you have particular questions about tns livesync, you may want to post that question here (check out open issues around it at the moment):
   https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-cli/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+livesync

I'm hoping to find a solution that would allow livesync to work with NativeScript here so stay tuned but in meantime, npm run start.ios after making changes in src each time.

Let me know if you find any interesting workarounds to get livesync to work.

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In another project I worked around it by adding a file in the before-watch folder which creates a symbolic link:

var path = require('path');
var shelljs = require('shelljs');

module.exports = function() {
    shelljs.ln('-sf', '../src/frameworks', 'app/frameworks');
}

Not sure what other implications that would have, but in your case removing spec files and such wouldn't work as done in 'npm prepare'.

Any example or advice on where and how to best add a watcher for that? That's my number one "annoyance" right now :) Thanks again for the great project. Love the ongoing progress!

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Hm... I tried manually changing a component's html file under src/nativescript/app/components to try to see if I can "simulate" what a watch task should do. However, nothing is triggered if I change it there. It is triggered however when I change it in src/client/app/components.

Where would I need to hook into for that?

I'd really like to figure this out as iOS development like this is no joy :(

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