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cap sync and cap copy

cap sync and cap copy: Moving Web Assets to Native

The native app never reads dist/; it reads a copy bundled into the APK. cap copy copies webDir into android/app/src/main/assets/public and writes a JSON copy of your config beside it. cap sync runs copy, then update (cap update), which refreshes the plugin wiring.

What copy and update write into the Android project
What copy and update write into the Android project
Pushing the web build into the Android projectShell
npx cap sync android
Output
✔ Copying web assets from dist to android/app/src/main/assets/public in 22.93ms
✔ Creating capacitor.config.json in android/app/src/main/assets in 2.00ms
✔ copy android in 40.88ms
✔ Updating Android plugins in 1.83ms
✔ update android in 101.38ms
[info] Sync finished in 0.182s

npx cap copy android prints only the first three lines. Use copy when only web code changed, and sync after plugin, config or Git 1,932 changes; omit the platform to process all of them. --inline inlines the JavaScript source maps so Chrome 1 's remote inspector (Remote Debugging Android) shows your original files. Neither runs your build, so chain them (vite build && cap sync android).