Cordova Browser Platform Support

[imhoffd]

Support for the "browser" platform of Cordova is lackluster in the CLI.

This issue is here as a placeholder to investigate supporting it. This may evolve into suggesting alternative workflows.

See:

• Ionic v3 Live Reload not working #2306
• Support serve browser platform locally over https #2282
• Can't specify port with ionic cordova run browser --port=8100 #2307
• Cordova Browser Platform Support #2312

[trakhimenok]

Please consider scenario where HTTPS is working via proxy (nginx).

I have scenario where I serve API and web app (browser platform) from the same domain over HTTPS.

• https://mydomain.local/app/ => maps to localhost:port created by "ionic serve --browser"
• https://mydomain.local/* => rest maps to AppEngine dev server (could be anything).

Live reload does not work in this setup. It would be cool if it does.

[gischy]

any idea when #2307 will be fixed, it is a pretty necessary functionality?

[bradrust]

@gischy, ionic cordova run browser -- --port=9009 seemed to work for me. Obviously there might be other CLI things that need review but this might help you based on #2307