Meteor local server on mobile - Error: Error parsing asset manifest

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I have deployed a Meteor app on Heroku.

I have added a platform: Android

When I try I build the app using the meteor build command meteor build --directory ~/builds --server https://my-app.herokuapp.com and the install the apk using adb, I get an error.

I get the same error when trying to run app locally, but with different server: meteor run android-device --mobile-server https://my-app.herokuapp.com

The error is:

Error: Error parsing asset manifest(ā€¦)
(anonymous function) @ webapp.js?hash=2552b0d8c8f134d5763b6897c1be6c9bfa3e9c28:68
(anonymous function) @ webapp_local_server.js:37
cordova.callbackFromNative @ cordova.js:293
processMessage @ cordova.js:1081
processMessages @ cordova.js:1104
pollOnce @ cordova.js:973
pollOnceFromOnlineEvent @ cordova.js:960

It looks like the problem is connected to Meteor local server which runs on mobile.

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Can you check if https://my-app.herokuapp.com/__cordova/manifest.json actually serves the manifest? I suspect the server may not be serving the Cordova bundle that is needed for hot code push.

How are you building and deploying the server bundle?

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It shows me an error, that the route is not found: 0377409d6a0c18690c9e3211c6bdfd72799a31b6.js:113 There is no route for the path: /__cordova/manifest.json

Is there a special way to build the app for server?

I am just using the command: git push heroku master

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Iā€™m not familiar with how Heroku builds Meteor apps, but it should make sure to include the Cordova bundle by not removing the mobile platforms and using meteor build --server-only.

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Ah, this seems to be a known issue with this build pack, see here. The solution is not to remove the Android platform but add a --server-only argument here.

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How should I fix this?

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Either make the change yourself and open a pull request, or open an issue and ask the author of the buildpack to make the change.

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Thanks for the clue, mate!

Will try to fix it. :slight_smile:

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Succesfully fixed the problem, following your suggestions. (y)

Here is the pull request from my branch: https://github.com/AdmitHub/meteor-buildpack-horse/pull/86

Hope it will be merged too. :slight_smile: