FIx:

- asset hotreloading for desktop,
- asset dir for dxserve on desktop,
- extend features with platform

packages/desktop/src/app.rs

@@ -278,8 +278,11 @@ impl App {
                 self.control_flow = ControlFlow::Exit;
             }
 
-            // todo: enable asset hotreloading in desktop
-            dioxus_hot_reload::HotReloadMsg::UpdateAsset(_) => {}
+            dioxus_hot_reload::HotReloadMsg::UpdateAsset(_) => {
+                for webview in self.webviews.values_mut() {
+                    webview.kick_stylsheets();
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 

packages/desktop/src/protocol.rs

@@ -221,7 +221,10 @@ fn get_asset_root() -> Option<PathBuf> {
     // If running under cargo, there's no bundle!
     // There might be a smarter/more resilient way of doing this
     if std::env::var_os("CARGO").is_some() {
-        return None;
+        return dioxus_cli_config::CURRENT_CONFIG
+            .as_ref()
+            .map(|c| c.out_dir())
+            .ok();
     }
 
     #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]

packages/desktop/src/webview.rs

@@ -221,4 +221,12 @@ impl WebviewInstance {
             self.desktop_context.send_edits();
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn kick_stylsheets(&self) {
+        // run eval in the webview to kick the stylesheets by appending a query string
+        // we should do something less clunky than this
+        _ = self.desktop_context
+            .webview
+            .evaluate_script("document.querySelectorAll('link[rel=\"stylesheet\"]').forEach((el) => el.href = el.href + \"?\" + Math.random());");
+    }
 }