bug: ionic cap run android -l opens android studio and fails to target the emulator. Same happens with iOS (x-code)

[shapebuster]

Prerequisites

• [X] I have read the Contributing Guidelines.
• [X] I agree to follow the Code of Conduct.
• [X] I have searched for existing issues that already report this problem, without success.

Ionic Framework Version

• [ ] v4.x
• [X] v5.x
• [ ] v6.x
• [ ] Nightly

Current Behavior

I cannot for the life of me figure out why my colleague cannot get live reload working on android or ios. I have had it working on android but trying to setup someone new has proven painful.

Running ionic cap run android -l --external simply opens up android studio or x-code and does not target the emulator/simulator.

I have also tried ionic cap run ios --livereload --external --host=0.0.0.0

Running ionic cap ios --list does not list anything, it simply builds the project again and opens x-code

Expected Behavior

Running this command should target the emulator and open the app in the emulator and reload once a change is made.

Running ionic cap ios --list should show available emulators

Steps to Reproduce

Create an environment with similar as my ionic info

Code Reproduction URL

No response

Ionic Info

Ionic:
   Ionic CLI                     : 5.4.16 (C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ionic)
   Ionic Framework               : @ionic/angular 5.6.0
   @angular-devkit/build-angular : 0.1102.19
   @angular-devkit/schematics    : 11.2.19
   @angular/cli                  : 11.2.19
   @ionic/angular-toolkit        : 3.1.1
Capacitor:
   Capacitor CLI   : 3.5.0
   @capacitor/core : 3.5.0
Cordova:
   Cordova CLI       : not installed
   Cordova Platforms : not available
   Cordova Plugins   : not available
Utility:
   cordova-res : not installed
   native-run  : 1.5.0
System:
   NodeJS : v16.14.0 (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe)
   npm    : 8.3.1
   OS     : Windows 10

Additional Information

No response

[liamdebeasi]

Thanks for the issue. Ionic Framework manages the UI layer of your app and does not manage the native dependencies of your application. As a result, it is unlikely that this error is coming from Ionic Framework.

This could be an issue with the Ionic CLI or Capacitor, however I do notice that the Ionic CLI you have installed is very outdated. Can you try this again using the latest version of the Ionic CLI?

npm uninstall -g ionic
npm install -g @ionic/cli

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