Describe the problem

Currently there is no way to deploy a "standalone" dev build using precompiled assets on desktop or mobile i.e. A Rust debug build with compiled assets from npm run build. This means that all builds which are deployed using cargo tauri dev require the development server to be running to serve assets.

While this is useful in enabling hot-reload, it prevents debugging without the development server i.e. You cannot deploy to an Android or iOS device and run the app without the development server. This also means you don't get a true indication of the performance due to network latency when loading assets over TCP/IP.

Describe the solution you'd like

Add a flag to the CLI i.e. --standalone-mode which produces an app bundle with the debug build + static assets. This can then be deployed on either desktop or mobile to run "standalone" without a development server.

Alternatives considered

No response

Additional context

Discussed on Discord and @FabianLars commented:

i don't think this is directly supported. The closest thing is tauri android build --debug but that won't install the app automatically.