How to work offline?

Ionic Framework ionic-v3
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I’m travelling, thought I’d do some coding on the plane. Run ionic serve and it tells me it won’t work without a network connection. I can’t have a network connection on the plane - is there any work around?
I have a couple of hours layover now, so any quick solutions could help me productively kill time on the next leg :slight_smile:

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According to the cli help for ionic serve I should be able to use the --nolivereload or -d flag
That doesn’t appear to work either though

ionic serve --nolivereload
Error: It appears that you do not have any external network interfaces. In order to use livereload with emulate you will need one.
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Are you on the latest Ionic CLI?

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Dont tell anyone: i put the wifi on, setup a hotspot with my phone, launch ionic and almost directly after it can switch all off again.

Bit silly check in ionic I would say as I can work flawlessly in the plane that way

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@Tommertom does livereload continue to work after you disable the hotspot?

Luckily the second flight had an in-flight wifi entertainment hotspot so I was able to work using that. I have more flights coming up in a few days, then the return trip in a couple of weeks so it would be nice if I could find a decent working solution.

@Sujan12 - Yep

cli packages: (/Users/mbeckett/sites/apps/wordsearchwar/node_modules)

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

global packages:

    Cordova CLI : 6.5.0

local packages:

    @ionic/app-scripts : 2.1.3
    Cordova Platforms  : none
    Ionic Framework    : ionic-angular 3.6.0

System:

    ios-deploy : 1.9.1
    ios-sim    : 5.0.3
    Node       : v6.11.0
    npm        : 3.10.10
    OS         : macOS Sierra
    Xcode      : Xcode 8.3.3 Build version 8E3004b
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Livereload uses a server running on your computer that triggers a reload of the pages, that are then also loaded from your computer. So you definitely need the device and computer to be on the same Wifi.

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Hi @beck24,

Livereload works like a charm after shutting off the wifi. So the wifi on time (and hotspot) is almost 5 seconds. So great offline coding.

Loving it: 8 hours nonstop coding with headphones on, entertainment system on a movie, a drink. Ultimate me-time!

Regards

Tom