How to test my app on my device without Ionic serve

Question

I’m new to ionic and i just finished my first app and it work perfectly on my browser, but I just wanna know how to run it on my android device without the need of ‘ionic serve’ being launched on my PC, I mean my app currently works on my mobile but only if I run ‘ionic serve’ on my pc is there any way to make it run without the need of that. Or I’m missing something ?

Answer 1

Just like you can see in the docs :

To run your app, all you have to do is enable USB debugging and Developer Mode on your Android device, then run ionic cordova run android --device from the command line.

This will produce a debug build of your app, both in terms of Android and Ionic’s code

Enabling USB debugging and Developer Mode can vary between devices, but is easy to look up with a Google search. You can also check out Enabling On-device Developer Options in the Android docs.

When you think your app is ready to be released, please take a look at the Production Builds and Sign Android APK sections also from the docs.