Gigitsu
I have an umbrella project with multiple apps. Two are just libraries with utilities and shared code, while the others are Phoenix applications that can be served.
For instance:
Umbrella app
├── core (shared library)
├── common (shared library)
│
├── backoffice (phoenix app)
│ depends on
│ ├── common (in umbrella)
│ └── core (in umbrella)
├── frontend_1 (phoenix app)
│ depends on
│ ├── common (in umbrella)
│ └── core (in umbrella)
├── frontend_2 (phoenix app)
│ depends on
│ ├── common (in umbrella)
│ └── core (in umbrella)
During my development process, I need to start one Phoenix app at a time, and I do this with:
mix do --app backoffice cmd mix phx.server
But in this way, if I change something in core or common, the code is not hot reloaded and I need to restart the server for the changes to take effect.
How can I fix this? Can I start the server from the umbrella root but selecting only one app?
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hubertlepicki
Hang on @Gigitsu I have you covered with my own contribution to Phoenix xD.
Check out the
:reloadable_appsoption that I added to Phoenix a while ago. My use case was similar but not identical, so I am wondering if it will work for you.Gigitsu
Hi @hubertlepicki, thank you.
I’ve tried configuring that option with
reloadable_apps: [:common, :core],but it seemed to not work because I was expecting aRebuilding...message in the console after changing something in the common/core library. I was mistaken; the code appears to be recompiled correctly event without that message.Do you know why only the main app triggers the
Rebuilding...message in the console? Also, should I include the app itself in thereloadable_appsproperty or can I omit it?For example, could this configuration be enough
or do I need to explicitly put
:backofficelike below?I’ve also added more patterns to the
live_reloadconfiguration in this way:but I don’t know if it’s correct or not.
Thank you for both your answer and your contribution.
Edit:
I’ve noticed that I need to manually reload the page to trigger the compilation of the core/common libs
samaravilha
By adding this extra config and setting the paths on
live_reloadI was able to get live reload working on my umbrella app perfectly, without any manual action.Mine looks like:
Gigitsu
Thanks @samaravilha.
I’ve managed to get code reload working by adding the following configurations in my
dev.exsfile