@nativescript/vite 8.0.0-alpha.3 → 8.0.0-alpha.30

package/configuration/angular.js

@@ -1,143 +1,67 @@
 import { mergeConfig } from 'vite';
 import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'node:fs';
-import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
 import angular from '@analogjs/vite-plugin-angular';
 import { angularLinkerVitePlugin, angularLinkerVitePluginPost } from '../helpers/angular/angular-linker.js';
 import { synthesizeMissingInjectableFactories } from '../helpers/angular/synthesize-injectable-factories.js';
-import { ensureSharedAngularLinker, resolveAngularFileSystem } from '../helpers/angular/shared-linker.js';
+import { getAngularLinkerFactory, runAngularLinker } from '../helpers/angular/shared-linker.js';
 import { inlineDecoratorComponentTemplates } from '../helpers/angular/inline-decorator-component-templates.js';
+import { appendComponentHmrRegistration, findComponentClassNames, INJECTION_MARKER as HMR_REGISTER_MARKER } from '../helpers/angular/inject-component-hmr-registration.js';
+import { injectAngularHmrViteIgnore } from '../helpers/angular/inject-hmr-vite-ignore.js';
 import { synthesizeDecoratorCtorParameters } from '../helpers/angular/synthesize-decorator-ctor-parameters.js';
-import { containsRealNgDeclare } from '../helpers/angular/util.js';
+import { containsRealNgDeclare, stripJsComments } from '../helpers/angular/util.js';
 import { baseConfig } from './base.js';
 import { getCliFlags } from '../helpers/cli-flags.js';
 import { resolveRelativeToImportMeta } from '../helpers/import-meta-path.js';
-// Lazily import the Angular linker factory function. Used by chunk-level linkers
-// to create FRESH plugin instances per invocation (avoiding stale state in watch mode).
-let _cachedLinkerFactory = null;
-async function importLinkerFactory() {
-    if (_cachedLinkerFactory)
-        return _cachedLinkerFactory;
-    const req = createRequire(process.cwd() + '/package.json');
-    try {
-        const linkerPath = req.resolve('@angular/compiler-cli/linker/babel');
-        const linkerMod = await import(linkerPath);
-        _cachedLinkerFactory = linkerMod.createLinkerPlugin || linkerMod.createEs2015LinkerPlugin || null;
-    }
-    catch {
-        try {
-            const linkerMod = await import('@angular/compiler-cli/linker/babel');
-            _cachedLinkerFactory = linkerMod.createLinkerPlugin || linkerMod.createEs2015LinkerPlugin || null;
-        }
-        catch { }
-    }
-    return _cachedLinkerFactory;
+import { resolveVerboseFlag } from '../helpers/logging.js';
+function hasNgDeclarePartial(code) {
+    return code.indexOf('\u0275\u0275ngDeclare') !== -1 || code.indexOf('ɵɵngDeclare') !== -1 || code.indexOf('ngDeclare') !== -1;
 }
 // Rollup-level linker to guarantee Angular libraries are linked when included in the bundle graph.
 function angularRollupLinker(projectRoot) {
-    let babel = null;
-    let createLinker = null;
-    let angularFileSystem = null;
     const FILTER = /node_modules\/(?:@angular|@nativescript\/angular)\/.*\.[mc]?js$/;
-    async function ensureDeps() {
-        if (babel && createLinker)
-            return;
-        try {
-            const req = createRequire((projectRoot ? projectRoot + '/package.json' : import.meta.url));
-            const babelPath = req.resolve('@babel/core');
-            const linkerPath = req.resolve('@angular/compiler-cli/linker/babel');
-            babel = await import(babelPath);
-            const linkerMod = await import(linkerPath);
-            createLinker = linkerMod.createLinkerPlugin || linkerMod.createEs2015LinkerPlugin;
-        }
-        catch {
-            try {
-                babel = await import('@babel/core');
-            }
-            catch { }
-            try {
-                const linkerMod = await import('@angular/compiler-cli/linker/babel');
-                createLinker = linkerMod.createLinkerPlugin || linkerMod.createEs2015LinkerPlugin;
-            }
-            catch { }
-        }
-        if (!angularFileSystem) {
-            angularFileSystem = await resolveAngularFileSystem(projectRoot);
-        }
-    }
+    const debug = process.env.VITE_DEBUG_LOGS === 'true' || process.env.VITE_DEBUG_LOGS === '1';
     return {
         name: 'ns-angular-linker-rollup',
         enforce: 'pre',
         apply: 'build',
         async load(id) {
-            const debug = process.env.VITE_DEBUG_LOGS === 'true' || process.env.VITE_DEBUG_LOGS === '1';
-            const cleanId = id.split('?', 1)[0];
+            const cleanId = normalizeAngularWatchPath(id);
             if (!FILTER.test(cleanId))
                 return null;
             try {
-                await ensureDeps();
-                if (!babel || !createLinker)
-                    return null;
                 const fs = await import('node:fs/promises');
                 const code = await fs.readFile(cleanId, 'utf8');
                 const forceLink = cleanId.includes('/node_modules/@nativescript/angular/') && cleanId.includes('polyfills');
                 if (!code)
                     return null;
-                if (!forceLink && code.indexOf('\u0275\u0275ngDeclare') === -1 && code.indexOf('ɵɵngDeclare') === -1 && code.indexOf('ngDeclare') === -1)
+                if (!forceLink && !hasNgDeclarePartial(code))
                     return null;
-                const plugin = createLinker({ sourceMapping: false, fileSystem: angularFileSystem });
-                if (debug) {
-                    try {
-                        console.log('[ns-angular-linker][rollup-load] linking', cleanId);
-                    }
-                    catch { }
-                }
-                const result = await babel.transformAsync(code, {
-                    filename: cleanId,
-                    configFile: false,
-                    babelrc: false,
-                    sourceMaps: false,
-                    compact: false,
-                    plugins: [plugin],
-                });
-                if (result?.code && result.code !== code) {
-                    return { code: result.code, map: null };
+                const linked = await runAngularLinker(code, { filename: cleanId, projectRoot, freshPlugin: true });
+                if (linked) {
+                    if (debug)
+                        console.log('[ns-angular-linker][rollup-load] linked', cleanId);
+                    return { code: linked, map: null };
                 }
             }
             catch { }
             return null;
         },
         async transform(code, id) {
-            const debug = process.env.VITE_DEBUG_LOGS === 'true' || process.env.VITE_DEBUG_LOGS === '1';
-            const cleanId = id.split('?', 1)[0];
+            const cleanId = normalizeAngularWatchPath(id);
             if (!FILTER.test(cleanId))
                 return null;
             const forceLink = cleanId.includes('/node_modules/@nativescript/angular/') && cleanId.includes('polyfills');
             if (!code)
                 return null;
-            if (!forceLink && code.indexOf('\u0275\u0275ngDeclare') === -1 && code.indexOf('ɵɵngDeclare') === -1 && code.indexOf('ngDeclare') === -1)
-                return null;
-            await ensureDeps();
-            if (!babel || !createLinker)
+            if (!forceLink && !hasNgDeclarePartial(code))
                 return null;
             try {
-                const plugin = createLinker({ sourceMapping: false, fileSystem: angularFileSystem });
-                if (debug) {
-                    try {
-                        console.log('[ns-angular-linker][rollup] linking', cleanId);
-                    }
-                    catch { }
-                }
-                const result = await babel.transformAsync(code, {
-                    filename: cleanId,
-                    configFile: false,
-                    babelrc: false,
-                    sourceMaps: false,
-                    compact: false,
-                    plugins: [plugin],
-                });
-                if (result?.code && result.code !== code) {
-                    return { code: result.code, map: null };
+                const linked = await runAngularLinker(code, { filename: cleanId, projectRoot, freshPlugin: true });
+                if (linked) {
+                    if (debug)
+                        console.log('[ns-angular-linker][rollup] linked', cleanId);
+                    return { code: linked, map: null };
                 }
             }
             catch { }
@@ -148,6 +72,37 @@ function angularRollupLinker(projectRoot) {
 const cliFlags = getCliFlags();
 const isDevEnv = process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production';
 const hmrActive = isDevEnv && !!cliFlags.hmr;
+/**
+ * Web-style template HMR opt-out.
+ *
+ * When `hmrActive` is true we default to the in-place template-replacement
+ * pipeline (`liveReload: true` on Analog → `_enableHmr: true` on the Angular
+ * TS compiler → `angular:component-update` events served via the
+ * `/@ng/component` middleware → `ɵɵreplaceMetadata` on the live class).
+ * Setting `_enableHmr: true` also forces Analog to set
+ * `externalRuntimeStyles: true`, changing how component styles are emitted
+ * (URLs fetched lazily instead of inlined). On the web that's fine; for
+ * NativeScript it's a new code path that touches the SCSS / Tailwind
+ * pipeline and the iOS runtime's HTTP module loader.
+ *
+ * If a project hits a regression on day one (broken styling, unresolved
+ * `?ngcomp=` imports, etc.) the user can roll back to the legacy reboot
+ * pipeline without an upstream patch by setting the env flag. We honour
+ * `0`, `false`, `off`, and `no` (case-insensitive) as "off" — anything
+ * else (including unset) keeps the new path on.
+ *
+ * The flag is read once at module load, mirroring how `hmrActive` is
+ * computed, so a project can flip it via `cross-env` in their dev script
+ * and never look back.
+ */
+const angularLiveReloadDisabledByEnv = (() => {
+    const raw = process.env.NS_VITE_ANGULAR_LIVE_RELOAD;
+    if (typeof raw !== 'string')
+        return false;
+    const v = raw.trim().toLowerCase();
+    return v === '0' || v === 'false' || v === 'off' || v === 'no';
+})();
+const hmrAngularLiveReload = hmrActive && !angularLiveReloadDisabledByEnv;
 const projectRoot = process.cwd();
 const tsConfigAppPath = path.resolve(projectRoot, 'tsconfig.app.json');
 const tsConfigPath = path.resolve(projectRoot, 'tsconfig.json');
@@ -193,15 +148,24 @@ function extractComponentAssetPaths(code, componentId) {
     const componentPath = normalizeAngularWatchPath(componentId);
     const assetPaths = new Set();
     const resolveAssetPath = (assetPath) => normalizeAngularWatchPath(path.resolve(path.dirname(componentPath), assetPath));
-    const templateUrlMatch = code.match(/templateUrl\s*:\s*['"](.+?\.(?:html|htm))['"]/);
+    // Blank out `//` and `/* */` comments before scanning. The regexes below
+    // are intentionally simple (no JS parser) so they would otherwise match
+    // commented-out `templateUrl` / `styleUrls` declarations and register
+    // phantom asset deps via `addWatchFile`. In current Rolldown-Vite that
+    // also enrolls them as `_addedImports`, which `vite:import-analysis`
+    // then tries to resolve — surfacing as a misleading
+    // `Failed to resolve import "<file>" from "<importer>". Does the file
+    // exist?` pre-transform error if the file (predictably) doesn't exist.
+    const scanCode = stripJsComments(code);
+    const templateUrlMatch = scanCode.match(/templateUrl\s*:\s*['"](.+?\.(?:html|htm))['"]/);
     if (templateUrlMatch) {
         assetPaths.add(resolveAssetPath(templateUrlMatch[1]));
     }
-    const styleUrlMatch = code.match(/styleUrl\s*:\s*['"](.+?\.(?:css|less|sass|scss))['"]/);
+    const styleUrlMatch = scanCode.match(/styleUrl\s*:\s*['"](.+?\.(?:css|less|sass|scss))['"]/);
     if (styleUrlMatch) {
         assetPaths.add(resolveAssetPath(styleUrlMatch[1]));
     }
-    const styleUrlsMatch = code.match(/styleUrls\s*:\s*\[([\s\S]*?)\]/m);
+    const styleUrlsMatch = scanCode.match(/styleUrls\s*:\s*\[([\s\S]*?)\]/m);
     if (styleUrlsMatch) {
         for (const match of styleUrlsMatch[1].matchAll(/['"](.+?\.(?:css|less|sass|scss))['"]/g)) {
             assetPaths.add(resolveAssetPath(match[1]));
@@ -210,9 +174,18 @@ function extractComponentAssetPaths(code, componentId) {
     return Array.from(assetPaths);
 }
 function createAngularPlugins(opts) {
+    const verbose = resolveVerboseFlag();
     const assetToComponents = new Map();
     const componentToAssets = new Map();
     const pendingComponentInvalidations = new Set();
+    // Shared state between the `enforce: 'pre'` discovery plugin and the
+    // `enforce: 'post'` injection plugin. Maps a clean (no-querystring)
+    // .ts file id to the list of `@Component`-decorated class names found
+    // in its RAW TypeScript source. The pre plugin populates this map;
+    // the post plugin reads it to know which class names to register
+    // against the compiled output. Cleared on each pre-plugin invocation
+    // so renames or `@Component` removals don't leave stale entries.
+    const componentsByCleanId = new Map();
     const untrackComponentAssets = (componentPath) => {
         const previousAssets = componentToAssets.get(componentPath);
         if (!previousAssets)
@@ -240,7 +213,121 @@ function createAngularPlugins(opts) {
             assetToComponents.set(assetPath, components);
         }
     };
+    const isCandidateComponentTs = (cleanId) => {
+        if (!cleanId.endsWith('.ts'))
+            return false;
+        if (cleanId.includes('/node_modules/'))
+            return false;
+        if (cleanId.endsWith('.d.ts'))
+            return false;
+        if (cleanId.endsWith('.spec.ts') || cleanId.endsWith('.test.ts'))
+            return false;
+        return true;
+    };
     return [
+        // HMR self-registration runs in two phases:
+        //
+        //   1. (this plugin, `enforce: 'pre'`) Walk the raw TypeScript
+        //      source for each user `.ts` file and record the names of
+        //      any `@Component`-decorated classes into the shared
+        //      `componentsByCleanId` map. Discovery has to happen on the
+        //      raw source because the Analog Angular plugin rewrites
+        //      `@Component(...)` into static metadata calls and removes
+        //      the textual decorator pattern.
+        //
+        //   2. (`ns-component-hmr-register-post`, `enforce: 'post'`)
+        //      After the Analog Angular plugin has compiled the file,
+        //      append the global `__NS_HMR_REGISTER_COMPONENT__`
+        //      registration calls keyed by the names recorded in step 1.
+        //
+        // Why the two-phase split: the Analog Angular plugin's `transform`
+        // returns its OWN regenerated compiled output (from its internal
+        // `outputFiles` cache populated at `buildStart`), discarding any
+        // code modifications applied earlier in the pipeline. We
+        // previously appended the registration snippet here, in the pre
+        // plugin, and the snippet was silently dropped — leaving the
+        // HMR class registry empty and `getFreshComponentClass` returning
+        // `found=false reason=no-registry` after every reboot.
+        //
+        // Placement notes that still apply:
+        //   - `apply: 'serve'`: the registry runtime hook is dev-only;
+        //     production builds never need self-registration.
+        //   - Intentionally NOT gated on `hmrActive`. The injected
+        //     snippet self-guards with
+        //     `typeof globalThis.__NS_HMR_REGISTER_COMPONENT__ === 'function'`,
+        //     so it's a no-op when the runtime hook isn't installed
+        //     (e.g. `--no-hmr` users still serving modules through
+        //     Vite). Gating the transform itself on `hmrActive` produced
+        //     a silent failure mode where `--no-hmr` users got HMR
+        //     machinery up but never got the registration calls
+        //     injected, leaving the registry empty.
+        {
+            name: 'ns-component-hmr-register',
+            enforce: 'pre',
+            apply: 'serve',
+            transform(code, id) {
+                const cleanId = normalizeAngularWatchPath(id);
+                if (!isCandidateComponentTs(cleanId))
+                    return null;
+                const componentNames = findComponentClassNames(code);
+                if (componentNames.length === 0) {
+                    // Drop any stale entry from a previous transform
+                    // pass; the file may have lost its `@Component`
+                    // decorator across a rename/refactor.
+                    componentsByCleanId.delete(cleanId);
+                    return null;
+                }
+                componentsByCleanId.set(cleanId, componentNames);
+                if (verbose) {
+                    console.info(`[ns-hmr][ns-component-hmr-register] discovered ${componentNames.length} component(s) in ${cleanId} (${componentNames.join(', ')})`);
+                }
+                // Discovery only — never modify the raw TS source. Any
+                // modification here is discarded by the Analog Angular
+                // plugin downstream; the actual snippet append happens
+                // in `ns-component-hmr-register-post`.
+                return null;
+            },
+        },
+        // Phase 2: append the HMR registration snippet to the compiled
+        // JS output produced by `@analogjs/vite-plugin-angular`. Runs
+        // `enforce: 'post'` so we see the post-Angular code (where the
+        // pre plugin's work would otherwise be discarded). Reads the
+        // component names recorded by the pre plugin via
+        // `componentsByCleanId`.
+        {
+            name: 'ns-component-hmr-register-post',
+            enforce: 'post',
+            apply: 'serve',
+            transform(code, id) {
+                const cleanId = normalizeAngularWatchPath(id);
+                if (!isCandidateComponentTs(cleanId))
+                    return null;
+                const componentNames = componentsByCleanId.get(cleanId);
+                if (!componentNames || componentNames.length === 0)
+                    return null;
+                // Idempotency: the Vite cache may replay the transform
+                // pipeline on cached modules. The marker comment is
+                // inserted by `appendComponentHmrRegistration` and
+                // guards against double-injection. We also defensively
+                // short-circuit here so we don't have to allocate the
+                // suffix string on every cached re-run.
+                if (code.includes(HMR_REGISTER_MARKER))
+                    return null;
+                const result = appendComponentHmrRegistration(code, componentNames);
+                if (!result.code)
+                    return null;
+                if (verbose) {
+                    console.info(`[ns-hmr][ns-component-hmr-register-post] appended registrations for ${result.componentNames.length} component(s) in ${cleanId} (${result.componentNames.join(', ')})`);
+                }
+                // Returning `null` for the source map is acceptable for
+                // dev: lines 1..N (the original compiled body) keep
+                // the upstream Angular source map; the appended snippet
+                // is invisible to debuggers but harmless. For
+                // production-grade source maps a MagicString-based
+                // pass-through could be used; not required for HMR.
+                return { code: result.code, map: null };
+            },
+        },
         // Allow external html template changes to trigger hot reload: Make .ts files depend on their .html templates
         {
             name: 'angular-template-deps',
@@ -255,6 +342,15 @@ function createAngularPlugins(opts) {
                 for (const assetPath of assetPaths) {
                     this.addWatchFile(assetPath);
                 }
+                // Diagnostic: surface which .ts files we've registered
+                // asset (template/styleUrls) dependencies for. This is
+                // the first fence the HTML→TS invalidation pipeline must
+                // pass — if we never see a [tracking] log for the
+                // component we're editing, the watcher will never fire
+                // and `pendingComponentInvalidations` stays empty.
+                if (verbose) {
+                    console.info(`[ns-hmr][angular-template-deps] [tracking] componentKey=${componentKey} assets=${assetPaths.length} (${assetPaths.slice(0, 4).join(', ')})`);
+                }
                 return null;
             },
             watchChange(id) {
@@ -269,12 +365,27 @@ function createAngularPlugins(opts) {
                     for (const componentPath of components) {
                         pendingComponentInvalidations.add(componentPath);
                     }
+                    if (verbose) {
+                        console.info(`[ns-hmr][angular-template-deps] watchChange [via assetToComponents] changed=${changedPath} → invalidating ${components.size} component(s):`, Array.from(components));
+                    }
                     return;
                 }
                 if (/\.(html|htm)$/i.test(changedPath)) {
                     const componentPath = changedPath.replace(/\.(html|htm)$/i, '.ts');
-                    if (fs.existsSync(resolveAngularWatchFilePath(componentPath))) {
-                        pendingComponentInvalidations.add(normalizeAngularWatchKey(componentPath));
+                    const exists = fs.existsSync(resolveAngularWatchFilePath(componentPath));
+                    if (exists) {
+                        const componentKey = normalizeAngularWatchKey(componentPath);
+                        pendingComponentInvalidations.add(componentKey);
+                        if (verbose) {
+                            console.info(`[ns-hmr][angular-template-deps] watchChange [via fallback .html→.ts] changed=${changedPath} componentKey=${componentKey}`);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        // Truly anomalous: a watched template/style asset has no companion
+                        // `.ts` file, so we cannot route the edit through the Angular
+                        // HMR pipeline. Always-on warning so it surfaces in non-verbose
+                        // runs — silent fallback would hide a real wiring break.
+                        console.warn(`[ns-hmr][angular-template-deps] watchChange [no companion .ts found] changed=${changedPath} expectedTs=${componentPath}`);
                     }
                 }
             },
@@ -283,6 +394,9 @@ function createAngularPlugins(opts) {
                 if (!pendingComponentInvalidations.has(componentPath))
                     return null;
                 pendingComponentInvalidations.delete(componentPath);
+                if (verbose) {
+                    console.info(`[ns-hmr][angular-template-deps] shouldTransformCachedModule → re-transform componentKey=${componentPath}`);
+                }
                 return true;
             },
         },
@@ -295,11 +409,140 @@ function createAngularPlugins(opts) {
             experimental: {
                 useAngularCompilationAPI: opts.useAngularCompilationAPI,
             },
-            liveReload: false, // Disable live reload in favor of HMR
+            // `liveReload` is Analog's flag for Angular's web-style template HMR
+            // pipeline. When ON, Analog:
+            //   1. Sets `_enableHmr = true` on the TS compiler so each compiled
+            //      component `.mjs` emits `<ClassName>_HmrLoad` plus an
+            //      `import.meta.hot.on('angular:component-update', ...)` listener.
+            //   2. Registers a `/@ng/component?c=<id>` middleware that serves the
+            //      recompiled template's `_UpdateMetadata` source on demand.
+            //   3. In `handleHotUpdate` for `.html` / `.css` / `.scss` edits, sends
+            //      `server.ws.send('angular:component-update', { id, timestamp })`
+            //      so the runtime can call `ɵɵreplaceMetadata` on the live class —
+            //      swapping the template definition AND walking live LViews to
+            //      recreate matching views in-place. NO Angular reboot, NO route
+            //      navigation.
+            //
+            // Previously this was `false` because the NativeScript HMR pipeline
+            // rebuilt every save through `__reboot_ng_modules__`. That works but
+            // has two big downsides on mobile: every save triggers a full app
+            // reboot AND the captured route-history replay (see
+            // `@nativescript/angular`'s `hmr-route-replay.ts`), which produces 2-3
+            // re-navigations per save and re-instantiates the page component
+            // multiple times. For pure template/style edits — the common case —
+            // the web-style component-replacement path keeps the page mounted and
+            // only swaps the changed bits.
+            //
+            // We only enable this when HMR itself is active (`hmrActive` already
+            // gates on `--hmr` and `NODE_ENV !== 'production'`). With HMR off the
+            // behaviour is unchanged: production builds and `--no-hmr` dev still
+            // see `liveReload: false`, the compiler skips the HMR initializers,
+            // and the middleware is not registered.
+            //
+            // Important interactions to be aware of:
+            //   - When `_enableHmr` is true, Analog also sets
+            //     `externalRuntimeStyles = true`, changing how component styles
+            //     are emitted (URLs fetched at runtime instead of inlined). For
+            //     NativeScript, the existing CSS pipeline expects inlined styles;
+            //     `ns-component-hmr-style-overrides` (below) restores the
+            //     pre-HMR style-emission strategy so Tailwind/global SCSS
+            //     packaging keeps working.
+            //   - The runtime dynamic-import resolves the metadata URL relative
+            //     to `import.meta.url`, e.g. `http://host:port/ns/m/<componentDir>/@ng/component?c=...`.
+            //     Analog's middleware uses `req.url.includes('/@ng/component')`
+            //     (substring match), so the request still matches even with the
+            //     `/ns/m/` prefix in the path.
+            //   - The NS HMR client (`packages/vite/hmr/client/index.ts`)
+            //     forwards Vite's standard `{ type: 'custom', event, data }`
+            //     payloads to `import.meta.hot.on` listeners via
+            //     `__NS_DISPATCH_HOT_EVENT__`, and short-circuits before the
+            //     reboot path for `angular:component-update`.
+            //   - The NS server-side hot-update handler in
+            //     `packages/vite/hmr/server/websocket.ts` skips its own
+            //     `ns:angular-update` broadcast for `.html` / component-style
+            //     edits so we don't double-fire (the reboot path stays for `.ts`
+            //     edits).
+            //   - To roll back to the legacy reboot-only pipeline (e.g. while
+            //     debugging an `externalRuntimeStyles` regression), set
+            //     `NS_VITE_ANGULAR_LIVE_RELOAD=0` in the dev environment.
+            //     `hmrAngularLiveReload` collapses both gates above.
+            liveReload: hmrAngularLiveReload,
+            // NativeScript can't consume Angular's `externalRuntimeStyles`
+            // mode — that emits component styles as runtime-loaded
+            // `<hash>.css` URL references which only a browser CSSOM/`<link>`
+            // pipeline can resolve. We tell our patched Analog plugin (see
+            // `patches/@analogjs+vite-plugin-angular+2.3.1.patch` in
+            // downstream apps; upstream PR pending) to keep the legacy
+            // behavior of inlining preprocessed CSS strings into the
+            // component metadata's `styles: [...]` array, which the NS
+            // renderer's CSS-bundle pipeline already knows how to apply.
+            // The option is independent from `liveReload` (`_enableHmr`
+            // still wires up `ɵɵreplaceMetadata` for in-place template
+            // HMR) — we keep HMR ON, just opt out of the URL-style
+            // emission. Note the option lands as a no-op on stock
+            // Analog releases that haven't merged the patch; once
+            // merged, this will switch the compiler off external styles
+            // for NativeScript without affecting web builds.
+            //
+            // `@ts-expect-error` because the option is not yet in
+            // `@analogjs/vite-plugin-angular`'s published `PluginOptions`
+            // type. When the upstream PR (https://github.com/analogjs/analog)
+            // adds it, this `@ts-expect-error` will itself become an
+            // "unused suppression" error — that's the signal to remove
+            // this comment AND the surrounding explanation, and bump
+            // the Analog peer dep to the version that ships the type.
+            // @ts-expect-error -- pending upstream Analog type publish
+            externalRuntimeStyles: false,
             tsconfig: tsConfig,
+            // Forward Angular-style file replacements (e.g. `environment.ts`
+            // → `environment.stg.ts`) directly into the Analog plugin so the
+            // Angular TypeScript host (which reads source files via its own
+            // CompilerHost, bypassing Vite's load chain) sees the swap. This
+            // is the same hook Angular CLI uses for `fileReplacements` in
+            // `angular.json` build configurations.
+            fileReplacements: opts.fileReplacements ?? [],
+            workspaceRoot: opts.workspaceRoot ?? process.cwd(),
         }),
         // Post-phase linker to catch any declarations introduced after other transforms (including project code)
         angularLinkerVitePluginPost(process.cwd()),
+        // Re-inject the `/* @vite-ignore */` annotation onto Angular's HMR
+        // initializer dynamic imports.
+        //
+        // Angular's compiler emits each component's HMR loader as
+        // `import(/* @vite-ignore */ i0.ɵɵgetReplaceMetadataURL(...))` so
+        // Vite leaves the runtime-computed URL alone. The annotation goes
+        // missing somewhere in the post-Angular pipeline (empirically the
+        // linker's `compact: false` Babel pass loses it on some files),
+        // causing Vite's static analyzer to flag the import and rewrite
+        // the call site through its runtime resolver — which then throws
+        // `TypeError at ɵɵgetReplaceMetadataURL` on the iOS device because
+        // the resolver expects a statically known specifier.
+        //
+        // Running `enforce: 'post'` and `apply: 'serve'` here ensures we
+        // see the file AFTER every other transform has had its chance to
+        // strip comments, AND only in dev (the HMR initializer is gated
+        // behind `ngDevMode` and never runs in a production build, so the
+        // fix would be wasted work outside `serve`). The helper is
+        // idempotent: if the annotation is already present, the file is
+        // returned unchanged.
+        {
+            name: 'ns-angular-hmr-vite-ignore',
+            enforce: 'post',
+            apply: 'serve',
+            transform(code, id) {
+                if (!hmrAngularLiveReload)
+                    return null;
+                const cleanId = normalizeAngularWatchPath(id);
+                if (!cleanId.endsWith('.ts') && !cleanId.endsWith('.mjs') && !cleanId.endsWith('.js'))
+                    return null;
+                if (cleanId.includes('/node_modules/'))
+                    return null;
+                const next = injectAngularHmrViteIgnore(code);
+                if (next === code)
+                    return null;
+                return { code: next, map: null };
+            },
+        },
         // Enforce: fully disable dependency optimization during serve to avoid rxjs esm5 crawling and OOM
         {
             name: 'ns-disable-optimize-deps',
@@ -338,7 +581,7 @@ function createAngularPlugins(opts) {
         },
     ];
 }
-export const angularConfig = ({ mode }) => {
+export const angularConfig = ({ mode, fileReplacements, workspaceRoot, }) => {
     const useSingleBundleDevOutput = mode === 'development' && !hmrActive;
     const plugins = createAngularPlugins({
         // Vite build --watch with the legacy Analog compilation path can regress
@@ -346,6 +589,8 @@ export const angularConfig = ({ mode }) => {
         // Restrict the newer compilation API to NativeScript's development no-HMR
         // flow, which is where the unstable rebuilds occur today.
         useAngularCompilationAPI: useSingleBundleDevOutput,
+        fileReplacements,
+        workspaceRoot,
     });
     const disableAnimations = true;
     //process.env.NS_DISABLE_NG_ANIMATIONS === "1" ||
@@ -366,17 +611,16 @@ export const angularConfig = ({ mode }) => {
         apply: 'build',
         enforce: 'post',
         async generateBundle(_options, bundle) {
+            function isNsAngularPolyfillsModule(id) {
+                return normalizeAngularWatchPath(id).includes('node_modules/@nativescript/angular/fesm2022/nativescript-angular-polyfills.mjs');
+            }
             function isNsAngularPolyfillsChunk(chunk) {
                 if (!chunk || !chunk.modules)
                     return false;
-                return Object.keys(chunk.modules).some((m) => m.includes('node_modules/@nativescript/angular/fesm2022/nativescript-angular-polyfills.mjs'));
+                return Object.keys(chunk.modules).some(isNsAngularPolyfillsModule);
             }
-            const { babel } = await ensureSharedAngularLinker(process.cwd());
-            if (!babel)
-                return;
-            const fileSystem = await resolveAngularFileSystem(process.cwd());
-            const linkerFactory = await importLinkerFactory();
-            if (!linkerFactory)
+            const { babel, createLinker } = await getAngularLinkerFactory(process.cwd());
+            if (!babel || !createLinker)
                 return;
             const strict = process.env.NS_STRICT_NG_LINK === '1' || process.env.NS_STRICT_NG_LINK === 'true';
             const enforceStrict = process.env.NS_STRICT_NG_LINK_ENFORCE === '1' || process.env.NS_STRICT_NG_LINK_ENFORCE === 'true';
@@ -396,26 +640,13 @@ export const angularConfig = ({ mode }) => {
                         continue;
                     const isNsPolyfills = isNsAngularPolyfillsChunk(chunk);
                     try {
-                        // Create a FRESH linker plugin per chunk — the linker may have
-                        // internal state that becomes stale across watch-mode rebuild cycles.
-                        const freshPlugin = linkerFactory({ sourceMapping: false, fileSystem });
-                        const res = await babel.transformAsync(code, {
-                            filename: fileName,
-                            configFile: false,
-                            babelrc: false,
-                            sourceMaps: false,
-                            compact: false,
-                            plugins: [freshPlugin],
-                        });
-                        const linkedCode = res?.code && res.code !== code ? res.code : code;
-                        const finalCode = applyAngularChunkPostProcessing(linkedCode, { vendorInjectExport });
+                        // Fresh plugin per chunk — avoids stale linker state across watch-mode rebuilds.
+                        const linked = await runAngularLinker(code, { filename: fileName, projectRoot: process.cwd(), freshPlugin: true });
+                        const finalCode = applyAngularChunkPostProcessing(linked ?? code, { vendorInjectExport });
                         if (finalCode !== code) {
                             chunk.code = finalCode;
                             if (debug) {
-                                try {
-                                    console.log('[ns-angular-linker][post] linked', fileName, isNsPolyfills ? '(polyfills)' : '');
-                                }
-                                catch { }
+                                console.log('[ns-angular-linker][post] linked', fileName, isNsPolyfills ? '(polyfills)' : '');
                             }
                         }
                         if (strict && !isNsPolyfills && containsRealNgDeclare(finalCode)) {
@@ -435,10 +666,10 @@ export const angularConfig = ({ mode }) => {
                     const chunk = bundle[fname];
                     const modIds = chunk?.modules
                         ? Object.keys(chunk.modules)
-                            .filter((m) => /node_modules\/(?:@angular|@nativescript\/angular)\//.test(m))
+                            .filter((m) => /node_modules\/(?:@angular|@nativescript\/angular)\//.test(normalizeAngularWatchPath(m)))
                             .slice(0, 8)
                         : [];
-                    const isOnlyPolyfills = modIds.length > 0 && modIds.every((m) => m.includes('node_modules/@nativescript/angular/fesm2022/nativescript-angular-polyfills.mjs'));
+                    const isOnlyPolyfills = modIds.length > 0 && modIds.every(isNsAngularPolyfillsModule);
                     if (isOnlyPolyfills)
                         continue;
                     let snippet = '';
@@ -461,10 +692,7 @@ export const angularConfig = ({ mode }) => {
                     throw new Error(message);
                 }
                 else {
-                    try {
-                        console.warn(`[ns-angular-linker-post] ${message}`);
-                    }
-                    catch { }
+                    console.warn(`[ns-angular-linker-post] ${message}`);
                 }
             }
         },
@@ -484,37 +712,19 @@ export const angularConfig = ({ mode }) => {
             try {
                 let transformed = code;
                 if (containsRealNgDeclare(code)) {
-                    const { babel } = await ensureSharedAngularLinker(process.cwd());
-                    if (!babel)
+                    const { babel, createLinker } = await getAngularLinkerFactory(process.cwd());
+                    if (!babel || !createLinker)
                         return null;
-                    const fileSystem = await resolveAngularFileSystem(process.cwd());
-                    // Fresh plugin per chunk — avoids stale linker state across watch-mode rebuilds
-                    const freshPlugin = (await importLinkerFactory())?.({ sourceMapping: false, fileSystem });
-                    if (!freshPlugin)
-                        return null;
-                    const runLink = async (input) => {
-                        const result = await babel.transformAsync(input, {
-                            filename,
-                            configFile: false,
-                            babelrc: false,
-                            sourceMaps: false,
-                            compact: false,
-                            plugins: [freshPlugin],
-                        });
-                        return result?.code ?? input;
-                    };
-                    transformed = await runLink(code);
+                    // Fresh plugin per pass — avoids stale linker state across watch-mode rebuilds.
+                    transformed = (await runAngularLinker(code, { filename, projectRoot: process.cwd(), freshPlugin: true })) ?? code;
                     if (containsRealNgDeclare(transformed)) {
-                        transformed = await runLink(transformed);
+                        transformed = (await runAngularLinker(transformed, { filename, projectRoot: process.cwd(), freshPlugin: true })) ?? transformed;
                     }
                 }
                 transformed = applyAngularChunkPostProcessing(transformed);
                 if (transformed !== code) {
                     if (debug) {
-                        try {
-                            console.log('[ns-angular-linker][render] linked', filename);
-                        }
-                        catch { }
+                        console.log('[ns-angular-linker][render] linked', filename);
                     }
                     return { code: transformed, map: null };
                 }