ionic build

• Generates the dist/ folder (Vite output).

npx cap add android

npx cap add @capacitor-community/electron

npx cap copy android
npx cap copy electron

• Copies the dist/ folder to Android and Electron.

npm run sync

• Ensures Capacitor plugins are updated in native projects.

npx cap open android

• Opens your Android project for building/running on device or emulator.

npm run electron:start

• Runs the Electron desktop app manually (bypasses live-runner.js).

# Build Ionic
npx ionic build

# Copy & sync platforms
npx cap copy
npx cap sync

# Android
npx cap open android

# Electron
cd electron
npx electron .

cd electron
npm install
npx electron-rebuild

• Needed if you use native Electron modules.

# Close Android Studio first
del /s /q %USERPROFILE%\.gradle\caches

• Or from Android Studio: File → Invalidate Caches / Restart

• Always build Ionic first (ionic build).

• Always copy assets (npx cap copy) after a build.

• Avoid npx cap open electron on Windows, it uses broken live-reload scripts.

• Makes builds ignore errors from dependencies like chokidar or builder-util-runtime.

Perfect — that’s the correct structure and notes for using @capacitor/assets. A few clarifications for your workflow:

assets/
├── icon-only.png         # main icon, >=1024x1024
├── icon-foreground.png   # optional, >=1024x1024
├── icon-background.png   # optional, >=1024x1024
├── splash.png            # main splash screen, >=2732x2732
└── splash-dark.png       # optional dark splash, >=2732x2732

• All files are PNG or JPG.
• icon-only.png is mandatory; others are optional but recommended for proper theming.

npx @capacitor/assets generate

• Will automatically generate all Android mipmap-* icons.
• Splash screens will also be generated if present.
• Plugin reads the assets/ folder by default — no --asset-path needed.

npx cap copy
npx cap sync

• This will only generate for android for electron we need to replace in /electron/assets/