Triggering Build and Hot reload on Editor

[selimanac]

Please vote: Configurable port for Editor HTTP API · Issue #8737 · defold/defold · GitHub

I’m using this method for buid and hot reload:

On_reloaded lifecycle hook in editor?

I’ve come up with a workaround for this that suits my workflow. It’s specific to Mac OS X at the moment, but thought I’d share in this forum in case others are interested. Background: The editor runs a HTTP server that can be hooked into to trigger a hot reload of the running game from an external command. We can use this to trigger a hot reload of our game anytime, like when we update an image or other asset externally. The editor port is random everytime though, so we need a script to dynami…