Ionic serve not working in Ionic 3

manpreet Best Answer 3 years ago

My Ionic info:

cli packages: (/usr/lib/node_modules)

@ionic/cli-utils  : 1.9.2
ionic (Ionic CLI) : 3.9.2

global packages:

Cordova CLI : 7.0.1 

local packages:

@ionic/app-scripts : 3.1.0
Cordova Platforms  : browser 4.1.0
Ionic Framework    : ionic-angular 3.9.2

System:

Node : v6.9.0
npm  : 3.10.8 
OS   : Linux 4.4

manpreet 3 years ago

For update changes in platform file you have to run ionic cordova prepare and then run ionic serve it works.. ionic cordova prepare copy all files of www into platform directory that will reflect in your apk or ipa