Play Framework 2.1 Java/Eclipse: Auto-Reload not working
eclipse, java, jnotify, macos, playframework
Solution
The following got Play's auto-reload to working with Eclipse:
- In Eclipse Preferences go to `General` → `Workspace`. Uncheck `Build automatically`.
- Restart OS X.
For whatever reason, I had to restart OS X to get akim's suggestion to take hold.
Problem
The Problem/s: - Views are being compiled but hitting refresh in a browser won't show the changes without restarting the server manually. - Changes to controllers compile automatically using `~run` but only a manual server restart will update the content on the server. - Changes to `routes` under `conf` are only shown after manually restarting the server. Background: - running on OSX 10.8.3 - using Eclipse Juno 4.2.2 - Server is launched using `play ~run` - Only restarting the server will show changes to views, controllers, routes To be able to make changes without having to restart the server each time I tried (without success): - in the console: `clean` -> `eclipse` -> `~run` - in the console: `clean` -> `compile` -> `~run` - shutdown/restart the computer - Tick `Refresh using native hooks or polling` -> remove `classes_managed` from `Referenced Libraries` and add it manually Questions: - How can the Auto-Reload functionality be restored? - How can this problem be solved on IDEs besides Eclipse? Further information: - Playframework reload not working Mac OSX - Auto-reloading with Play framework on a network filesystem Both of them point to JNotify as the cause for auto-reloading not to work. One of the answers (not enough rep to write a comment) mentions how one could "hack Play framework's sbt plugin to make the PlayReloader trait behave as if JNotify wasn't available." How could one achieve this?