From 3c03a45b0ae00a78aae3cf234084f5b32082b563 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: LemonNeko <self@lemonneko.moe>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 16:16:51 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(cap-vite): don't auto restart when generated files update

---
 packages/cap-vite/src/native.test.ts |  6 ++++++
 packages/cap-vite/src/native.ts      | 12 ++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/cap-vite/src/native.test.ts b/packages/cap-vite/src/native.test.ts
index 0278c017d..ef8c09c7a 100644
--- a/packages/cap-vite/src/native.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cap-vite/src/native.test.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ describe('shouldRestartForNativeChange', () => {
     expect(shouldRestartForNativeChange('/repo/app/src/main.ts', 'ios', '/repo/app')).toBe(false)
     expect(shouldRestartForNativeChange('/repo/app/ios/App/CapApp-SPM/Package.swift', 'ios', '/repo/app')).toBe(false)
     expect(shouldRestartForNativeChange('/repo/app/android/build/generated/file.kt', 'android', '/repo/app')).toBe(false)
+    expect(shouldRestartForNativeChange('/repo/app/android/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml', 'android', '/repo/app')).toBe(false)
+    expect(shouldRestartForNativeChange('/repo/app/android/capacitor.settings.gradle', 'android', '/repo/app')).toBe(false)
+    expect(shouldRestartForNativeChange('/repo/app/android/app/capacitor.build.gradle', 'android', '/repo/app')).toBe(false)
+    expect(shouldRestartForNativeChange('/repo/app/android/app/src/main/assets/public/index.html', 'android', '/repo/app')).toBe(false)
+    expect(shouldRestartForNativeChange('/repo/app/android/app/src/main/assets/capacitor.plugins.json', 'android', '/repo/app')).toBe(false)
+    expect(shouldRestartForNativeChange('/repo/app/android/app/src/main/res/xml/config.xml', 'android', '/repo/app')).toBe(false)
   })
 
   it('ignores capacitor config json updates', () => {
diff --git a/packages/cap-vite/src/native.ts b/packages/cap-vite/src/native.ts
index f2a08f51e..01a11cffc 100644
--- a/packages/cap-vite/src/native.ts
+++ b/packages/cap-vite/src/native.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,14 @@ const ignoredPathPrefixesByPlatform: Record<CapacitorPlatform, string[][]> = {
   ios: [
     ['App', 'CapApp-SPM'],
   ],
-  android: [],
+  android: [
+    ['app', 'src', 'main', 'assets', 'public'],
+    ['app', 'src', 'main', 'assets', 'capacitor.plugins.json'],
+    ['app', 'src', 'main', 'res', 'xml', 'config.xml'],
+    ['app', 'capacitor.build.gradle'],
+    ['capacitor-cordova-android-plugins'],
+    ['capacitor.settings.gradle'],
+  ],
 }
 
 export function parseCapacitorPlatform(value: string | undefined): CapacitorPlatform | null {
@@ -128,7 +135,8 @@ export function shouldRestartForNativeChange(file: string, platform: CapacitorPl
     prefix.every((segment, index) => relativeSegments[index] === segment),
   )) {
     // NOTICE: Capacitor regenerates ios/App/CapApp-SPM/Package.swift during `cap run`.
-    // Treating that generated tree as a native source change causes an infinite restart loop.
+    // It also rewrites several generated Android files and plugin trees during `cap update`.
+    // Treating those generated outputs as native source changes causes an infinite restart loop.
     return false
   }